Sydney is having a scorcher. Think twice before you get in the ocean

Sydney is having a scorcher. Think twice before you get in the ocean

Warm seawater,crumbling pipes and sudden downpours combine to create a potentially deadly cocktail.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Body found after suspected drowning at newly opened Penrith Beach

Body found after suspected drowning at newly opened Penrith Beach

The Boxing Day tragedy comes after two men died in suspected medical episodes at Central Coast beaches on Christmas Day.

  • byJessica McSweeney andAngus Thomson
The future has arrived:Fat and sugar fuel world’s first transatlantic biofuel flight
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The future has arrived:Fat and sugar fuel world’s first transatlantic biofuel flight

Richard Branson’s latest publicity stunt is proof that the technology to solve the airline industry’s carbon emissions dilemma is finally here.

  • byElizabeth Knight
CSIRO accused of allowing BP to vet research on catastrophic oil spill

CSIRO accused of allowing BP to vet research on catastrophic oil spill

A US law firm claims that BP has used CSIRO research it was allowed to vet in its defence against lawsuits launched over injuries allegedly caused by the world’s largest oil spill.

  • byNick O'Malley
After hinting at shamans,Bali turns to science to tackle landfill fire

After hinting at shamans,Bali turns to science to tackle landfill fire

Water-bombing helicopters and police water cannons have been deployed in a futile bid to put out a huge tip fire that has burned for the past week.

  • byChris Barrett andAmilia Rosa
Sydney park cleans up with prestigious award

Sydney park cleans up with prestigious award

Meet the Australian landscape architects moving away from “making beautiful things and scenery to being about change”.

  • byJulie Power
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Australia moves to ban three ‘forever chemicals’ – but family of US teen say more needs to be done

Australia moves to ban three ‘forever chemicals’ – but family of US teen say more needs to be done

Before she died,Amara Strande defeated a Wall Street goliath to ban forever chemicals. In Australia,three of these chemicals will soon be banned – but Strande’s family want the entire class of compounds to be outlawed.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Need to widen ban on forever chemicals is urgent

Need to widen ban on forever chemicals is urgent

Like 20 other students at her high school in middle America,Amara Strande battled liver cancer. She died last April aged 20,but her last crusade saw her home state of Minnesota ban forever chemicals in consumer products. Australia take note.

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The factory that contaminated the world with a forever chemical

The factory that contaminated the world with a forever chemical

Most Australians have paid the price after a US manufacturer deliberately covered up the hazardous effects of one of its widely used compounds,legal documents show.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘We cop it’:Residents filthy over planned soil-washing plant

‘We cop it’:Residents filthy over planned soil-washing plant

A dust-up is brewing over a proposal to build a plant to clean contaminated soil in Melbourne’s west.

  • byCara Waters
Sydney’s air quality plummets as hazard reduction haze lingers

Sydney’s air quality plummets as hazard reduction haze lingers

Sydney ranked as the third most polluted city in the world due to the remnant smoke on Thursday morning.

  • byAngus Dalton