May
Thames Water’s big stink: Is Macquarie to blame?
The crisis in England’s water sector is coming to the boil. Macquarie, with more than $3 billion invested and its UK reputation on the line, will be feeling the heat.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October 2023
- Opinion
- Carbon challenge
No matter who collects EV revenue, we have to charge smartly
EVs are clean, cheap to run, and could encourage more driving. That will be a test for state governments, which can no longer set road user charges.
- Marion Terrill
August 2023
London’s widening pollution tax sparks protests, stirs political passions
Moves in Britain to stamp out poor air quality and reduce car use have become a flashpoint.
- Jill Lawless
Are these ‘forever chemicals’ slowly killing you?
They’re in everything from non-stick cookware to yoga pants – and in the bodies of almost every human alive. They may be doing people great harm.
- Kim Tingley
SurfStitch founder snags $42m from ABN AMRO for sustainable retail biz
Justin Cameron’s new investor joins other high-profile backers KKR’s David Lang, Investible’s Trevor Folsom and Kardinia Capital’s Kristiaan Rehder.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Cadbury owner’s plan to stop importing waste for chocolate wrappers
The global confectionary giant currently imports recycled plastics to meet its target for 30 per cent recycled packaging as Australia doesn’t have a facility.
- Ben Potter
June 2023
Adamantem gets in on the green packaging party, holds talks with PAC
The Sydney private-equity shop is set to swoop on the wholesale food packaging supplier.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
NYC hit with world’s worst air quality from Canada bushfires
Pollution levels in the city were deemed to be in the ‘unhealthy’ range, and were higher than those in the Indian capital Delhi and Iraq’s Baghdad.
- Updated
- Jennifer Peltz and Rob Gillies
February 2023
Aussie researchers fixing aviation’s wicked problems
Research being done at Australian universities and science institutions is reducing the impact of fuels and other materials used in aviation.
- Alexandra Cain
December 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Limits to Dutton’s strategy
Peter Dutton’s leadership; energy company CEOs’ response to Labor’s plan; Chris Bowen; free market paradigm; ‘dirty dozen’ big polluters; AFR View and letters; grandfatherhood is outsourced.
November 2022
- Exclusive
- Food bowl
Can seaweed save the world?
After a rocky start, the onshore prawn farmer and wastewater management company, backed by entrepreneur Graeme Wood and the Liberman family, is looking to raise up to $20 million.
- Carrie LaFrenz
October 2022
A ship fuelled by plastic waste sets sail to help nations recycle
The Plastic Odyssey’s three-year mission is to give people in 30 countries the wherewithal to make a living from recycling their rubbish.
- Tony Davis
September 2022
How mushrooms can help clean our most toxic messes
Using mushrooms and their underground mycelium networks to remediate polluted land and water has benefits.
- Theo Chapman
August 2022
Ban old trucks from big cities to save lives: Grattan
Vehicles built before 2003 should banned from Sydney and Melbourne to reduce exposure to deadly air pollution, according to a new report.
- Gus McCubbing
June 2022
Breathing is more dangerous than smoking and drinking
Air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 2.2 years, more than drinking’s 1.9 years and eight months for smoking, the Air Quality Life Index shows.
- Claire Parker
May 2022
ETFs jostle for green energy investors
BetaShares will launch two exchange-traded fund tracking solar energy and uranium companies.
- Lucy Dean
April 2022
- Opinion
- Commercial real estate
Going green is paying off for property investors
Lenders and buyers are penalising the latest generation of real estate offerings because they do not meet emission targets or will be hard to sell.
- Sam Tamblyn
March 2022
Don’t give up on carbon credits, says auditor
‘Intelligent conversations’ are lacking in the ACCU debate, but Australia needn’t give up on the project, an auditor has said.
- Lucy Dean
December 2021
Qantas to be first local airline to fly commercial green fuel trip
Qantas will become one of the first carriers to fly commercial trips using sustainable fuel alternatives under a deal to buy 10 million litres of biofuels.
- Lucas Baird
November 2021
No new limits for big polluters despite net zero pledge: Angus Taylor
The Morrison government said any plans by Labor to change the safeguard mechanism for big polluters would be akin to backdoor carbon tax.
- Mark Ludlow
