The Guardian

A government report card has found the marine environment along the Great Barrier Reef’s coastline remains in poor health, prompting conservationists to call for urgent action ahead of a world heritage committee meeting this year.

Reneweconomy

The Victorian Labor government has announced the creation of a new body to manage the “critical” next phase of the state’s transition to 50 per cent renewables by 2030 – the modernisation of its outdated and coal-based electricity grid.

WAToday

Experts have called for the government to “get a grip” , with taxpayers having now paid for three successive strategies for a huge and valuable land parcel in Perth, none of which have been finalised.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Washington: Senior Republican politicians have sought to blame failing wind turbines for the massive blackouts in Texas that have left millions of people without power for days in freezing temperatures.

Reneweconomy

After the initial flurry of news around a major blackout in Texas, in which many millions of people are still without power in freezing conditions, the misinformation war around the event has broken into full swing. American conservatives are going hard blaming renewables for the event, but buried underneath the noise, a clearer picture of what has gone wrong is emerging.

The Canberra Times

You probably haven't visited Marton in north-east England. It is a quiet and unassuming village, home to some 10,000 people, and I am proud that it is not only my birthplace, but part of the constituency I represent in the UK Parliament. Marton's most famous son, born there in 1728, is Captain James Cook - a controversial figure for some, but a reminder to me of the longstanding bond between the UK and our friends and allies in Australia.

Fishing World

BACK in the early 2000’s the commonwealth determined that Australian fisheries would not be able to export their catches unless they were covered by an environmental assessment and a fishery management strategy.

The Shout

Hither & Yon has become South Australia’s first carbon neutral certified wine brand, achieving the status with Australian Government program Climate Active.

The Australian Financial Review

Woodside Petroleum’s reporting of its climate-related risks doesn’t comply with the international benchmark, leaving investors in the oil and gas producer exposed to potential asset write-downs and reputational risks, according to a legal assessment.

Architecture and Design

Southbank by Beulah, the $2 billion tower soon to become Australia’s largest, is also set to become the tallest vertical garden in the world.

The Conversation

Australians have a love-hate relationship with sulphur-crested cockatoos, Cacatua galerita. For some, the noisy parrots are pests that destroy crops or the garden, damage homes and pull up turf at sports ovals.

The Age

In Wik Mungkan language, the sea turtle is “Minh Miintin”, a culturally significant food source and a totem animal for some Wik people.

Cosmos

If you want to know how Adelaide, South Australia, was settled by Europeans, you may need to look at rat and koala teeth.

Yahoo News

The solution to the world’s climate change problems could be under our feet, as soil has the potential to store more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere But about 45% of the Earth’s soil is used for agriculture, and most farmland has lost up to 30% of its carbon from unsustainable land management practices.

Yahoo News

One of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon rainforest, 91-year-old indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire, will launch a worldwide appeal Thursday for help with his "final mission": gaining protected status for his people's ancestral lands.

ABC Rural

Footage that appears to show turtles caught in gillnets off a north Queensland town has prompted an environmental group to call for further regulations on commercial fishers.

News.com.au

A “wobble” in the weather has turned a chunk of the world’s climate upside down, leading to the bizarre situation where it is twice as cold in Texas as it is in Alaska.

The Sydney Morning Herald

A Nationals revolt on climate change has gained support from the party’s Senate team in a challenge to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on whether to allow a new $1 billion fund to invest in coal and nuclear power.

The Australian

Nationals senators have drafted legislation allowing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in nuclear power as two-thirds of Coalition MPs backed lifting the ban on the controversial fuel source.

Reneweconomy

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has sought to highjack proposed government legislation, moving his own amendment to a bill in an attempt to open up the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to investments in new coal fired power stations.

The Age

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro says the federal government should reject plans to extend a permit allowing gas drilling in offshore waters from Manly to Newcastle.

The Sydney Morning Herald

The state’s environmental watchdog will step up monitoring of compliance of the state-owned logging corporation after talks over how to minimise damage in fire-hit forests broke down.

Reneweconomy

The Western Australian Labor government has labelled an unexpectedly ambitious clean energy policy from the WA Liberal opposition as too costly and unrealistic, suggesting the plan reflects the inexperience of the WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup.

Sky News Australia

Sky News host Paul Murray says the city councils in Melbourne which are using taxpayers’ money for climate change protest training are the “wokest of the woke”.

The Daily Telegraph

The politicians who are driving Australia to reach “net zero” emissions by 2050 need to wake up and start listening to the scientists telling the truth about CO2, writes Alan Jones.

The Age

Rio Tinto’s new chief executive Jakob Stausholm has laid out plans for a shake-up of the mining giant’s climate change agenda, vowing wider emissions-reduction goals to tackle the enormous carbon footprint of its customers worldwide.

The Australian

Jakob Stausholm is starting from 46,000 years behind in social licence terms but the new Rio boss appears to be heading in the right direction.

The New Daily

The Nationals’ pitch for taxpayers to invest in ‘clean coal’ is nothing but a marketing scam designed to make Australians feel better about burning carbon emissions, leading energy experts say.

Reneweconomy

Whitehaven Coal has become the latest Australian miner to announce massive losses as the collapsing thermal coal price continued to wreak havoc on the industry.

Reneweconomy

The Australian Energy Market Operator has reported record levels of new projects and megawatts of wind and solar coming into the main grid in the last year, and also reveals there are nearly 10 times as many projects queuing for a spot on the network.

Reneweconomy

A prominent environmental group has said it is “outraged” by a proposal to build overhead transmission infrastructure through the Kosciuszko National Park, with the National Parks Association of NSW saying the works would destroy a significant portion of the national park.

The New Daily

Millions of wildlife animals might be saved from death in the claws of domestic cats, if their owners were to feed them meat-rich food and play with them for 10 minutes a day.

News.com.au

Wildlife tourists taking selfies with mountain gorillas have put the animals at huge risk of developing coronavirus and other diseases, research says.

The Weekly Times

Scientists are exploring how native Australian animals such as kangaroos and wallabies emit methane. Read how the research could benefit the livestock industry.

Yahoo News

Sri Lankan authorities Wednesday agreed to save the world's only known wild specimen of a species of tree that was due to be chopped to clear the way for a four-lane expressway.