Environment

Environment

Fears that 'significant' coral mortality is still to come

Eyes are on us: Coral bleaching has returned to the Great Barrier Reef - and other reefs - in 2017.

The world is 33 months into its biggest recorded coral bleaching event with little sign of it ending, raising the prospect that coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef will increase "significantly" from the quarter already lost in the past year, scientists say.

'Almost exponential': CEFC eyes rapid renewables growth

The Clean Energy Finance Corp has doubled its investments each year.

Investments by the government's $10 billion clean energy fund are growing at an "almost exponential" rate but growth could shudder to a halt if the industry's post-2020 policy is not settled, according to the agency's new head.

The time is now for laws banning plastic bags at all stores

Single-use plastic bags are on the way out.

The avalanche of lightweight plastic bags pouring into landfill and the environment is about to come to an end. Woolworths and Coles have announced a ban from mid-2018. Importantly this should also tell Australia's environment ministers who meet on July 28 that the time has come to pass legislation that will cover all stores.