‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling

‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling

The Trump administration‘s plan to expand oil and gas drilling in a 23m acre reserve on the Arctic Ocean is sparking an impassioned response, amid fears it threatens Arctic wildlife, undermines the subsistence rights of Alaska Natives and imperils one of the fastest-warming ecosystems on Earth. More than a quarter of a million people have […]

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Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island

Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island

More people have heard of Robbins Island than have seen it. Separated from Tasmania’s north-western tip by a stretch of water that can be navigated only at low tide, the island is nearly 10,000 hectares of heathland and woodlands, paddocks, unusual geology and wetlands, all ringed by pristine beaches. The island has been owned by […]

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