Since February 2025, eight young Australians have died in e-bike crashes. That’s one reason Queensland is pushing for tighter e-mobility regulation.
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For many drivers, the question is no longer whether an EV could work for them – it is simply a matter of when.
New Zealand generates more than 85% of its electricity from renewable sources, but transport remains almost entirely chained to imported oil.
As fuel prices rise, some remote communities feel the shock twice: first at the pump and then in the power supply.
The Hauraki Gulf is already experiencing more frequent and longer lasting marine heatwaves. Seabirds now have to travel further to find enough food.
The federal government needs to drop the spin and get on with the hard work of addressing biodiversity loss.
A shortage in aviation fuel could lead to increased airfares, fuel surcharges, flight reductions and even flight rationing.
Rat and mouse baits are an everyday product. But these chemicals can persist in the tissues of rodents that eat them for months and poison native animals.
There’s has been no significant growth in crocodile numbers in the Top End in more than a decade. But that doesn’t mean floodwaters are safe.
Governments in Australia and New Zealand aren’t sitting idle in the face of spiking fuel prices. Here’s what they’re doing – and what might make a difference
Diesel powers most freight trucks. As oil prices spike, electric trucks are looking more attractive – if upfront cost and charging barriers can be overcome
It’s not just wildlife that gets killed. Cats come off worse in road traffic accidents and fights when they roam.
Oil is a key feedstock for everything from plastics to cosmetics. Over time, we’re likely to see less oil burned for transport – and more used to make products.
Debates over responsibility for past species loss generate heat but little light. Moving forward requires context, evidence and Indigenous knowledge.
Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not; you can learn from your mistakes.
This rain would include acids but also likely many other pollutants harmful to humans and the environment. It may be worse than the term ‘acid rain’ conveys.
Soaring world crude oil prices have direct impact at the bowser. Australia is not well insulated from price shocks.
New Zealand could meet its electricity needs through renewables and avoid power shortages during dry years by combining battery systems with pumped hydro schemes.
Population crashes are dangerous and can be irreversible. But new research shows they are not always an evolutionary dead end.
A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.
Conflict in the Middle East has led to long petrol queues in Australia. Going electric ends reliance on fuel imports – but will you pay back the EV premium?
On a hot or smoky day, a shopping centre or library can offer refuge. We need to design climate havens with the warming future in mind.
Australia’s huge diversity of reptiles could be at risk from new fungal diseases.
Brands can imply a product inherits the cultural value of silk – even when the fibre itself is fossil-fuel derived or heavily chemically processed.
For years, Queensland authorities have been broadscale baiting fire ants. But the infestation is too big – and the baits wipe out rival species