Environment
Sustainability
Weevil introduced to Forest Lake in bid to kill weeds
A Brazillian weevil has been imported to tackle the immense problem of weed growth in a man-made lake at Forest Lake that has helped kill 800 kilograms of fish since July
- by Tony Moore
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Waste
Saving food from deep burial
Katy Barfield once rescued 27 tonnes of yellowfin tuna from deep burial.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Waste
‘Impending plasticide’: Emergency tax tipped as waste crisis deepens
Australia’s waste crisis is tipped to deepen, with global wealth manager Credit Suisse predicting the federal government will intervene within two years.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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Biodiversity
Bush turns its back on support for logging native forests
Harvesting of native forests is overwhelmingly unpopular, including in rural and regional communities, according to a leaked study commissioned by the timber industry.
- by Peter Hannam
Brisbane River
'Champion' needed to break slow SEQ water quality decline: ecologists
Despite some improvements in some rivers Brisbane residents remain apathetic about being able to make improvements to the Brisbane River.
- by Tony Moore
Renewables
Newcastle City Council, UTS join the stampede into solar energy
Two new solar farms add to the growing surge in the renewable energy source in NSW – and abroad.
- by Peter Hannam
Waste
The number one recycling mistake Australians are still making
The most common recycling mistake made by Australians is to throw soft plastics, such as bread bags, into the kerbside recycling bin.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Science
Top scientists blast NSW government over brumbies
A conference of eminent scientists in Canberra has condemned the NSW government for preventing the culling of brumbies.
- by Steve Evans
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Farming
10 million animals a year die from tree clearing in NSW, report finds
The destruction of habitat on private land is pushing more species towards threatened or endangered status, such as the greater glider or even koalas, WWF-Australia.
- by Peter Hannam
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Coal
'Inexplicable': Power plants' pollution limits weak by world standards
Major coal-fired power stations in NSW have pollution controls that were so weak they are akin those in "fairly under-developed third world countries", a US energy expert claims.
- by Peter Hannam
Food
Kitchen garden: solution for the need of more space
Pialligo Garden Lots was the solution to this couple’s yearning for more space.
- by Susan Parsons