Environment

Environment

Volunteers shift tonnes of plastic in Qld

Eco Barge Clean Seas volunteers have removed 153,000 kilos of plastic from beaches in the Whitsundays.

The organiser of an initiative which has cleared tonnes of plastic from in and around Queensland's Whitsunday Islands says she couldn't have done it without an army of volunteers.

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.