Environment
Opinion
Climate policy
Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters?
As climate change bites and insurance costs increase, a growing chorus is demanding that fossil fuel companies start paying for the chaos.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Climate policy
More cyclones will come. How many before our leaders finally do something?
Albanese and Dutton will lose votes to the two groups who really care about the great challenge we face: climate change.
- by Ross Gittins
Verdict over injured kangaroo to send ‘shockwaves’ through animal rescue community
A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Alfred knocked koalas out of trees and swept a kangaroo into a drain
Wildlife rescue groups have reported an influx of injured native fauna and are planning a search-and-rescue mission for koalas across forests in northern NSW.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Climate action is locked in despite Trump, says former US climate envoy
Jonathan Pershing, one of the world’s most prominent climate diplomats, believes climate action will survive Trump. The question is how many lives his delay will cost.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Extreme weather
From Coffs Harbour to Noosa, some of our most famous beaches have been lost
Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots, but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental experts are more worried about damage to dunes.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Coastal erosion following Cyclone Alfred
The ex-tropical cyclone that pummelled the NSW and Queensland coastlines with dangerous winds, heavy rain and high seas has washed away most of the sand at famous beaches such as Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise.
