Pollution
Opinion
New Year
Happy new year? Not for me, unless we ban these annoyances
The world is full of problems, but we can make it a little better by outlawing a few nuisances.
- by Dan Kaufman
Latest
Series
City life
Growing pains in Melbourne’s booming west
In a series, The Age explores what makes the western suburbs the place to be and what’s holding them back.
‘It’s beautiful, but we’d like fresh air’: Life inside Melbourne’s most polluted suburb
The Age explores why the western suburbs are Australia’s fastest-growing region, and what’s holding them back from realising their full potential.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Parking to get more expensive as congestion levy rises 79 per cent
A hike in the levy to deter motorists from Melbourne’s CBD and inner suburbs has been lashed by a peak lobby group as ineffective.
- by Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
Billionaire developer charged over asbestos-in-mulch crisis
Developer Arnold Vitocco is among those facing charges brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority in relation to the asbestos-in-mulch crisis that saw parks, schools and hospitals closed across Sydney this year.
- by Ben Cubby
‘One of the great human crises’: Warning after microplastics linked to lung, colon cancer
A major review led by a Sydney expert has sounded the alarm on the health effects of the tiny, ubiquitous pollutant.
- by Angus Dalton
Fears for schools, daycares: The 500 sites yet to be tested for forever chemicals
It could take 50 years to investigate all the potentially contaminated sites across Sydney and the rest of NSW, an inquiry has heard.
- by Carrie Fellner
‘This is a great win’: Forever chemicals to be filtered from tap water
A mobile filtration plant will clean up tap-water supplies tainted by a plume of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in the Blue Mountains.
- by Carrie Fellner
Analysis
Government
The test results Seqwater tried to keep secret, and how they came out
Brisbane residents were asking the government-owned water authority for information on “forever chemicals” in order to protect themselves. Seqwater kept quiet.
- by William Davis
Exclusive
How To Poison a Planet
‘It’s hot data’: Alarm over ‘forever chemical’ found in Brisbane drinking water
Previously unreleased water test results reveal a cancer-causing chemical has been detected at seven times the level deemed dangerous by US authorities.
- by William Davis
Opinion
Plastic
We have a once-in-a-generation chance to halt the march of plastic
This week, in a port city in South Korea, delegates from around the world will gather for the most consequential negotiating session you’ve probably never heard of.
- by Andrew Forrest
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