Environment
Can snow resorts survive climate change? It depends how much money you have
Rising electricity costs could have a severe impact on ski centres, which rely on man-made snow to keep their cover deep and even.Â
- by Laura Chung
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Five changes you can make today to live more sustainably
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the climate crisis, but experts say that the best way to cure climate anxiety is to take action – and often it’s surprisingly easy to make a substantial change to our greenhouse-gas emissions. Here’s how.
- by Kimberly Gillan
NSW government renewable energy projects delayed and more expensive
Energy Minister Penny Sharpe will unveil a new plan on Thursday that sets out the energy transition plans from coal-fired power to renewable energy.
- by Laura Chung
Opinion
Forestry
Loggers get their way in proposed koala national park
The Minns government’s failure to immediately halt Forestry Corporation NSW plans to log the proposed Great Koala National Park on the Mid North Coast is a policy travesty.
- by The Herald's View
Before creation of koala national park, loggers target key habitat
The NSW government stands by its promise to create a Great Koala National Park despite its own logging company planning operations in 20 per cent of the land inside its proposed boundaries this year.
- by Nick O'Malley
Two in the bush: The quest to save Australia’s wildlife
Tanya Plibersek came into office promising no new extinctions. This small brown bird, native to a tiny island, could be the canary in her coalmine.
- by Miki Perkins
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Five Minutes with Fitz
Is it too late to save an Aussie icon from extinction? I asked ‘Dr Koala’
Koalas are up against the formidable foes of logging and climate change, but solutions exist if we want to grasp them.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Sydney records coldest morning in four years
The cool temperatures are unlikely to ease over the coming days as a trough sweeps through the city.
- by Laura Chung
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Biodiversity
Could this shark’s blood help save the species? Scientists hope so
Leo the zebra shark may only be two-metres long, but he could hold the genetics needed to rescue his species.
- by Laura Chung
