Pollution
Disagreement over who should foot the bill for Rena’s oozing oil
As New Zealand’s salvage crews race against time to pump fuel oil from the stricken container ship, there’s a debate......
Systems of monitoring big polluters in NSW dysfunctional
The biggest polluters in NSW are repeatedly violating their environmental licence conditions, according to a study by a local environmental......
Clean Up Port Phillip Bay
The Port Phillip Bay Clean Beaches Coalition uses Clean Up Australia Day to highlight the need for legislative changes which......
Report on our worst oil spill ignores marine parks
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has released a long-awaited report today into Australia’s worst offshore oil spill. The Montara well leaked......
BP courts Google to manage oil spill fallout
For a case study in what not to do when your company has caused one of the world’s biggest environmental......
Clean-up begins in the distater on the Great Barrier Reef
The eco-disaster off Queensland’s coast has now been isolated, but the full costs of the problem are just being discovered....
NSW Government on the defensive over Hunter pollution
The NSW Premier Kristina Keneally is on the defense, following an ABC expose on the impact of coal mining pollution......
Oil Spill in The Great Barrier Reef could have been avoided
Green’s leader Bob Brown has said today that an oil spill in The Great Barrier Reef, caused by a cargo......
Oil leak inquiry announced
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson today announced details of the Commission of Inquiry into the ten week oil leak off the......
Fire on oil rig draws attention back to continuing pollution
Ten weeks ago the oil rig off the West Australian Coast was in the headlines. Since that time little attention......