Science & Environment

Treasurer Wayne Swan bravely faced the country today to announce a 40 billion dollar hole in next year’s budget –...

Religious groups are getting serious about climate change. In September of this year the Pope installed solar panels on the...

Earlier today the Productivity Commission released a draft report that will change the way farmers get drought relief. Under the...

As the financial world melts down, the environment is being expected to take a back seat, as struggling businesses argue...

Protecting old growth forests is still a dangerous business. Last week on The Wire, we brought you a story about...

Oxfam Australia has released a report condemning a failed Australian mining company, saying it’s responsible for the devastation of fishing...

Queensland researchers say bugs may hold the key to the future of solar technology.

Zoos used to be where we went to look at really exotic animals – the lions and tigers and zebras...

Its not often we talk about how we’re going to be buried or think about how our death can leave...

Protecting old growth forests has become a dangerous business. Anti logging activists in Tasmania claim that a contractor working for...