Pollution

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.

For 8 years the decaying supertanker, storing more than a million barrels of oil, has been at risk of an explosion which would cause a colossal environmental disaster.

Do you know your PP from your HDPE, and your PVC from your soft plastics? Plastic recycling is a minefield, so here's how to tell what you're dealing with and which bin you should put it in.

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

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.

Brenton Lovering and Mat Usher were shocked by the amount of plastic thrown out in health care. Their Tasmanian pilot program is aiming to change that.

A small lake near the Canada-US border has been chosen as the site that may define the start of a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene.

Saudi Arabia has begun the construction of its own Utopia, where there is no pollution and everything is within a five-minute walk.

Worries about the safety of Japan's planned release of Fukushima's wastewater is sparking protests and boycotts in China and South Korea, but experts say the anxiety is not based in scientific facts. 

A gold miner says it has changed its underground operations to comply with the NSW mining regulator after residents reported elevated levels of heavy metals in their blood. 

For more than half a century, the Mobil oil refinery was at the heart of Melbourne's industrial west. But since its closure two years ago, vastly different hopes for the site's future have emerged.

WA's environmental watchdog is looking for a potential culprit behind an engine oil spill which is impacting and killing birds in Perth's southern waterways.

Officials shut down drinking water intakes downstream due to the "potential hazmat spill" while they evaluate the danger of the accident.

This toxic waste dump in Victoria contained everything from PFAS to asbestos — and even cash and a dog wrapped in a mattress — buried in 32 locations, some the size of AFL fields. Now $40 million later, the clean-up is almost complete.

Authorities are trying to determine the source of an oil spill affecting seabirds that are being pulled from waterways in Perth's south "waterlogged" and "starving".

Using PVC granules, a WA scrap dealer is partnering with engineers to test an "economically viable" solution to Australia's plastic recycling problem.

The war in Ukraine has not only destroyed infrastructure and claimed human lives, but the natural environment and wildlife have been decimated and could take decades to recover when the war finally ends.

The Hunter Valley waterway has been closed to fishing, swimming, and skiing since 2016 when the deadly amoeba was detected, likely thriving in the comfortable warm water discharged by the Liddell power station.

A marine waste collection company says there has been a significant reduction in plastic bags recovered from the harbour. But one big issue still needs to be addressed.

The City of Coffs Harbour has been fined $20,000 after a judge found it was aware of its obligations to maintain its gas collection system, but failed to do so.

An ABC analysis uncovers several examples of project approval being granted to coalmines based on environmental assessments that contained significant underestimates of their greenhouse gas pollution.

There are calls for changes to make the fossil fuel industry responsible for cleaning up old petrol stations, as almost 900 sites across NSW remain derelict.

Air quality in Darwin and Palmerston deteriorated to unhealthy levels in recent days amid fuel-reduction burns ahead of the Top End's fire season.

Despite recent activism from environmentalists in Italy, no activists have claimed responsibility for the colour change. 

An independent review conducted to find out if current laws have adequate compliance powers and appropriate penalties has made several recommendations.