The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Architect of government’s water plan says nationalisation might not fix everything and the current system can work

The Andaman Coast has one of the largest concentration of dugong in the world, so why are numbers falling dramatically and what can they tell us about a biodiversity warning cry

Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped out

High to extreme fire danger expected across several states as inland parts of SA, Victoria, NSW and Queensland may have more than five days above 40C

More than 30,000 households left with defects after ‘catastrophic failure’ of Tory government schemes

Thirty-two companies in the fossil fuel sector are responsible for half of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report published on Wednesday – including Chevron and Exxon in the United States and BP in the United Kingdom, as well as state-owned companies in countries including Saudi Arabia, Russia and…

Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 10%

The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet