Environment

The empathy inequality: Pray for the rich and forget Haiti
El Salvador defeats Canadian-Australian mining giant
Queensland government to fast track Adani coalmine
Hurricane Matthew is one more climate change alarm bell
United States: Tar sands pipelines shut down by activists

Ten climate activists were arrested on October 11 for trying to shut down all tar sands oil coming into the United States from Canada by manually turning off pipelines in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Washington state Democracy Now! said.
BP announces it will not drill for oil in Great Australian Bight
United States: Pine Ridge indigenous youths join Dakota pipeline resistance
Eddie Obeid loses lawsuit against ICAC

Supreme Court Justice David Hammerschlag dismissed former NSW minister Eddie Obeid’s civil case against the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on September 27.
Maules Creek and the final void
Fossil fuels to blame for SA power crisis
AGL’s dirty carbon emissions — not so secret
Unions, environmentalists unite against South Australian nuclear dumps