Land and Water News

Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions -- known as fire weather -- that facilitate the spread of wildfires....

Many thousands of Australians spent years working to see wild and special places protected in national parks, World Heritage and other conservation reserves. From central Tasmania to the forests of south western WA, K’gari...

Friends of the Mountain are proud to invite you to Mountain Minds. This will be a free community gathering of music, talks, workshops and yoga, designed to bring people together through their shared passion...

The fires currently tearing through Los Angeles are a reminder that Australia can no longer rely on northern hemisphere nations for water-bombing aircraft and firefighters during our summer. “During our Black Summer, more than...

A proposed "block caving" gold and copper mine proposed by Australian mining exploration company Solgold, will most likely cause untold environmental harm to the region. Solgold have been working in Ecuador for over a...

You’ve probably heard about PFAS - a collection of more than 14,000 chemicals that don’t break down and can accumulate in the environment and people. Some PFAS chemicals have been associated with higher risk...

Update February 5 2025: Is Rainfall a Source of PFAS Chemicals in Sydney Drinking Water Supplies?   People may have recently read the media coverage concerning lack of testing for PFAS chemicals in drinking...

Esso is planning to build a massive, toxic, industrial dump in the middle of a United Nations-listed wetland on the eastern side of Corner Inlet on Victoria’s Gippsland Coast.

Update 6/7/25: New National PFAS Guidelines here - Which communities have breached the new guidelines? This blog shares information collated over the past few years concerning PFAS detections in Australian drinking water supplies. It...

Hanrine (a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting) has recently invested $150 million in the Ecuadorian state mining company Enami.  This now gives Rinehart, a 49% stake in 6 mining concessions, totalling 30,000 hectares...