You could hardly imagine a worse report on the state of Australia’s environment, and the law’s capacity to protect it, than that released on Thursday.
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To improve the security of park guards and other people, it is crucial to mitigate park-people conflicts and tackle armed groups.
In dismissing the youth climate case, the court acknowledged that climate change is serious, but not serious enough to reconsider the reach of the constitution.
This idea environmental regulation hurts the economy is deeply entrenched in pro-business discourse. Our analysis of 22 nations suggest, in the long term, the opposite is true.
The fate of a Queensland mine extension could be sealed today with a ruling on the ongoing case by Australia’s highest court.
Alberta has modified its environmental rules, becoming the first to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this time of natural destruction, children’s books featuring Australian wildlife are critical to fostering environmental awareness in the next generation.
Climate journalism can play an important role in painting the picture of a post-carbon economy. It should start by encouraging collective action and a sense of empowerment for everyday people.
You didn’t cause the fires, but you can help prevent them spreading.
Don’t blame climate change for the 39,000 forest fires now incinerating huge tracts of the Brazilian Amazon. This environmental catastrophe is human-made and highly political.
Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to downgrade Ontario’s environmental watchdog is bad news for the environment, public health and safety, and evidence-based decision-making.
Botswana is launching a consultative process to review the current ban on elephant hunting.
Agreements between the Commonwealth and state governments that protect native forests are based on hopelessly out-of-date information. It’s a huge mistake to renew them without assessment.
The federal government considered prosecuting Adani’s potential environmental negligence over the history of its Australian CEO.
In Puerto Rico the Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ policy echoes colonial practices by fast-forwarding fossil fuel projects over community resistance.
Top contributors
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Research Fellow, Marine Ecology, University of Tasmania
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Assistant professor, University of Groningen
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Assistant professor, Wageningen University
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Professor of Law, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor of Civic Communication and Media, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Antarctic Studies, School of Humanities, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania
