Family forced to sell two homes to pay for massive tyre pile clean-up

Family forced to sell two homes to pay for massive tyre pile clean-up

A disability pensioner secretly stockpiled more than 100,000 old tyres on a farm near Mildura,leaving a deceased woman’s family with a clean-up bill of $900,000.

  • byAdam Carey

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The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

The clandestine exploits of Melbourne’s tyre dumpers – and the squad hunting them down

Illegal tyre dumping is soaring in the city’s outer suburbs following a ban on exporting waste tyres,and regulators are scrambling to catch the perpetrators.

  • byAdam Carey
Is cotton always best? What to know when buying ‘sustainable’ fashion

Is cotton always best? What to know when buying ‘sustainable’ fashion

Are natural fibres always superior to synthetic ones when it comes to sustainability? It’s complicated.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
One in four state schools requires monthly checks for buried asbestos

One in four state schools requires monthly checks for buried asbestos

There are 569 public schools under the Department of Education’s current site-specific asbestos management plans after contaminated was detected in soil.

  • byAmber Schultz
Hyzon bets on hydrogen in race to clean up trucking emissions

Hyzon bets on hydrogen in race to clean up trucking emissions

A US-based vehicle maker is set to release a new hydrogen-powered heavy-duty commercial truck designed and assembled in Melbourne.

  • byNick Toscano
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