SOUTH AUSTRALIA
A community campaign to save the much-loved Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, due to close next month, has swung into action, with support from as far away as Canada.
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has accused the NSW government of trying to avoid rigorous scientific oversight of coal seam gas projects agreed to by Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
The Environmental Protection Authority in South Australia has released a new report, saying that the infrasound that wind farms make is no worse than anywhere else.
The Off-Grid Energy Team are in the Flinders Ranges, after months of designing and constructing the 30kW system for Operation Flinders.
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder will recruit six "local engagement officers" to live and work in regional areas throughout the Murray-Darling Basin.
Nine passionate and forward-thinking dairy women from across South Australia will build their skills in leadership and personal development and drive plans for a Statewide agricultural women's conference this year.
The Government of South Australia, in conjunction with the Local Government Association of SA and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, invite all NRM board members, staff and community members to attend the South Australian Climate Change Adaptation Showcase on 14th March 2013 in Adelaide.
Pacific Hydro invites community members living in Clements Gap, Mundoora, Port Broughton, Redhill, Crystal Brook and Wandearah to help allocate the $50,000 Clements Gap Sustainable Communities Fund by nominating for a position on the Fund Allocation Panel.
Consultants say the first stage of a study to help develop the long-term future of the south-east South Australian forestry industry has had a good response.
A worldwide review of global rainfall data led by the University of Adelaide has found that the intensity of the most extreme rainfall events is increasing across the globe as temperatures rise.
Each year, in support of UNEP World Environment Day (June 5), the United Nations Association of Australia recognises innovative and outstanding environmental programs and initiatives from across Australia and the important work of Australian environmental leaders through its World Environment Day Awards.
Paul Neighbour owns a 400 ha property at Back Valley on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Watch the video to hear Paul discuss his plans for the property and describe the steps he is taking to manage his cattle and pastures and also what he is doing to help protect the bushland and creeks on his property.
The first in a decade-long series of stormwater projects to floodproof the Le Fevre Peninsula will be finished this year.
City workers are ditching cars and using "office bikes" to get to and from meetings as employers search for new ways to promote healthier, greener workplaces.
The 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' recycling program is a testament to Australia's recycling ingenuity, giving over 20,086,818 printer cartridges new lives.
A rather unusual and steadily growing collection at the South Australian Museum is bringing people face to face with parts of endangered animals which have been brought into the country illegally.
Nine easy ways you can use less plastic and create less waste.
If you are in Adelaide this week come out and enjoy the Great Outdoors at an exciting urban development at Lochiel Park in Campbelltown. Discover the wetlands and the native butterfly garden - havens for many species of urban-dwelling native wildlife. Friday 8th or Saturday 9th February.
Pulse up, waste down - Runners and walkers, join us every Sunday at 6PM for a fun 30 min cleanup of Bondi, Manly, Coogee, and Glenelg (Adelaide) beaches - take your pick! Or post a photo of your own cleanup for sustainable prizes!
An independent review of AGL’s gas exploration has recommended controversial ‘‘fracking’’ continue in the Hunter, despite confirming leaks between surface and deeper aquifers where the process has been used at Broke.
Northern Rivers Community in NSW Continue To Stand Up To Riot Police as Aboriginal Elder Arrested While Protecting Land From Coal Seam Gas.
The new head of Australia's solar thermal research effort says the cost of generating solar thermal electricity can be halved by 2020, placing it on course to match the renewable energy contribution from solar photovoltaic technologies.
A volunteer with the NSW Rural Fire Service has resigned after the agency was told to provide catering support to a police command unit stationed at a coal seam gas protest.
The curious connection between an invasive beetle that has destroyed over 100 million trees, and subsequent heart disease and pneumonia in the human populations nearby.
Research: Solar Activity Directly Affects Human Consciousness
Blueberries contain natural aspirin that helps lessen the tissue-damaging effects of chronic inflammation, while lessening pain.
Tips for a waste free lunchbox.
AUSTRALIA
Watched by former prime minister Bob Hawke and traditional owner Jeffrey Lee, Federal Parliament has begun the last legal step to plug the "hole in the heart'' of Kakadu National Park.
The Australian Greens say protecting agricultural land and water, and ensuring trade agreements are fair to farmers are two of their policy priorities for this election year.
Watched by former prime minister Bob Hawke and traditional owner Jeffrey Lee, Federal Parliament has begun the last legal step to plug the "hole in the heart'' of Kakadu National Park.
A Chinese businessman has given explosive evidence to a corruption inquiry that former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid was at the centre of early negotiations over an allegedly corrupt coal deal worth at least $75 million to his family.
Rio Tinto has signed a major land use agreement with the Yinhawangka people in the central Pilbara.
Mining company Vista Gold has been given the go-ahead to discharge water contaminated with toxic metals into the Edith River in the Northern Territory.
Origin Energy has signed up Queensland rugby league legend Darren Lockyer in a campaign that seeks to answer public concerns.
A circus boxing match between a kangaroo and a human has been scrapped after global outcry.
The NSW Department of Fisheries cannot pinpoint what caused a large fish kill on the mid north coast.
At least seven dingoes were humanely destroyed by rangers on Fraser Island between January and October last year, according to documents obtained through the Right to Information Act.
A seminar to be held in Melbourne will provide a critical look at offsets for biodiversity loss and whether problems in the system can adequately be dealt with, whether offset rules need to be overhauled, or whether the idea of offsets needs fundamentally to be reviewed.
Motion sensor cameras are being used to monitor the impact of feral animals on flatback turtles at Eighty Mile Beach.
As the tragic report of the death of the last female koala in Noosa National Park was hitting home, scientists had just pitched the possible resurrection of this species in that former headland haven.
Vegetation mapping and a koala survey have been identified as strategic land use planning priorities within the Bellingen Shire.
Did you know that up to 60 per cent of our personal eco-footprint is embodied in the food we buy?
Mick Baron, of Eaglehawk Dive Centre, shot some important footage of the last pocket of giant kelp forest left on the east coast of Tasmania.
Papua New Guinea's biggest palm oil producer has been named as the world's leading sustainable agricultural company by a London-based independent assessment organisation.
China’s decade-long boom in coal-driven heavy industry is about to end as the leadership shifts priorities towards energy conservation, say officials and policy advisers.
Dingoes have plagued livestock production for most of the past two centuries but new research shows they may do more good than harm.
A collection of images of ghost net collection out at Cobourg Marine Park / Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, east of Darwin.
It appeared overnight, a 25m numbat spray-painted on to a wall in Henderson Street mall, but far from being graffiti the mural has put Fremantle on an A-list of cities to feature the work of an enigmatic artist.
Koala activist Lorraine Vass literally jumped for joy as the State Government signed off on Lismore City Council's Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management yesterday.
Two baby koalas (one much younger than the other) fighting to be on the mother koala's back after hours at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.
Before Eloise the Koala waas released she was calling the "boys".... for those who havent heard it before, a short clip.
INTERNATIONAL
At least six people are reported to have been killed in the Solomon Islands, which were struck by a powerful earthquake and tsunami.
At least six people are reported to have been killed in the Solomon Islands, which were struck by a powerful earthquake and tsunami.
Did you know that each and everyone of us is fueling one of the world's biggest ecological disasters and acts of primate genocide in history?
The UK government has taken steps to keep in the country two oil paintings that gave the 18th Century British public their first chance to see what a kangaroo and a dingo looked like.
The food service industry is notoriously waste-intensive, from piles of packaging to mountains of food waste. So, why aren't more restaurants giving zero-waste a go? What are the challenges holding them back, and is such a lofty ambition even possible?
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