Environment

Santos wins fracking approval for Towrie gas development

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek has just quietly approved another Santos fracking project in Queensland’s Surat Basin, writes Callum Foote.

Labor’s climate ‘safeguard’ mechanism must be rejected

Labor's safeguard mechanism should be scrapped and replaced with a policy designed to reduce emissions, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Water rights meeting in Mexico

Mexican groups call for global protests against corporate water plundering

Movements, organisations and Indigenous communities gathered in the Assembly for Water and For Life over February 18–19, reports Tamara Pearson.

Community democracy under scrutiny at Balmain candidate forum

Community groups will host a candidate forum in the Balmain electorate in the lead-up to the New South Wales elections with a focus on how local democracy is best served. Peter Boyle reports.

Farmers protest silver, lead, zinc mine threat in Lue

Residents of Mudgee and farmers protested outside the Independent Planning Commission against Bowdens Silver's plan to mine silver, lead and zinc, near the village of Lue. Jim McIlroy reports.

Adani in crisis a national webinar is told

A Move Beyond Coal national webinar discussed the crisis impacting the Adani Group and its implications for the Carmichael coal project in Queensland, reports Jim McIlroy.

Banks targeted for supporting Adani

A protest was organised by Move Beyond Coal outside Blackrock and Barclays Bank against their continued support for Adani/Bravus Carmichael coal mine in Western Queensland. Coral Wynter reports.

Struggling for climate action, solidarity and ecosocialism in Malaysia

Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa, addressing the recent Socialist Alliance national conference, talked about the need for action and solidarity to confront the climate crisis. Susan Price reports.

As voter dissatisfaction with the major parties rise, is NSW heading for a kaleidoscope election?

NSW Labor is a clear favourite to win the March 25 election. But Suzanne James reviews the field and asks is Labor’s lead really as big as it looks?

Activists lock on to save greater glider habitat

Activists are fighting to stop logging in a Victorian government-promised National Park in Western Victoria. Chris Peterson reports.

Mother and daughter stop logging in Yarratt Forest

Two women have taken action to stop logging in Yarratt Forest, north of Taree, by suspending themselves from trees with ropes. Kerry Smith reports.

The plan to abolish nuclear weapons

The setting of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight reflects the consensus that Russia's Ukraine invasion has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1980s. Here is the plan proposed by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.