Victorian ecologists are warning of the "compounding risks" of bird flu and a proposal for the nation's tallest wind turbines on threatened species.

Why this review? The Endangered Australian Southern Brolga (Antigone rubicunda) is a problem for the wind industry because it impedes the rollout of wind farms across Western Victoria. Previous guidelines restrict wind farm development, but the Government now uses Veltheim et al 2019 as the reference standard for Brolga modelling. This review raises questions about the usefulness and relevance of Inka Veltheim’s work for that purpose. The Victorian Government and wind farm proponents claim Veltheim et al 2019 provides the . . .

«Anyone who thinks that wind factories are environmentally friendly should Google ‘Cefn Croes Photo Gallery’, to see 100 chilling pictures showing how many miles of unspoiled Welsh countryside were disfigured to create the largest industrial site in Britain: all to ‘save’ annually less than a quarter of the CO₂ emissions from a single jumbo jet.» —Christopher Booker, Telegraph, U.K.

The Mortlake Community Alliance is taking legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court next month, to try to stop a proposed wind farm. The alliance is taking the action against state planning minister Sonya Kilkenny and energy company Woolnorth Renewables in an effort to stop the proposed Mount Fyans Wind Farm from going ahead. Court documents show the alliance is seeking a judicial review into the wind farm’s planning permit, which was issued by Ms Kilkenny in August 2025. The . . .

This 2027 University of Turin conference re-examines 19th-20th-century global industrialisation by exploring how timber's ongoing role reshaped world forests.

For over a decade, sugar gliders have been considered a major threat to the critically endangered swift parrot. But new research has called that into question.

SoundSim360 is a high-fidelity acoustic simulation tool developed by SoundSim Technologies, based on more than 25 years of research in advanced numerical methods for wave-dominated partial differential equations. Unlike traditional noise modeling software that relies on simplified ray-tracing or parabolic equation (PE) methods, SoundSim360 uses state-of-the-art physics-based algorithms (SBP–SAT finite difference methods) combined with GPU acceleration to deliver both accuracy and speed. What it does Predicts sound propagation over long distances, where low-frequency noise dominates. Handles complex 3D environments including . . .

From potholes to power lines, anger is swirling in regional Victoria – and residents are turning to One Nation for answers.

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Gun lobbyists are gaining unprecedented sway in the union movement and the Socialist Left of the Victorian Labor Party, with insiders saying they are threatening delegates, dictating policy and inciti...

How one conservation officer raised doubts about a funeral home’s marketing plans.

They released 500 giant reptiles into a barren stretch of the Sahara. Five years later, satellites spotted green where only sand had been.

Behind the news and an insight into life in Ballarat.

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A new Amnesty International report exposes the lithium rush tearing through Shoshone and Paiute sacred territory.

Last month I shared an update story about the poorly-sited proposed Kentbruck wind farm in Discovery Bay, in far south west Victoria.

Most of Vancouver Island has been logged. Now, one of the last ancient forests, in the Tsitika River watershed, is on the chopping block.

Older trees aren’t to blame for BC’s increasingly fiery summers, the science shows.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making some of its staffers relocate and reassigning an even larger share of employees as part of its efforts to reorganize its scientific research. The…

Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution.

One of the most widespread types of forest in Australia’s high country is facing an existential threat. We need bold action before it is too late.

A conference titled “Unheard but Not Harmless: Public Health and Wind Energy Infrasound” took place today at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Fernand Kartheiser. The event brought together scientists, legal experts and industry representatives to discuss the potential health and environmental impacts of wind turbines, a subject that continues to divide opinion across Europe. At the centre of the debate was infrasound, defined as sound below 20 Hz. While it is generally inaudible to most people, several speakers stressed . . .

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The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.