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Human progress is no excuse to destroy nature. A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime must recognise this fundamental truth

by Anthony Burke, UNSW and Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney 31 August 202131 August 2021

Preserving Australia’s biodiversity is crucial and needs creative programs

by Colin Vaughan, SMEC 22 June 202122 June 2021

Call to halt sale of synthetic refrigerants

by David Thorpe 10 June 202110 June 2021

UN calls for widespread land rehabilitation to avoid environmental, economic crisis

by David Thorpe 7 June 20217 June 2021

How to develop the urban forest

by David Thorpe 12 May 202110 June 2021

Construction runoff still a major polluter of local waterways

by Duncan Murray 22 April 202122 April 2021

To avoid future pandemics, reverse the destruction of ecosystems

by David Thorpe 23 March 202123 March 2021

Water injustice runs deep in Australia. Fixing it means handing control to First Nations

by Sue Jackson, Griffith University, Francis Markham, Australian National University, Fred Hooper, Indigenous Knowledge, Grant Rigney, Indigenous Knowledge, Lana D. Hartwig, Griffith University and Rene Woods, Indigenous Knowledge 18 February 202118 February 2021

The Green List: What’s new in sustainable consumer land

by Damian Clarke 16 February 202118 February 2021

Lining up finance, tax and net zero – the European model

by David Thorpe 26 November 202026 November 2020

Inner city Sydney community garden to be axed, but making way for affordable housing

by Roxanne Fitzgerald 17 November 202030 June 2021

How big is your carbon? What one government agency did to measure its impact

by David Thorpe 27 October 202027 October 2020

The water cycle is about to get even more circular

by Poppy Johnston 20 October 202020 October 2020

WATER: How does NSW make sure it doesn’t get so close to Day Zero again?

by Poppy Johnston 15 October 202023 October 2020

Coal’s deadly legacy in Australia and the US

by Mollie Hersh 17 September 202017 September 2020

Finding the most adaptable urban trees for a changing climate

by Mollie Hersh 20 August 202027 August 2020

Flick the Switch is on – we’re really excited (and just a tad busy!)

by The Fifth Estate 4 August 202026 August 2020

We need to get real about bushfires in Australia and make homes “fire wise”

by Chris Ferreira, The Forever Project 4 August 202026 August 2020

To restore our cities’ rivers, we need to decolonise the law reform process

by Bruce Lindsay, Environmental Justice Australia 30 July 202026 August 2020

Environment Minister Sussan Ley is in a tearing hurry to embrace nature law reform – and that’s a worry

by Peter Burnett, Australian National University 21 July 2020

The glimmer of hope that is clean air

by Peter Bailey, Arup 21 July 202023 July 2020

Carbon pricing works: the largest-ever study puts it beyond doubt

by Paul Burke, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Frank Jotzo, Australian National University, and Rohan Best, Macquarie University 14 July 2020

Here’s an idea: Let’s plant our way out of the Covid crisis

by Jess Miller, Greener Spaces Better Places; Anthony Kachenko, Hort Innovation 14 July 202014 July 2020

Government/Regulations

Environmental protections on shaky ground as review for EPBC Act looms

by Poppy Johnston 2 July 20202 July 2020

News from the Front Desk

On myopic split systems thinking – and environmentalism’s struggle with racism

by The Fifth Estate - our view 4 June 20205 June 2020

News in brief: ASBEC & better homes, $1 b in new dams for NSW, world’s green stimulus

by Mollie Hersh 28 May 202028 May 2020

In the news: Rooftop solar savings, banks back green recovery, reusable cups comeback and more

by Mollie Hersh 19 May 202019 May 2020

7 ways to rebuild Australian resilience

by Brendan Condon, Damien Moyse and Richard Keech 12 May 2020

News in brief: Solar chimneys, green steel and a win for active transport in NSW

by Mollie Hersh 12 May 202012 May 2020

Separating truth from lies in the causes of the pandemic

by David Thorpe 28 April 2020