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At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia. The shortage of materials such…

The global population of insects has declined by 41 per cent in the past 40 years, with researchers saying the overuse of chemicals in agriculture is a key reason.

ATLANTA — Opponents of a plan to build a police training center on an 85-acre wooded property in DeKalb County gathered Saturday to kick off a week of protests and festivities aimed at stopping the project from moving forward.

Architect Glenn Murcutt's "environmentally responsive" home in Kempsey is the second house designed by him to be included on the NSW Heritage Register.

Floods brought the Macquarie Marshes back to life, but landholders need guaranteed environmental flows to help maintain a healthy marsh ecosystem that also supports businesses

The National Environment Board (NEB) will beef up preventive measures against PM2.5 ultrafine dust after 17 northern provinces have seen smog pollution hit crisis levels.

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

Bravus must now do extra groundwater modelling after providing Queensland's environment department with new information indicating that future underground mining may draw down on water from the nearby Doongmabulla Springs.

An expert in mine restoration labels Alcoa's construction of a pipeline that could have leaked toxic chemicals into a drinking water dam as a troubling "pattern of behaviour".