Eye On The Environment

Will your children or your children's children be able to enjoy the things you have taken for granted? Will they be able to see whales swimming in the ocean? Will their wildlife experience be restricted to what they see in books and on TV? Will the planet ever be the same?

These are all questions that are raised every day by experts who question the way humans have treated Planet Earth but are they right? Is there a crisis? Are we in the midst of a global meltdown? Can we do anything to stop it?

Eye On The Environment - Full Coverage

We can still have own ETS: Xenophon

Climate change negotiations in Copenhagen shouldn't stop Australia designing a scheme that is best suited for the economy, Nick Xenophon says.

November 8, 2009, 10:55 am

G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy.
November 8, 2009, 7:53 am
Swan hopeful of climate change deal
Treasurer Wayne Swan hopes Copenhagen's climate change summit will make progress on how to pay for carbon reduction measures.
November 8, 2009, 6:29 am
G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks
G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 5:45 am
Rudd 'comes up very short', says Howard
The Labor federal government is a do-nothing regime that has squandered the surplus built up over 12 years, says former prime minister John Howard.
November 8, 2009, 5:43 am
Britain rallies G20 on climate change
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.
November 7, 2009, 10:15 pm
Turnbull slams 'vain' Rudd government
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says Kevin Rudd is running a "vain" government that is handing over the immigration program to people smugglers.
November 7, 2009, 6:54 pm
Rudd too sensitive to criticism: Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive when it comes to media criticism, and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia.
November 7, 2009, 6:18 pm
Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations
TOKYO (AFP) - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties.
November 7, 2009, 4:38 pm
Pollies flooded with Traveston Dam mail
Opponents to the Bligh Government's Traveston Crossing Dam have delivered more than 30,000 letters to state and federal politicians.
November 7, 2009, 4:15 pm
Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.
November 7, 2009, 4:05 pm
Sea level fear overstated: meteorologist
The impact of predicted sea level rises on coastal development on Australia's eastern seaboard has been exaggerated, a meteorologist says.
November 7, 2009, 6:35 am
Copenhagen conference expects 40 leaders
Forty heads of state or government have signalled they will attend the world climate talks in Copenhagen next month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer said.
November 7, 2009, 6:04 am
Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.
November 7, 2009, 6:03 am
CORRECTED: Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable
(Corrects result of study in paragraph 15)
By Sunanda Creagh
November 7, 2009, 4:54 am
Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.
November 7, 2009, 4:13 am
Kashmiri saffron industry withers
PAMPORE, India (AFP) - Saffron spice cultivation should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as it begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.
November 7, 2009, 2:26 am
US may still put emissions proposals at Copenhagen
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.
November 7, 2009, 2:00 am
Rudd attacks climate change sceptics
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a stinging attack on the federal opposition's climate change sceptics, a month out from the Copenhagen summit.
November 6, 2009, 6:59 pm