Environmental protection
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Biodiversity
Dead owls are piling up in my freezer: Perth scientists take a stand
“Enough is enough”, say Australia’s top wildlife experts, sick and tired of mass native wildlife deaths from a source they say the public is not aware of.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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‘I thought it was a horse’: Rogue pigs run amok across NSW
Oscar Pearse was sitting on his tractor planting a crop of chickpeas when he looked over his shoulder and saw his nemeses approaching.
- by Catherine Naylor
Australia’s houseboat community is growing, but life isn’t as idyllic as you’d think
Houseboats are a popular accommodation option for holidaymakers, but long-term stays aren’t for the inexperienced or faint-hearted.
- by Amber Schultz
Analysis
Climate policy
The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals
On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world, we cannot.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
You know about electric cars. Now Sydney Harbour is about to be carpeted with electric boats
Fast charging stations will be installed across Australia’s eastern coast as demand for electric boats booms.
- by Amber Schultz
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
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Marine life
WA mega-marine park proposed to rival Ningaloo needs work: scientists
This vast and ambitious plan has weaknesses – particularly around the popular tourism area of Esperance – that could hobble it from the start, say scientists.
- by Holly Thompson
‘A lucrative business’: Why 730 tonnes of tyres have been seized in Australia in the past year
Illegal exports of Australia’s waste, including tyres, are in high demand by international manufacturers, to create fuel oil for further plastics manufacturing.
- by Amber Schultz
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, dies in plane crash
William Anders’ plane plummeted into the water off San Juan Islands in Washington state.
Myths, spin and outright lies: the truth behind the logging industry
Scientist David Lindenmayer confronts the entrenched myths around the Australian logging industry and our native tall forests.
- by Kurt Johnson
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WA Parliament
Perth Zoo, Rottnest trees felled as borer spreads through 88 suburbs
More than 3000 trees across Perth’s best-loved spaces have been destroyed as one of the state’s biggest-ever biosecurity operation ramps up a desperate defence.
- by Hamish Hastie
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