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Listening to the Green Planet: Decoding the Silent Language of Life

12 December 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 2
For centuries, plant life was viewed as a passive backdrop to the animal kingdom. Groundbreaking research in the last fifty years has radically overturned this view, revealing a complex, dynamic world of communication and cooperation. […]
Industrial refinery towers against blue sky.
Environment

Labor must stop propping up dirty gas and support industry to decarbonise

8 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 3
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned the Albanese government against plans to subsidise gas for industrial users, saying it should instead be supporting industry to decarbonise. Media reports today that Labor […]
Christmas beetle on sandy ground at sunset.
Environment

Where Have All the Christmas Beetles Gone? Australia’s Vanishing Summer Icon and the Quiet Story We Forgot to Tell

7 December 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 12
There was a time – and not very long ago – when Australian summers came with a soundtrack. Not the thrum of air-conditioners or the crackle of half-truths on talkback radio, but the whirr of […]
Autumn forest and mysterious figures in suits.
Environment

Labor’s Betrayal of Environmental Justice, a response to Bob Brown

6 December 2025 David Tyler 8
Bob Brown’s forensic dissection of Labor’s gutted environmental legislation in The Saturday Paper, 6 December 2025, strips away the usual parliamentary theatre to reveal a starker truth: Anthony Albanese and his crew have perfected the […]
Lavish feast with people around large table.
Environment

Do High-Consumption Lifestyles Violate Our Ethical Obligations to the Planet?

5 December 2025 Roger Chao 5
In early November, the 30th meeting of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, concluded after a fractious week of debate over the fate of fossil fuels, justice for vulnerable nations […]
Shark swimming near coral reef.
Environment

‘Jaws’ impact may be wearing off as shark perceptions soften

3 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 2
UniSA Media Release Teeth. Ocean. Predator. These are the three most common words used to describe sharks, according to a new global survey published in Wildlife Research, eliciting 1000 different text responses. Despite fear driving […]
COP30 summit concludes with mixed outcome.
Environment

COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’

25 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 3
Oxfam Australia Media Release In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Australia Policy and Advocacy Lead Josie Lee says: “Australia made some incremental progress at COP30, but the biggest barrier to meaningful climate action […]
Protesters holding "Make Polluters Pay" signs.
Environment

Whatever the COP31 venue, ‘Australia must perform’, says Greenpeace, as Türkiye confirmed as COP31 host

20 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 4
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release SYDNEY/BELÉM, BRAZIL, Wednesday 19 November 2025 – As Türkiye is confirmed as the COP31 host, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged the Australian government to show leadership and use its role […]
COP30 Brasil Amazônia Belém 2025 sign.
Environment

Australia’s silence becoming deafening, as momentum builds for COP30 roadmap away from fossil fuels

19 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 2
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release BELÉM, BRAZIL, Tuesday 18 November 2025 – In response to the COP30 ministerial level press conference on a ‘Mutirão Call for a Fossil Fuel Roadmap’ Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead […]
Cartoon critiquing renewable energy and coal industry.
Environment

The renewable recycling lie: the zombie myth the fossil-fuel lobby can’t let die

15 November 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 33
Every few months, like clockwork, the fossil-fuel lobby resurrects its favourite zombie myth: “Renewables can’t be recycled. They’ll just end up on the trash heap.” It wasn’t true in 2015. It wasn’t true in 2020. […]
Tweet about Liberal party's climate stance.
Environment

Backing down from net zero puts people and communities at risk

13 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 4
ACOSS Media Release The Liberal Party’s decision to abandon the commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 puts people, communities and the environment at risk. This threat is most acute for people and communities experiencing […]
Liberals drop net zero climate policy announcement.
Environment

Liberal Party abandons net zero by 2050 climate target

13 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 2
Monash University Media Release The Liberal Party has agreed to formally abandon its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, following a vote in which a majority of members supported removing the target. A Monash […]
Earth with stethoscope, Doctors for Environment Australia.
Environment

Doctors describe Liberal MP’s attempts to drop net zero as “reckless”

11 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 29
Doctors for the Environment Media Release Doctors call on the Liberal Party to resist caving in to pressure to abandon net zero, as doing so will put Australian lives at risk. The call comes ahead […]
#COP30 UN Climate Change Conference signage.
Environment

COP30 in Belém must be a turning point for global climate and forest action

10 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 12
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release As the COP30 UN climate conference begins in Belém, Brazil today, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is urging the Australian government to drive forward the action needed to close the 1.5C ambition […]
Industrial gas flare with black smoke.
Environment

Leaked report confirms WA gas is derailing the clean energy transition in Asia

6 November 2025 AIMN Editorial 8
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release A Deloitte report leaked to the media, commissioned by the government of Western Australia, confirms WA’s gas exports are fuelling the climate crisis by delaying Asia’s clean energy transition, says Greenpeace. […]

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