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Green groups' 'lawfare' against mines has broad support: poll
Even Coalition supporters are in favour of using the courts to challenge mining projects, a survey finds.
Peter Hannam is Environment Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald. He covers broad environmental issues ranging from climate change to renewable energy for Fairfax Media.
Even Coalition supporters are in favour of using the courts to challenge mining projects, a survey finds.
Spring might have sprung across the nation but it arrives with the prospect of an extension of Australia's wet and relatively mild winter.
The world's 20 largest economies need to increase their climate commitments, and Australia's not doing its fair share.
The Climate Change Authority has backed off its commitment to assess the implications of the Paris climate accord in a move critics say signals a weakening of its independence.
Australia's second wettest winter on record is likely to delay the onset of the fire season across much of the nation's south.
One of the critically endangered woodlands in Sydney's south faces the chop within days to provide temporary parking space for WestConnex machinery, opponents say.
Spring is declared to be "well and truly here" for the Harbour City.
Adani's Carmichael coal mine has cleared another legal hurdle after the Federal Court threw out a challenge against the project.
With the clock ticking down on the controversial Ranger mine, government oversight is being cut.
If the planet started warming earlier than we thought and we are closer to warning levels, scientists find.
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