Environment
Conservation
Angling for a marine park: poll finds support for coastal protection
Backing for a proposed marine park reaches as high as 90 per cent in four coastal electorates, which supporters hope will counter opposition from angler groups.
- by Peter Hannam
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Extreme weather
'Christmas-tree effect': Conifers start to conk out in Sydney's big dry
The impact of Sydney's driest start to a year in half a century is starting to spread, with exotic conifers among the first trees to wilt.
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
'Rough end of the stick': Drought toll on wildlife starts to mount
The worsening drought is beginning to affect the state's wildlife, bringing animals closer to roads and towns and triggering a big jump in calls to rescuers.
- by Peter Hannam
Great Barrier Reef
'No justice': Huge Reef Foundation grant stuns charity sector
The government's $444 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation slammed as 'ludicrous' and 'unfair' by the country's $135 billion charity sector.
- by Peter Hannam
Marine life
Senate bid to block reduction of national marine park protection fails
A bid to stop cuts to environmental protection of marine parks has failed after Labor and the Greens were unable to secure sufficient crossbench support.
- by Peter Hannam
Marine life
'Significant step': NSW government unveils Sydney marine park plan
Twenty-five high-value biodiversity marine sites around the Sydney region will get enhanced protection as part of a long-awaited marine park proposed by the Berejiklian government.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
Orca abandons her dead calf after 17 days and 1600 kilometres
People wrote poems about Tahlequah and drew pictures. They lost sleep thinking about her. And still she carried her dead child.
Science
Scientists race to bank seeds before rainforests die
Preserving seeds for the future is part of a massive insurance policy being undertaken by the Australian PlantBank to ensure plants, including those from rainforests like the native macadamia, survive after their habitat is destroyed.
- by Julie Power
Plastic
Supermarket plastic bag squabble shows government must act: Harris Farm
Since Harris Farm Markets stopped giving away plastic bags, the company reckons landfills and the waterways have been spared 15 million of the waste items.
- by Peter Hannam
Food
Jackie French: Oh baby! The choicest salad leaves
Baby leaves provide the most tender and delicious addition to any salad and they are also incredibly easy to grow at home, says Jackie French.
- by Jackie French
Plastic
On the road to tackling Australia's waste crisis
Hume City Council is the first in Australia to trial a road made of plastic bags and glass.
- by Jewel Topsfield