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Green action makes for economic and social wins

Green action makes for economic and social wins

Small individual efforts can lead to amazing outcomes for the planet.

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‘Tree thinning’ or stealth-logging? Fight for WA forests far from over

‘Tree thinning’ or stealth-logging? Fight for WA forests far from over

Logging as we know it will end in 2024, but the battles are only beginning. Water scarcity means “thinning” may be needed, but will loggers agree without a supply guarantee? And if not, who pays?

  • by Peter de Kruijff
What goes around: 100 firms are making plastics a global problem

What goes around: 100 firms are making plastics a global problem

As international and regional organisations seem to be getting more ambitious in curtailing plastic pollution, the corporate sector looks to be lagging.

  • by J.J. Rose
WA project gives new view of plastic dump sites in world’s worst ocean polluters

WA project gives new view of plastic dump sites in world’s worst ocean polluters

A new global tool aims to help governments tackle the leakage of plastic into the sea, taking regularly updated satellite vision to create a high-resolution map.

  • by Peter de Kruijff
$1.8b green sustainability-linked loan will keep Sydney’s trademark Waratahs on sustainability track
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$1.8b green sustainability-linked loan will keep Sydney’s trademark Waratahs on sustainability track

A $1.8 billion green and sustainability-linked loan to fund Sydney’s largest electric passenger train fleet represents a significant advancement in the financing of operating public private partnerships.

‘I’ve never seen that before’: Lord, how do you get rid of 200,000 rats on an island?

‘I’ve never seen that before’: Lord, how do you get rid of 200,000 rats on an island?

The rats on Lord Howe Island were a problem for more than a century. But a new program has the island undergoing an “ecological renaissance” as native birds and snails return.

  • by Laura Chung
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China to use more of its own coal, cutting Australian imports: analysis

China to use more of its own coal, cutting Australian imports: analysis

New Australian modelling shows that China’s high-speed efforts to build rail lines from its coal fields to its industrial areas will hit imports from Australia faster than predicted.

  • by Nick O'Malley