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Businesses want light shone on power station's future

Businesses want light shone on power station's future

The peak body representing businesses in NSW wants the government to clarify its position on the future of a major coal-fired power station.

CBA sees electric vehicle loans more than triple

CBA sees electric vehicle loans more than triple

CBA sees electric vehicle loans more than triple

CBA sees electric vehicle loans more than triple

Electric car loans are at an all-time high, with one major bank reporting a 235 per cent increase in low-emission vehicles during the last financial year.

NSW biodiversity laws failing, fuelling crisis: review

NSW biodiversity laws failing, fuelling crisis: review

NSW biodiversity laws failing, fuelling crisis: review

NSW biodiversity laws failing, fuelling crisis: review

A damning independent report has found the state's Biodiversity Conservation Act is not only failing - it's contributing to a worsening biodiversity crisis.

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Andrews, Plibersek silent on Vic Murray-Darling snub

Andrews, Plibersek silent on Vic Murray-Darling snub

Victoria's refusal to sign up to the new Murray-Darling Basin plan has set the scene for an awkward joint press conference between two Labor governments.

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

Fewer pizza boxes in landfill thanks to recycling boost

More grubby pizza boxes and other contaminated paper will get a second life courtesy of a nation-first recycling system in Melbourne's north.

Warming slows switch between wet and dry in Australia

Warming slows switch between wet and dry in Australia

Greenhouse gas emissions are affecting an air current that determines how much rain and heat Australia gets, and it could mean longer droughts and floods.

ACT, Volvo reveal Australia's first electric fire truck

ACT, Volvo reveal Australia's first electric fire truck

Quiet and thoroughly modern, the first electric fire and rescue truck in the country - one of several on order for the ACT - has been unveiled in Brisbane.

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Woodside activists hit with violence restraining orders

Woodside activists hit with violence restraining orders

Woodside activists hit with violence restraining orders

Woodside activists hit with violence restraining orders

A WA court has granted violence restraining orders against a group of climate activists who allegedly targeted the home of Woodside Energy's chief executive.

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

WA lab to accelerate battery minerals manufacturing hub

A battery materials demonstration plant opened in Western Australian industrial heartland is another milestone to being a global hub, the premier says.

Brumbies the 'nail in the coffin' for at-risk natives

Brumbies the 'nail in the coffin' for at-risk natives

Brumbies the 'nail in the coffin' for at-risk natives

Brumbies the 'nail in the coffin' for at-risk natives

Environmentalists and brumby advocates are fiercely at odds about how best to manage feral horse populations in the Australian Alps.

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Scientists from the CSIRO believe they have snapped an image of a mysterious narrowbody handfish, more than 25 years after the species was last seen.

Graziers draw on traditional fire skills to manage land

Graziers draw on traditional fire skills to manage land

Graziers draw on traditional fire skills to manage land

Graziers draw on traditional fire skills to manage land

Traditional fire knowledge is helping Queensland graziers regenerate their land in a project that could provide a model for managing country Australia-wide.

Australia's big wet fuels bushfire risks this spring

Australia's big wet fuels bushfire risks this spring

Australia's big wet fuels bushfire risks this spring

Australia's big wet fuels bushfire risks this spring

Vast swathes of the country face a heightened fire risk this spring as heat makes a comeback after years of cooler, wetter La Nina conditions.

City-state friction on plan to ban new gas connections

City-state friction on plan to ban new gas connections

City-state friction on plan to ban new gas connections

City-state friction on plan to ban new gas connections

A major city council is looking to impose its own ban on gas connections in new developments but the state government opposes its independent move.

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BHP warns on tax, productivity after plunge in profits

Profits and dividends are down at BHP on lower commodity prices, but the mining giant says it is managing inflationary pressures better than its rivals.

AGL Energy owns goals with Adelaide Oval-sized battery

More than a big banana, a big battery the size of an AFL oval has switched on in South Australia to help cut power bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

Shark nets stay afloat as premier says tech lacks bite

The premier is not ready to cut nets adrift and rely on shark protection technology to protect Sydney swimmers, despite calls from conservation groups.

Premier warns he could unplug electric car subsidies

A $3000 rebate on new electric vehicle purchases in NSW is under review after treasury estimates found they could be pushing up prices.

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Aussies told to prepare as bushfire season starts early

Tricky weather conditions mean hazard reduction burns in NSW and other areas are behind schedule, sparking concern among firies about the upcoming fire season.

Activist shareholders target Woodside over new projects

Woodside Energy is being urged to reallocate capital from new production to a share buyback to avert the release of half a billion tonnes of carbon emissions.

Aussie-led global consortium joins offshore wind frenzy

A powerful consortium has joined the bidding to add offshore wind to Australia's clean energy arsenal in Gippsland waters off the coast of Victoria.

Hydrogen policy revamp needed to cut truck pollution

Australia needs more hydrogen refuelling stations, central production facilities and more ways to transport the fuel to cut transport emissions, a study says.

Methane-busting seaweed scaled up ready for production

A Tasmanian seaweed farmer is scaling up production of his methane-busting product but wants more incentives from government to encourage farmers to take it up.

NSW govt under fire as trees fall in koala heartland

Conservationists and the timber industry aren't often on the same page but there's plenty of shared hostility over the NSW government's vague koala park plan.

More older Aussie drivers should go electric, 95yo says

A man who could be Australia's oldest electric vehicle owner says more mature drivers should put battery-powered vehicles to the test.

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