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Inhumane farming practices, an unaffordable environmental cost and a direct impact on human health mean Christmas’s favourite roast meat has lost its festive cheer. Dr Shireen Kassam says its time to toss the turkey and try tofu

The site in Scotswood will train more than 100 apprentices a year immersing them in a realistic working environment

It was once regarded as a miracle chemical to protect against disease and improve global food production. The man who discovered its properties even won a Nobel Prize for medicine. But today, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is best known for its devastating effects on the environment, as well as on animal and…

An alliance of local and national environment groups have called for a moratorium on land clearing across 810,000 hectares between Barrington Tops and Hawkesbury River.

The supermarket has decided to take plastic out of its wrapping paper, in a bid to be more environmentally friendly.

Network Rail say 80 metres of damage track was replaced with trains unable to operate on the line while the essential work was carried out

EXCLUSIVE: Survey reveals public concerned about effects of pollution and ocean warming amid worries nature is in decline.

The Queensland Indigenous Womens Ranger Network is awarded 1 million pounds ($1.8 million) with the prize, which aims to encourage people to solve the world's environmental problems.

Floods are critically important for many plant and animal species, but scientists fear back-to-back extremes of flood, fire and drought are causing significant environmental damage — and say we don't know the full picture.