Environment
Sustainability
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Renewables
The magnetic appeal of induction cooktops (plus other ways to go electric)
With gas now on the nose, householders are switching to green electricity. Where do you start? And how far can you go?
- by Angus Holland
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Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Craig Reucassel: We did some tests to find out how many microplastics I have inside me
Comedian and Chaser satirist Craig Reucassel is hardly an evangelist for responsible behaviour. But when it comes to saving the planet, he’s happy to champion uncomfortable truths.
- by Peter FitzSimons
EV Maritime co-founder inspects work on electric ferry
EV Maritime will build two electric ferries for Auckland Council, which charge while docked to let on passengers.
Sunny Corner mine was abandoned a century ago. It’s still a toxic ‘deadly’ mess
Mining companies must pay a bond to the state before they touch the soil. But is it enough?
- by Laura Chung and Brook Mitchell
Why this little digger’s return to Sydney is so important
Eastern bettongs haven’t roamed mainland Australia for 100 years. Now they’re running around western Sydney.
- by Laura Chung
From a lab to the moon: Growing plants in outer space
The plants will make the 300,000-kilometre journey in 2026, but there are a few challenges facing scientists before then.
- by Laura Chung
Opinion
Cycling
Are e-bikes worth it? After four years in the saddle, here’s what I found
Push-bikes were too slow but my electric bike offers me a sweat-free way of getting around – and delivers small moments of joy.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Electric cars
Petrol-powered cars are an environmental catastrophe. I’ll miss them anyway
Electric cars aren’t nearly as fun to drive.
- by Farhad Manjoo
Cardboard ‘rocketships’: How NSW plans to prevent another billion wildlife deaths
Ten thousand habitat pods, 80,000 firefighters and 5000 trained vets are part of NSW’s plan to save wildlife ahead of the next bushfire season.
- by Laura Chung and Angus Dalton
Pressure mounts on Labor to protect koalas by ending logging of their habitat
Environmental groups gathered outside NSW Parliament to voice concerns over logging practices in the proposed Great Koala National Park.
- by Laura Chung
Offshore gas and wind first real test for Minns government
As Australia rushes to decarbonise its electricity sector, state and federal governments are at odds over the approval of a controversial offshore gas project.
- by Laura Chung