The big four banks are under new pressure from activists to cease financing coal projects that could harm the Great Barrier Reef, while 'Lock the Gate' today sought a NSW Ombudsman's investigation into approval processes for mines.
To make a fair contribution to global efforts, Australia must cut emissions by at least 27%, and it can't achieve cuts of that scale solely through domestic action, according to a report commissioned by WWF.
A company will be allowed to seek approval for a full-scale oil shale plant at Gladstone, paving the way for development of massive reserves along the state's coast and prompting warnings from the Greens and environment groups.
Australian companies sourcing paper from Indonesia-based Asia Pulp and Paper are buying from a company destroying swathes of Sumatra's peat swamp forests, according to a Greenpeace report released today.
Focusing only on lowest-cost action will fail to prevent runaway climate change, says a global report commissioned by WWF Australia and reviewed by author of the renowned 2004 'wedges' climate change scenario, Princeton University's Robert Socolow.
Plans for a protest at Victoria's coal-fired Hazelwood power station have prompted State shadow attorney-general Robert Clark to call for urgent action to protect Victoria's coal-fired generators from disruption.