Environmental Impact

Independent senator David Pocock says the federal government should be given a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.

A group representing fishermen in south-east Australia says it will be forced to stop cooperating with offshore wind projects if shark fishing is further restricted in marine parks.

There isn't a whole lot of consistency in Australia around what single-use plastics are being phased out and when. See what's happening in your state.

There are fears for the lasting success of the household food and garden waste program due to widespread contamination, but there are solutions being trialled.

The Victorian government will ban gas connections to new homes and residential subdivisions from January 1 next year.  

A research paper finds World Heritage sites, protected for their unique natural or cultural values, are under extreme threat from climate change and risk being de-listed if those values are eroded.

Victoria's environment watchdog has dropped allegations against a soft plastics recycling company, but says more serious charges could be coming.

A Queensland prison that was sending 16,000 empty milk bottles to landfill each month has launched a recycling program so successful it has caught the eyes of other jail program managers.

Australia's largest oil and gas company, Woodside Energy, threatens to sue individual activists for financial damages it claims to have suffered in a recent protest, leading to accusations it is trying to shut down environmental activism.

A much-loved Port Lincoln playground boat, deemed to no longer meet Australian safety standards, is among other such structures to be refurbished by Rotary clubs and sent overseas for use by underprivileged children.

The UN says removing the oil will be a highly complex operation.

The discovery of heavy metals in people's blood and rainwater has triggered a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the potential link to gold, silver, lead and zinc mines. 

Ahead of tonight's premiere of War On Waste, host Craig Reucassel, eco stylist Nina Gbor and scientist Veena Sahajwalla answer your recycling questions, bust myths, and provide the inspiration to take action.

New research reveals the extent of Australia's single-use plastic waste, as global leaders "negotiate" over a plastics treaty.

The NSW government says it's taking immediate action to prevent fire ants entering the state after the destructive pest was found 5 kilometres from the border.

Antarctic sea ice has usually been able to recover in winter. But this time it's different, with levels taking a sharp downward turn at a time of year when sea ice usually forms reliably — and experts are worried.

From how clean your recycling needs to be to how many donated clothes are actually resold — can you sort your waste facts from fiction.

Australia, we're still in a war with waste, and while not all of the solutions rest with households, there’s still plenty we can do at home to reduce our waste footprint.

Nearly half a million tourists visit the World Heritage-listed island every year hoping to see a dingo lazing on the beach — but a recent spate of dingo attacks has sharpened debate about the risks when humanity and nature collide.

The plant-based bio-wrap industry is challenging the dominance of petroleum-based plastics, as consumers become increasingly willing to pay for environmentally friendly alternatives.

For eight years, a rusted tanker carrying more than 1 million barrels of oil has sat neglected in the Red Sea, threatening to cause the world's worst oil-spill disaster. After years of planning, a daring salvage operation is now underway.   

The western pygmy possum is notoriously difficult to find in the wild, but researchers have found traces of it in WA's Goldfields using a technique they believe could help tackle biodiversity decline.

Business owners call for action as 100 cormorants move into one tree in East Perth, painting the surrounding area white with pungent bird droppings.

Biosecurity groups in Western Australia are concerned a halt to government-run aerial culling operations will allow feral animal numbers to get out of control in pastoral areas. 

It's easy to accumulate waste. The real challenge lies in limiting what and how much we throw out so we want to hear your creative solutions in dealing with everyday waste.