Global Footprint

Wind farms are usually accused of making people sick. Now critics claim they also threaten endangered birds. Bill King, Emma Bennett and Lynn Trakell debunk another wind farm myth

Renewable energy in Australia is booming, thanks to some key policy incentives. Uncertainty surrounding the Coalition's climate policy could seriously damage the sector, writes Jamie Hanson

The Victorian government won't keep to its own legal guidelines for the protection of endangered species, so an environmental group took them to court - with good results, writes Felicity Millner

Few believe Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's assurances that all is well at Fukushima. Meanwhile, the plant continues to leak contaminated water, and those speaking out are ignored, writes Jim Green

The gas industry says greenies and farmers are to blame for price rises. Exports driven by coal seam gas expansion are the real cause, writes Justin Field

The crew of a Greenpeace ship detained in Russian waters is in custody. There's yet more dire news about global warming but Big Oil is fighting with all its might, writes Julie Macken

Amid the wreckage of Australia's climate change infrastructure, one piece of environmental policy has survived. Could the Coalition's wind farm review have unintended benefits, asks Ketan Joshi

The gap between scientific and public opinion on climate change is becoming a gulf. The Climate Institute filmed scientists explaining how to fix that. Corey Watts explains 

Last week Peter Phelps hailed market freedom as fair grounds for murder in Chile – and ignored the horror of the Pinochet regime, write Nour Dados, Raewyn Connell and Sebastian Madrid

In 2004, Gunns hit filmmaker Heidi Douglas with a $6.4 million writ for a 'conspiracy to harm business'. This week Gunns ex-chairman John Gay only got a $50,000 slap on the wrist for insider trading