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Tanya Plibersek says she will block Clive Palmer’s proposed coalmine near Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s environment minister says billionaire Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal proposal would likely have ‘unacceptable impacts’ on...
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Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti
Conservationists find native magnolia for first time since 1925 after original habitat destroyed by deforestationA conservation...
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Brazil ‘failing to fully investigate’ Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira murders
Rights groups accuse Brazilian government of not employing sufficient resources to examine caseLeading human rights organisations...
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan ‘cannot achieve’ environmental water savings target, report finds
Findings will increase calls for voluntary buybacks, which could provide the water quickly but would require...
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Chinese influencer who ate great white shark investigated by police
Outrage after clip showing the vlogger Tizi roasting and eating threatened species went viralA Chinese influencer...
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Call for hippos to join list of world’s most endangered animals
New classification would mean a total ban on international trade in the animal’s body parts, as...
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Kentucky death toll rises to 35 from devastating flooding as hundreds still missing
More heavy rains pummel mountain communities, as Kamala Harris announces $1bn to deal with disasters from...
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African nations expected to make case for big rise in fossil fuel output
Exclusive: leaders expected to say at Cop27 they need access to their oil and gas reserves...
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Weather tracker: monsoon rains sweep India and Pakistan
Further heavy rainfall forecast after deadly lightning strikes and flooding last weekThe monsoon season in India...
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At least 16 people dead after flash flooding in Kentucky
Governor Andy Beshear says he expects death toll to ‘more than double’ after record floods wipe...
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Fears that Egypt may use Cop27 to whitewash human rights abuses
Naomi Klein and Caroline Lucas among signatories to letter voicing concerns over country’s hosting of climate...
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As more space junk falls to Earth, will China clean up its act?
Parts of a 23-tonne piece of rocket will come crashing down – somewhere – in the...
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Nepal’s tiger numbers recover but attacks on people cause alarm
Nepalese population of Bengal tigers has nearly tripled in 12 years and conflict with humans is...
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Trouble in paradise: only two tradespeople successfully lured to Queensland under $1.9m program
Tradies in paradise scheme offers incentives for workers to move to state, but budget mostly spent...
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Marion Scrymgour calls for ‘grog-free days’ in Northern Territory towns – as it happened
Aged care reform first bill to pass lower house under Albanese governmentAustralia’s inflation rate reaches 6.1%...
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‘Parks are wild by nature’: Yosemite visitors undeterred by raging forest fires
Picnics, treks, camping and swimming continue despite hazardous air quality and ash in national parkYosemite national...
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Blackouts in China as heatwave pushes electricity usage to record levels
High temperatures expected to continue for at least another week with more than 300 cities forecast...
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Australian politics live: Sally Sitou calls for more ‘audacious dreamers’ on climate in first speech to parliament
Katharine Murphy: Albanese believes in politics with purpose – he’s determined to pop Morrison’s ‘Canberra bubble’Get...
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Greenpeace taking UK government to court over Jackdaw gasfield works
Group claims ministers have failed to check environmental impact of burning gas at site off AberdeenGreenpeace...
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Six staffers arrested after climate sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office
On Monday, 17 people sat in the Senate majority leader’s office to demand he reopen climate...
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France orders air-conditioned shops to save energy by shutting doors
Minister says open doors lead to 20% more consumption as restrictions on illuminated signs also announcedAir-conditioned...
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Federal government accused of ‘railroading’ traditional custodians over Burrup peninsula rock art site
Custodians fighting to stop construction of a WA fertiliser plant say environment department gave just three...
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Thousands evacuated over wildfire near Yosemite as California governor declares emergency
Oak fire prompts Gavin Newsom to declare state of emergency for Mariposa County as firefighters scramble...
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DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat
Sale calls into question protection deal signed at Cop26 as expert warns Congo auction could be...