Pollution
Prominent US environmentalist Tom Steyer helped fund Maules Creek, other coal mines
To environmentalists across Australia, it is a baffling anachronism in an era of climate change: the construction of a Whitehaven's 1600-hectare mine at Maules Creek in New South Wales that will...
Coastal winds intensifying with climate change, study says
Tony Barboza Summer winds are intensifying along the west coasts of North and South America and southern Africa and climate change is a likely cause, a new study says.
China steps up coal capacity even as pollution mounts
China approved the construction of more than 100 million tonnes of new coal production capacity in 2013 - six times more than a year earlier and equal to 10% of U.S.
Hot day prompts Sydney air pollution alert
Sydneysiders are being urged to avoid the outdoors due to air pollution caused by high ozone levels.
Worsening pollution in China stokes calls for coal curbs
Air pollution in China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, has reached intolerable levels and the country should aggressively cut its reliance on coal, according to the National Center for Climate...
Beijing 'barely suitable' for life as heavy pollution shrouds China's capital
Pollution in Beijing was stuck at unhealthy levels for the sixth straight day, prompting warnings for people to stay indoors as thick grey smog shrouded the capital a week before the annual meeting...
Pollution findings prompt calls to cover coal wagons
Peter Hannam Findings that coal trains are leading to significant increases in particulate air pollution in the Newcastle region have prompted renewed calls for rail wagons to be covered.
China tries to cut pollution in 'Beige-jing'
Beijing unveiled yet another slew of measures to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on the roads and closing or upgrading the facilities of 1,200...
Pollution disrupts sports, travel in China
Fog and pollution has descended on northern China, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions of Chinese...
Outdoor air pollution leading cancer cause: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans.
Shanghai residents warned for seventh day about heavy pollution
Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors for at least a seventh day this month, intensifying pressure on local authorities to control the worst smog since government monitoring began...
NSW bushfires: pollution levels soar 50-fold
Peter Hannam Residents in the Sydney region are being hit with air quality levels as much as 50 times worse than normal as pollution from the state's bushfires casts a pall of smoke over the city and beyond.
Bushfire smoke sends pollution levels skyward again
Peter Hannam Sydneysiders can expect another day of high smog levels as smoke from nearby bushfires blankets the city.
Dutch water resources at risk from pollution, climate change
The Netherlands, almost a fifth of which is covered by lakes, rivers and dikes, may be unable to use surface waters as a source for drinking water by 2050 due to the changing climate and contaminants.
Beijing under cloud as air pollution threat sparks emergency response
Daryl Loo, Feiwen Rong BEIJING ordered government vehicles off the roads as part of an emergency response to ease air pollution that has smothered China's capital for the past three days, while warning the smog will...
China jails anti-pollution protesters after riot
China has sentenced 16 people to up to a year-and-a-half in prison for involvement in an environmental protest last July when a crowd of thousands ransacked government offices, the official Xinhua...
China pollution scare after 2200 pigs found dead
Over 2,200 pigs have been found dead in one of Shanghai's main water sources, official media reported on Monday, triggering a public outcry.
Pollution battle to save the rare pink dolphins from extinction
Conservationists warned the rare Chinese white dolphins, also known as pink dolphins for their unique colour, face extinction unless urgent action against pollution and other threats is taken.
Santos pollution alert as it pushes for more gas sites
Ben Cubby Polluted water appears to be leaking from an artificial lake at a troubled coal seam gas drilling site in the Pilliga Forest, in north-west NSW.
NSW government accused of altering coal pollution findings
The NSW government changed adverse findings of a report on coal train pollution to suit its political goals, a community action group says.
