
Plibersek quietly gives Santos green light to drill 116 new Queensland gas wells
Santos has quietly been granted federal environmental approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland.
Santos has quietly been granted federal environmental approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has denied her decision to block Clive Palmer’s proposed central Queensland mine sets a precedent for other projects under consideration, with each case to be reviewed “on its merits”.
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Australia’s environment minister has used a nature summit in Canada to lobby against an in-danger listing for the Great Barrier Reef.
A United Nations mission says the Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a World Heritage site in danger with Australia failing to adequately address climate change and other key threats.
Australia is facing longer fire seasons, more intense tropical cyclones and oceans riddled with acidity due to rising global temperatures.
The Bureau of Meteorology is weathering its own storm in response to an unexpected decision to change its nickname.