Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu

We should not wait for perfect certainty. It’s time to act before catastrophe.

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A drifting part of a SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon

Part of a SpaceX rocket will crash into the Moon, with the impact likely to be seen from Earth.

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'Highly migratory': Shark cull won't improve beach safety, expert says

Culling sharks would not reduce the risk of attacks, a marine biologist says, as the family of Sydney shark attack victim Leah Stewart says she has a "long road to recovery" ahead of her.

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Papua New Guinea announces largest MPA in its history - Oceanographic

Papua New Guinea has announced the Western Manus Marine Protected Area - a no-take zone covering 200,000 km² of the Pacific Ocean.

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Giant iceberg with shipping containers spotted off Antarctica

Details of how the shipping containers ended up on a giant iceberg have been revealed in one of the more unusual reports tabled at the annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations.

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Indian Ocean tuna regulator eases yellowfin fishing curbs amid sustainability concerns

An annual meeting of the regulatory body overseeing the tuna fishery across the Indian Ocean has agreed to update the rules governing one of the region’s most iconic species: yellowfin tuna. The easin...

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We reviewed 48 ‘low carbon’ projects and found they were becoming part of the fossil fuel problem

These projects amplify the green credentials of fossil fuel firms while leaving their core business model untouched.

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Record payout after billionaire built mine without traditional owners' permission

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150 million to WA traditional owners after mining their land without permission.

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Australia’s first High Court climate case could reshape fossil fuel approvals

Australia’s first climate case to reach the High Court will be heard next week, in a landmark legal battle that could reshape how fossil fuel projects are approved nationwide. MACH Energy is challengi...

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Up to a third of national delegations to key fishing governance meetings are fishing industry representatives, Greenpeace report finds - Greenpeace International

Up to a third of national delegations to key fishing governance meetings are fishing industry representatives, Greenpeace report finds

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Oil spills from the Iran war are visible from space | CNN

Satellite images show oil swirling in the water after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities and ships. Experts fear an environmental catastrophe

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So much research is already free to read in Australia – but it’s not getting the support it needs

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Protest is not a flaw in democracy and fear cannot be made law. The NSW supreme court ruling upholds these truths | Shamikh Badra

Closing public space does not produce ‘social cohesion’. Instead it produces accumulated tension The New South Wales supreme court’s ruling is not merely the invalidation of a law. It draws a clear constitutional line: the state cannot suppress protest under broad justifications such as “social cohesion”. In a decisive judgment, the court struck down protest laws introduced by the government of Chris Minns after the Bondi attack, placing a firm limit on state power. This is not a technical ruling. It is a direct rejection of a political logic that sought to redefine protest from a democratic right into a risk to be managed. Continue reading...

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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

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Micronesia's worst fears realised as WWII shipwrecks leak

The Federated States of Micronesia's biggest tourism asset has become one of its largest threats, with as much as 22 million litres of oil from World War II shipwrecks slowly leaking into the ocean.

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Australia formally recognises state of Palestine

The historic decision foreshadowed last month has now become a reality, as Australia moves with Canada and the United Kingdom to join the growing list of countries to recognise Palestinian sovereignty...

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“No Guernicas, no sacred places”: On the closure of Meanjin - Overland literary journal

Australia’s literary culture depends for its life on its journals. Literary journals are not just clearing houses for pithy snatches of commentary and readable middlebrow fiction — they’re incubators ...

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Anger at North West Shelf approval spreads through Pacific

A former president of Kiribati has criticised the Australian government over its approval of a major gas project off Western Australia.

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He's been called Australia's Elon Musk. This is his 'trillion-dollar' plan

He has the chic of a Silicon Valley tech bro and a clean energy pitch for investors, but will Gerard Barron's deep-sea mining dream do more harm than good?

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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

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Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty

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