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In 2004, farming and environmental groups in Canada combined their forces to make Monsanto withdraw its request to commercialise genetically modified (GM) wheat. The reason? No-one wanted to buy it. Read more >

If there's one fact to remember which underlines the urgency in protecting the Arctic it's this: in 30 years we've lost 75 per cent of the Arctic sea ice. Read more >

UPDATE: When Prime Minister Gillard declared there would be no new dirty power stations built in Australia, could she have known what Energy Minister Minister Ferguson had planned for her? Today we are astounded by the decision by Mr Ferguson... Read more >

After months of being on the verge of breaking up, the container ship, the Rena has finally split in two, and the stern has sunk. This draws to an uncertain close another chapter in the Rena saga. Read more >

Hundreds of protesters have amassed on the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne today, calling on the Victorian and Federal Governments to cancel a new dirty coal project in the Latrobe Valley. Read more >

In the history book of bad ideas, the concept of giving corporations the right to censor the Internet has to rank among the worst ever. Read more >

There is a proposal on the table to create Australia’s biggest ever coal mine smack bang on top of a nature refuge in Queensland. This coal mine marks a terrifying new push by the coal industry to dramatically increase Australia’s coal exports,... Read more >