The Latest Breaking News from Environment

Maritime folklore has long been shuffled to the margins of nautical history, presented as the quaint, colourful oddities of a former age. Yet this body of beliefs, practices and stories can offer important insights into how seafarers of the 19th century viewed and understood their working environment.

A group representing High Plains region farmers has launched a campaign to make buyers aware of synthetic fibers’ impact on the environment and health.

Sri Lanka’s top court has ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank in 2021 to pay $1 billion in compensation for causing the most severe marine environment catastrophe in the country's history

Growing scrutiny of healthcare giants over Medicare practices is reshaping the industry’s landscape, with implications for both market performance and regulatory oversight. This evolving environment has led UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) to engage with the Department of Justice following reports of ongoing investigations into its Medicare program participation.

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has been urged to set a date for proposed forest-risk commodity rules to come into force.

GitHub has launched Spark, which is a new no-setup development environment that allows you to go from idea to deployed full-stack app, just by describing

A report card into the A$13 billion Murray–Darling Basin Plan has found much work is needed to ensure the ecology of Australia’s largest river system is properly restored.

In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

A community group has successfully challenged the 22-year expansion of an open-cut coal mine, arguing the local effects of climate change should be considered.

Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese sought ‘advice on strategy’ as federal and state governments prepared for ‘potential impacts of an adverse decision’