AAP News Stories
Environment news from Australian Associated Press
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Stay-away ban issued to protect rare visiting whales
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has issued a special order for vessels to stay at least 500 metres away and swimmers 100m from southern right whales.
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Native bird flu case sparks 'nightmare' wildlife fears
Experts fear native species could be devastated by a deadly bird flu strain after it was discovered in a wild non-migratory species for the first time.
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Numbats no longer endangered but threat far from over
Decades of conservation efforts to control cats and foxes have led to a state's bushy-tailed faunal emblem being moved from endangered on a key list.
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Tow story: First Aussie-made electric trucks roll out
Electric prime movers built in Australia are finally ready for the road and they could change the way goods move from A to B.
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Bird flu surveillance ramped up on coastline
Authorities have called for calm after Australia's sixth bird flu case was confirmed, with thousands of department staff deployed to the coastline.
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'Turning point': one in five new cars sold is electric
Australians are buying a record number of new vehicles, and battery-powered models make up more of those cars than ever before.
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'Don't use the lights': data centre boom sparks warning
Australia needs strict rules to govern data centre energy use amid reports US schools are being forced to switch off their lights to save power.
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Firing up carbon credits through cultural burning
Cape York Indigenous native title holders have inked an Australian first carbon credits profit sharing deal with a farmer over a massive cattle station.
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Global sea surface temperatures hit record high
The world's climate could be moving into "uncharted territory" as sea temperatures hit an all-time high, with El Nino set to exacerbate the warming.
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Australian green hydrogen project gets the green light
A renewable hydrogen plant proposed for the NSW Hunter Valley will go ahead after a multimillion-dollar boost.
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Warning 'dire combination' poses regional food crunch
Australia is ill-prepared for a possible regional food crisis as El Nino, climate change and higher farming inputs collide, a former defence chiefs say.
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Deposits in the egg and sperm bank to safeguard koalas
Koalas facing increasing population pressure from habitat loss and disease will have their genetics stored forever inside a custom designed egg and sperm bank.
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Whale poo may reveal key to survival in warming seas
Whale faecal samples reveal the marine mammal may be more open to alternative food sources than thought, potentially allowing them to adapt to warmer seas.
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Cancer cure for Tassie devils could be in their genes
Scientists and an American bioscience company are teaming up to explore whether a mutated gene makes the Tasmanian devil more susceptible to deadly cancer.
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Fourth case of deadly flu detected in migratory seabird
CSIRO testing has confirmed a fourth case of deadly H5N1 bird flu in a giant petrel found on Western Australia's southern coast.
