New greenhouse study challenges current wisdom
A study of the Amazon Basin has shown that under certain conditions the rainforest actually produces carbon dioxide.

A study of the Amazon Basin has shown that under certain conditions the rainforest actually produces carbon dioxide.

62 departments and agencies within the West Australian government have been given targets to reduce their energy consumption

Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society today claimed a win in the campaign to protect the Styx Valley, with over 30 environmentalists occupying a logging coupe, and peacefully blocking logging machinery used in clearfelling the world’s tallest hardwood trees.

A three years survey has discovered that the coral reefs in the Caribbean are actually healthier than first anticipated.

A survery of the Adelaide coastline is being undertaken to determine the effect of pollution on local waters.

130 dolphins and whales have been found scattered upon the shores of a remote bay in Tasmania.

The Wilderness Society and Greenpeace are targeting Gunns Limited’s international customers, in a bid to force the Tasmanian logging company to stop it’s destructive old-growth woodchipping.

A leaked report, made in July 2002, questions the Victorian Environment Protection Authority’s ability to deal with a major environmental crisis.

Oil refiners in Australia and China will have to make substantial investments to match new European fuel standards, aimed at improving air quality in urban areas around the world. The Australian Institute of Petroleum estimates the investment will cost local refiners around $1 billion.

Protests by a conservation group in the Yambulla Forest, near Eden in New South Wales, have convinced State Forests to delay logging work over the weekend, while discussions are held.