Facing accusations from Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young that the approval of a Senex Energy coal seam gas project would threaten koala habitat, Labor senator Penny Wong defended the move, saying the approval comes with 'strict limits on habitat loss' Gina Rinehart-backed
Environment minister gives go ahead for Senex Energy to develop and operate up to 151 new coal seam gas wells in inland Queensland Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The environment
National Transportation Safety Board faults railroad company and contractors with unnecessary pollution The National Transportation Safety Board said that Norfolk Southern and its contractors unnecessarily burned toxic chemicals – including vinyl chloride – from its tank cars
Analysis of high-resolution drone imagery concludes 97% of corals died at a Lizard Island reef between March and June this year Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast At least 97% of
John Podesta, Biden’s top climate official, calls for other big economies to step in to help poorer states The US will “continue to be a leader” in climate finance, the White House’s top climate official has promised, though without specifying how much it would provide to poor
The movement is more than double that of east Africa’s renowned ‘great migration’ and has continued despite decades of war and instability An extensive aerial survey in South Sudan has revealed an enormous migration of 6 million antelope – the largest migration of land mammals
Looking for ethical and delicious seafood? Here’s our pick of shacks, cafés and shops selling shellfish, seaweed and fish Read more in this series At Pam Brunton and Rob Latimer’s restaurant, they want a direct, traceable connection to the sea – they have a fish-purchasing
Misidentified reptile Ronaldo had not been in contact with any other snakes for at least nine years The appearance of 14 baby snakes in a vivarium occupied by a Brazilian rainbow boa snake called Ronaldo was surprising on two counts. First, staff at the City of Portsmouth
Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species Protecting just 1.2% of the Earth’s surface for nature would be enough to prevent the extinction of the world’s most threatened species,
Small increase in temperature of intruding water could lead to very big increase in loss of ice, scientists say A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current