3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (486+ words) This rugged promontory is thriving thanks to community-run cafes, restaurants and inns, which can all be visited on a spectacular coastal walk Cliff is sitting in his farm truck scanning the hillsides with powerful binoculars. "It's the rams," he says....

10+ hour, 8+ min ago  (860+ words) There's a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre, you must meet your own energy needs. But there are other key policy questions that need answering Our online lives are increasingly reliant on digital data, whether it's asking an…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (737+ words) Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course Soaring, scorching, record temperatures, yet again. Distressing, protracted droughts. Raging fires and devastating floods. Australia's summer is drawing to…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (349+ words) Judge slashed a $667m damages award to Energy Transfer over Greenpeace's role in Dakota Access Pipeline protests A North Dakota judge on Friday finalized a $345m judgment against Greenpeace in a lawsuit pursued by pipeline company Energy Transfer (ET.N) over the environmental…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (943+ words) It's easy to ignore your superannuation, but choices about where to invest can make a big difference for climate action and protecting the environment Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (631+ words) Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997 Researchers found that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter today than they were from 1970 to 1997, as the climate crisis…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (939+ words) EPA found only 27 of 219 plants needed upgrades; 71 later got exemptions as Donald Trump scrapped mercury limits Almost all coal-fired power plants in the US had the ability to comply with rules limiting their emission of dangerous pollutants such as mercury…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (669+ words) Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade "A victory for life." That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the Brazilian Amazon this week after they staved off…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (165+ words) Ice Memory Foundation's specially dug "sanctuary' offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, where samples will be stored for…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (370+ words) Winter Storm Hernando, which struck north-eastern regions this week, described as a "bomb cyclone" Winter Storm Hernando swept across the north-eastern US on Sunday and into the start of the week, unleashing blizzard conditions across much of the region as…...