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Only treated wastewater is now proposed to run into Dawson River, home to the white-throated snapping turtle

Environmental groups call on Queensland government to end exemptions, with six mining ventures already given green light

An independent expert report found Santos’ proposed releases could have ‘major impacts’ in the Dawson River

Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will block a proposed thermal and coking coal mine over its "unacceptable impacts" ...

Study finds tidal currents could introduce pollution from coalmine into seagrass meadows and dugong sanctuary in marine park

South Australia, a leader in renewables, is about to take a massive step backwards by giving the green light to a particularly dangerous fossil fuel extraction method.

Following consultation in early September 2021, the Australian Government has now released its new National Climate Resilience and Adaptation…

Lock the Gate Alliance Queensland’s Ellie Smith thanked the department for following the scientific advice. “It was frankly difficult to believe a company could even think such a mine so close to the reef would ever be accepted by the Queensland public,” she said. The Australian Marine Conservation Society’s great barrier reef campaigner, David Cazzulino, said hundreds had attended rallies in Mackay, Yeppoon and Brisbane to protest the mine. Building an open-cut coal mine would cause �...

Clive and coral dont mix Clive Palmer wants to build a coal mine 10km from the waters of the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland Government has said okay, we will consider it. No, we will not consider it. Someone needs to remind Clive and the Queensland Government that the only way coral and coal can exist together is to leave the coal in the ground. This is a very bad idea on many levels. First and foremost, is global warming, fuelled primarily by the burning of coal. The impacts on th...

Premium Content Subscriber only The discovery of a thought-to-be extinct bee proved one of our most popular stories this week. And for good reason. Our Facebook page was abuzz with comments about the Eungella find, excited about the extraordinary discovery but also the community support. I suppose now is the time to say people swarmed to celebrate the find and were bee-witched by the apparent randomness of it, but it is a credit to PhD candidate James Dorey who had traversed the eastern coas...