Environment

Environment

Coal station closures inevitable, start planning: Labor and Greens

The Hazelwood power station will close in March.

Many of Australia's coal-fired power stations will shut in coming years no matter what the government does, but a national plan will be needed to ensure the lights stay on and price rises are limited while they are replaced with cleaner models, Labor and the Greens say.

Damage to Great Barrier Reef 'worse than thought'

A diver at Opal Reef, off Port Douglas.

The government agency responsible for the Great Barrier Reef says urgent action is needed to save the world heritage site after yet-to-be-published surveys found the record coral bleaching damage earlier this year was even worse than initially thought.

How one Sydney law firm is undoing 213,900 years of damage

Marco Tschannen

Marco Tschannen like many other Sydneysiders, enjoys a coffee from his local cafe in the morning but every paper cup he throws out will take up to 50 years to decompose while contributing to 3.2 billion cups Australia throws out annually.