Aug 13 • 9 months ago
Commonwealth Bank posts record $10.25bn profit and...
Australia’s biggest bank delivers bumper payout to shareholders as CBA vows to end lending to coal companies with no net zero plans
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
‘Deceptively cute’ ancient whale with razor
Scientist says new species described from 25-million-year-old fossil found in Victoria ‘was a gnarly whale I wouldn’t want to get in the water with’Get our
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires
Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has...
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say
Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millenniaGet our
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs
A report finding 75% of coral is bleached or dead along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extensionGet our
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
Hundreds more waterways in England used recreationally than recorded by government, data finds
Analysis finds 3,347 locations used for swimming, rowing and paddleboarding but government has identified just 342There are hundreds more waterways being used for swimming and boating in Eng...
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
Risks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are ‘intense and scary’, unreleased government report says
Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so farGet our
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Aug 12 • 9 months ago
Woman sentenced to prison for importing illegal cacti and plants to Australia in fake lingerie packages
Kirsten Mae Fearn was repeatedly warned about the behaviour but she continued to import plants which she intended to sell online
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Aug 11 • 9 months ago
‘Death spiral’: Mekong River megafish have shrunk by half, study reveals
Fish once as large as grizzly bears have become far smaller in recent years due to overfishing, dams and climate crisisThe size of megafish in the Mekong River has shrunk alarmingly in recen...
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Aug 11 • 9 months ago
UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plansThe UK government is being sued in a secretive “corporate court” after a pro...
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Aug 11 • 9 months ago
WA’s ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch
Scientists shocked by bleaching event that hit reefs from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore ReefGet our
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Aug 11 • 9 months ago
Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C
Scientists warn of ‘molotov cocktail’ of climatic conditions fuelling vast wildfires across MediterraneanDeadly heat of up to 42C is searing southern Europe, as scientists warn of a “molotov...
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