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September 11, 2025

Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds

More attention needs to be given to rapidly evolving issue of contamination of waterways with ‘forever chemicals’, committee’s chair says

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September 09, 2025

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens

Ethiopian PM says dam will electrify entire region but Egypt fears it could restrict water supply during droughtsEthiopia has inaugurated Africa’s...

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September 08, 2025

Hopes rise for green economy boom at Africa Climate Summit

Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records - but action is needed to plug financing gapThe first signs of a takeoff of...

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September 07, 2025

‘Everything is gone’: Punjabi farmers suffer worst floods in three decades

Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes - and hundreds of thousands of acres of cropsFor days, farmers in the Indian state of...

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September 06, 2025

Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say

More habitat has been given up legally in 2025 so far than any other year since the animals were listed as threatened, analysis shows Get our

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September 06, 2025

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging

Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victoryGet our

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September 06, 2025

WA museum tells staff ‘almost all of us are guilty’ of burning fossil fuels in email defending Woodside partnership

Exclusive: Climate advocates reject CEO’s claim he is ‘not qualified’ to comment on risks of gas firm’s plan to extend production to 2070Get our

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September 04, 2025

Australia needs $530bn capital to meet 70% climate goal, Business Council claims ahead of new 2035 target

Modelling commissioned by lobby group comes as Climate Change Authority due to advise on new target - but does not factor in cost of inaction

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September 04, 2025

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

Documents tabled in parliament show NSW agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was...

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September 01, 2025

‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive

Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico - but challenges remainIn 2010, Gerardo Ceballos and...

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August 31, 2025

Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first

South Australian law on single-use plastic packaging coming into force on 1 September will ban polyethylene containers known as shoyu-tai in Japan

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August 29, 2025

Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island

Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualifiedGet our bre...

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