Experts say the state’s approach could provide a template for what can be achieved elsewhereFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEight years ago, South Australia’s renewable energy future was in doubt as an extraordinary statewide blackout saw recriminations flow.On 28 September...

The problem: a fence that protects eastern quolls threatens long-necked turtles in Booderee national park at Jervis Bay. The solution? Turtle tunnels. Nine water-filled tunnels were built beneath a 82-hectare fence that surrounds the botanic gardens which keep out feral predators, providing a safe passage for the reptiles to go between watering holes....

Burning with unquenchable resentment, Restore Trust is making another attempt at taking over the institutionThe leaves are starting to change and there’s autumnal coolth in the air. Which means that the opaquely funded private organisation called Restore Trust is once again making its annual attempt to take over one of the country’s most successful...

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulationRivers will be checked for sewage and other pollution by the general public this month in an attempt to assess the health of British waterways.Cuts to the UK regulators and a change in the law to allow water company self-monitoring of pollution in England...

Rusland, Cumbria: We’ve sadly lost some committee members in recent times, but after nearly 140 years, the show must go onNext year, my husband will be the president of the 140th annual Rusland Valley Horticultural Show, so this year he must attend as vice-president and shadow the incumbent president to see what his duties will be. We attended the show...

This year will more than likely end up the warmest humanity has measured, reports European climate serviceSummer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, the European climate service Copernicus reported on Friday.And if this sounds familiar, that’s because...