Stoush over caps on car emissions heats up

Stoush over caps on car emissions heats up

Some NSW and Victorian motorists could save $1800 a year in fuel costs under a plan to cap motor vehicle pollution,Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said citing new analysis.

  • byLisa Visentin

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Tesla quits car industry group over ‘false’ Australian pollution caps claims

Tesla quits car industry group over ‘false’ Australian pollution caps claims

Tesla has severed ties with Australia’s key auto industry group,accusing it of making false claims to try to water down pollution limits for new vehicles.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Car industry pleads for more time to curb emissions as debate flares

Car industry pleads for more time to curb emissions as debate flares

Australia’s incoming vehicle pollution policy is deepening a rift in the car industry,with some warning it may force more brands to quit the local market.

  • byNick Toscano andNick O'Malley
Air pollution kills 1 million a year – hundreds of whom are Australians
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Air pollution kills 1 million a year – hundreds of whom are Australians

Across Australia and New Zealand,an average 614 people lost their lives every year between 2000-2019 after being exposed to fine-particle air pollution.

  • byBianca Hall
Would you swim in the Brisbane River?
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Would you swim in the Brisbane River?

The Greens want to follow Paris’s lead and make the Brisbane River swimmable in time for the 2032 Olympics,but do locals want to take the plunge?

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘We are flying blind’:No air quality rules for polluted underground stations
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‘We are flying blind’:No air quality rules for polluted underground stations

There are no regulations,limits,controls or monitoring of air pollution levels on Sydney’s underground train platforms.

  • byNigel Gladstone
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Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff

Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff

Anyone using Sydney’s underground train network system is exposed to poisonous air containing more than twice the safe daily limits for particle pollution - and they’ve have been kept in the dark for years.

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Mulch processing site previously contaminated with asbestos

Mulch processing site previously contaminated with asbestos

The site at the centre of the EPA’s asbestos mulch investigation was repeatedly contaminated with asbestos before the current company took over the facility.

  • byAmber Schultz andBen Cubby
A taskforce to track asbestos contamination of Sydney parks is welcome

A taskforce to track asbestos contamination of Sydney parks is welcome

The taskforce to oversee the investigation of asbestos-contaminated parks and other sites around Sydney is a welcome response to a problem that has lain dormant for years.

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Carnival,Rio’s biggest party,makes urgent plea to save the Amazon

Carnival,Rio’s biggest party,makes urgent plea to save the Amazon

With the eyes of the world on the celebrations,samba dancers asked for the removal of illegal miners and “destroyers of mother Earth” from the rainforest.

  • byDiane Jeantet andFabiano Maisonnave
Swimmers warned after steep rise in diarrhoea cases

Swimmers warned after steep rise in diarrhoea cases

There have been almost 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis so far this year,a marked increase on the five-year average. Here’s how to avoid it.

  • byAngus Thomson