Pollution
Point Peron Easter weekend revellers warned to avoid water over suspected wastewater fault
If you're planning to spend your Easter weekend enjoying one of WA's favourite holiday spots, think again.
- by Hannah Barry
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Opinion
Opinion
Marine parks decision risks making ocean tragedy even worse
As the full horror of our ocean plastic problem was revealed to us this week, our government said they were going to allow commercial and recreational fishing in great swathes of previously protected marine parks.
- by Julia Baird
Conservation
Great Pacific Garbage Patch now contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic: study
The garbage patch is the most dramatic outward symptom of a far deeper problem of huge volumes of human waste reaching places where it was never meant to be.
- by Chris Mooney
Coal
AGL misses clean break in $200m upgrade of Bayswater power plant
AGL Energy has earmarked $200 million to improve efficiency at its biggest power station but will do nothing to cut output of a key pollutant.
- by Peter Hannam
Environment
EPA fails to properly measure air pollution
The pollution watchdog has failed to properly monitor air quality across the state.
- by Benjamin Preiss
NSW
'Very high' health risks from Sydney's last ocean sewage outlets
About 2000 people a year have 'primary contact' with wastewater from the three untreated discharge points.
- by Peter Hannam
Norway
Bring on the drones: Norway dives deep for trash and treasure
Norway's fjords are famed for their beauty but below the water lurks decades' worth of accumulated rubbish, and some lost treasure. Time to bring in the drones.
- by Richard Martyn-Hemphill
Animals
Plastic and cigarette butts make up most of debris in waterways
Up to 1000 pieces of rubbish occupy each kilometre of Australian coastline, statistics from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database show.
- by Sarah Muller
Environment
Spotlight: 'Plastic is more dangerous in the oceans than on land'
Last year, Adelaide-based Malcolm Doyle spent his annual leave picking up litter from 60 beaches. It brought mixed feelings, to say the least.
- by Greg Callaghan
Pollution
German court rules cities can ban vehicles to tackle air pollution
Germany's highest administrative court has ruledvehicles can be banned from some city streets as part of efforts to improve air quality in urban areas.
- by KATRIN BENNHOLD
Adam Bandt
Biggest polluters get clear path to hike emissions under plan
Australia’s biggest polluting companies would more easily jack up their greenhouse gas emissions under a Turnbull government proposal.
- by Nicole Hasham