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The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding

The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences

The Guardian - AU

Fracking company hits out at 'failed' legal challenges

A bid to stop a key fracking project has been dismissed as another "failed" attempt to deny economic and social benefits to a long-overlooked community.

AAP

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

The Guardian - AU

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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Coalition accused of being on fossil fuel ‘unity ticket’ as thermal coal exports hit record high

Australia shipped 57m tonnes of coal for burning in overseas power plants between October and December last year, the highest recorded for a three-month period

The Guardian - AU

When sadness strikes I remember I’m not alone in loving the wild boundless beauty of the living world

Nature will reclaim its place as a terrifying quasi-divine force that cannot be mastered. I find this strangely comforting

The Guardian - AU

How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network

An alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power

The Guardian - AU

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Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal

Exclusive: Environmental group says it is ‘concerned’ to hear progress on cleaning up air pollution from diesel-burning may have hit a wall

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s proposed changes to water trigger laws could have ‘centuries-long consequences’, environment groups say

Proposal would allow states and territories to make decisions about coal mining and unconventional gas where water resources are affected

The Guardian - AU

'Massive failure' for environment laws without trigger

Environmental groups are deeply worried about proposed laws they say will take national protections backwards and do little to stop new gas and coal mines.

AAP

‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines whose emissions rise

Exclusive: Analysis says under Labor’s revamped safeguard mechanism some coalmines could more than double their emissions and still benefit financially

The Guardian - AU

Young mum 'felt at ease' when teenagers approached her son in park

Georgina was out for a kickabout with five-year-old Carson

Liverpool Echo

How 17 Hunter mines could become $3.7bn windfall after coal

More than 13,500 jobs and $3.7 billion in economic output could be generated in the Upper Hunter from post-mining rehabilitation and sustainable land use over the next two decades, a new report suggests.

Newcastle Herald

Women, water and words

"There's so much beauty in the natural world and in human beings, and I felt a great urge to connect and communicate about that."

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The future of Hunter coal mining after the change to renewable energy

Experts warn that the Hunter's reliance on the coal mining industry is becoming increasingly risky as the pressure grows to slash greenhouse gas emissions and meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals.

The Guardian - AU

Locals ‘devastated’ after Whitehaven Coal allowed to bury used tyres at Maules Creek mine

NSW government’s approval compromises ‘environmental integrity of the operation’, say campaigners

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