Environment
Stories tagged environment by the outlets that filed them, newest first.
- Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit After declining to comment for days, the Australian government acknowledged on Monday that only 14 national leaders would make the trip to Tuvalu on Tuesday.
- Only two leaders from outside the Pacific attending climate summit in Fiji The Albanese government faces intense pressure at the talks to justify the cost, estimated at over $20 million, and to live up to promises to champion the Pacific’s climate concerns.
- Fears wombats 'buried alive' after 'devastating' council error A local council is under fire after a rabbit-control program inadvertently sealed off wombat burrows.
- Australia experiences second hottest September on record as El Niño and climate change combine Australia had its second hottest September on record last month as global heating and a strengthening El Niño combined to break a string of heat records around the country.
- Authorities issue shark warning over whale that swam 11km upstream in Clarence River and later died The juvenile humpback was towed out to sea on Sunday, according to NSW authorities. Most whales wouldn’t be aiming for the river at this time of year, she said.
- Farmer fined $60k for clearing native vegetation north of Adelaide A farmer has been fined for removing native vegetation at a Port Wakefield property. The man was ordered to pay a fine of $60,000.