Environment
Sustainability
Life without plastic is possible - it's just very hard
Like many who aim to live plastic free, Dianna Cohen, a founder of California advocacy group Plastic Pollution Coalition, never leaves home without her eco-survival kit.
- by Steven Kurutz
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Darling Disaster
'Shocking' lack of preparation exposed Darling River to fish kills: study
The "viability of the Darling" is at risk without urgent action, a report by the Australian Academy of Science has found.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
Runner recalls fight to the death with mountain lion
Travis Kauffman suffocated the young animal that mauled him while he was running in the Colorado mountains.
- by Lindsey Bever
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Darling Disaster
'Anomaly' lets farmer use environmental water for cotton crop
Locals were 'gobsmacked' to find an unsolicited licence change allowed water earmarked for shielding an internationally renowned wetland from drought ended up as a cash crop.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
Fish kills prompt quickened review of Murray cod, silver perch status
The Morrison government will accelerate a review of the endangered status of the Murray cod and silver perch, two species hammered by the series of mass fish kills on the lower Darling River.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
Indigenous groups unite in call for Murray-Darling royal commission
Only a federal royal commission with "real teeth" can uncover the corruption and mismanagement that is killing the nation's biggest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, leading Indigenous groups say.
- by Peter Hannam
Insects
'Disappearing everywhere': The great extinction happening under our noses
Insect populations are "threatened worldwide" in a trend that has significant implications for animals that rely on them, Australian-based researchers say.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
Fish embark on 590km road trip from Menindee after recent kills
The 20 Murray Cod are en route from Menindee to Narrandera "where it is hoped they will regain health for future breeding and restocking purposes".
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Insane': split emerges among irrigators as focus shifts to floodplains
Unity among irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin is beginning to fray with one large group in the southern region breaking ranks, dubbing the lack of monitoring of water use in northern areas as "insane".
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Bizarre': Niall Blair rejects royal commissioner's 'crude' critique
The SA Royal Commissioner has called for an overhaul of the $13 billion basin plan, claiming "maladministration" and "politics rather than science" had effectively made it "unlawful".
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
Barilaro's backing of federal Murray-Darling Basin royal commission muddies waters
The NSW Deputy Premier has signalled support for a federal royal commission into water.
- by Peter Hannam & Alexandra Smith