Environmental activism
The map, songline and pipeline. How legal experts misused Indigenous culture
“OMG, we win again!!!” wrote one campaigner about the fight with oil and gas giant Santos. But then the court changed its mind.
- by Nick Toscano
Latest
Activist happy as claims struck out of Adani legal saga
A multinational mining company expects proceedings against an activist to go to trial even after he claimed a courtroom “win” in Brisbane.
- by Fraser Barton
‘Loved and hated in equal measure’: The problem with Patagonia
The outdoor gear brand sits somewhere between an environmental activist group and a sportswear retailer – and commercial success is often not at the top of its priority list.
- by Jessica Yun
The court case that could change the way your pork is produced
Animal activists have launched a Supreme Court challenge alleging 85 per cent of pigs are suffering unnecessary cruelty.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Refugees in their own country’: Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis
Perth’s zoo and black cockatoo rehab centres are struggling with emaciated cockatoos after an unprecedented climate event wiped out their remaining food source.
- by Emma Young
Kimberley gas fracking plan will ‘sacrifice global icon’: green groups
Green groups say US-run Black Mountain Energy’s plans to frack in the Kimberley will send gas and profit overseas while “laying waste” to WA’s environment.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
Biodiversity
Undermining the watchdog is against WA’s nature. We must defend our thin green line
WA has special natural resources – resources that have helped make our economy strong. But what makes us strong also needs protecting, and now is the time.
- by Jess Beckerling
Updated
The Pilbara
Whitby removes former Chevron employee from Karratha gas plant appeal
Environment Minister Reece Whitby decided to remove Murdoch University Professor Simon McKirdy to maintain public confidence in the appeal committee’s work.
- by Hamish Hastie
Developer sells stunning land for $100m. The buyer will never build a thing
Not far from where the Andes Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean, a vast swath of pristine wilderness is changing hands under the most unusual circumstances.
- by David Gelles
Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme
The ACCC has not certified a key federal government program used by more than 500 companies to promote their environmental credentials.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge
Two Extinction Rebellion activists who used a hire truck to block peak-hour traffic, causing a woman to give birth on the side of the road, have had their jail terms almost tripled on appeal.
- by Erin Pearson
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