Science & Environment

The lead author of a new report into the social impacts of Papa New Guinea’s multi-billion dollar LNG gas project...

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) today released the revised draft of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Low water flows over many...

More than a year after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, concerns about nuclear safety at the Daiichi plant have not...

Queensland’s new government promises to be tougher on coal seam gas companies. The new Environmental Minister Andrew Powell says the...

New research has discovered deep-sea critters hitching a ride on submarines. The study found creatures are travelling far from their...

The World Wildlife Fund has released a new study called The Living Planet report and it’s revealed some disturbing statistics...

The federal goverment has recently increased the areas allowed for oil and gas exploration in South Australia and the Northern...

The coal seam gas boom has seen mining march into rural Australia as never before, and brought together environmentalists and...

How can we get young people to take up jobs on the land? With just nine universities from around Australia...

Already this year on The Wire we’ve had stories about regional declines in the number of kangaroos and koalas in...