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This factory contaminated the whole world. And you helped pay for it
Most Australians can expect to find forever chemicals – also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) – in their blood.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Against the grain: Peninsula replaces rakes with people to clean beaches
Mornington Peninsula beaches will be cleaned by hand from July after testing found mechanical rakes left more than half the rubbish behind.
- by Adam Carey
Family forced to sell two homes to pay for massive tyre pile clean-up
A disability pensioner secretly stockpiled more than 100,000 old tyres on a farm near Mildura, leaving a deceased woman’s family with a clean-up bill of $900,000.
- by Adam Carey
The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down
Illegal tyre dumping is soaring in the city’s outer suburbs following a ban on exporting waste tyres, and regulators are scrambling to catch the perpetrators.
- by Adam Carey
Is cotton always best? What to know when buying ‘sustainable’ fashion
Are natural fibres always superior to synthetic ones when it comes to sustainability? It’s complicated.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
One in four state schools requires monthly checks for buried asbestos
There are 569 public schools under the Department of Education’s current site-specific asbestos management plans after contaminated was detected in soil.
- by Amber Schultz
Hyzon bets on hydrogen in race to clean up trucking emissions
A US-based vehicle maker is set to release a new hydrogen-powered heavy-duty commercial truck designed and assembled in Melbourne.
- by Nick Toscano
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Electric vehicles
Stoush over caps on car emissions heats up
Some NSW and Victorian motorists could save $1800 a year in fuel costs under a plan to cap motor vehicle pollution, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said citing new analysis.
- by Lisa Visentin
Tesla quits car industry group over ‘false’ Australian pollution caps claims
Tesla has severed ties with Australia’s key auto industry group, accusing it of making false claims to try to water down pollution limits for new vehicles.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Car industry pleads for more time to curb emissions as debate flares
Australia’s incoming vehicle pollution policy is deepening a rift in the car industry, with some warning it may force more brands to quit the local market.
- by Nick Toscano and Nick O'Malley
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Bushfires
Air pollution kills 1 million a year – hundreds of whom are Australians
Across Australia and New Zealand, an average 614 people lost their lives every year between 2000-2019 after being exposed to fine-particle air pollution.
- by Bianca Hall