Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Environment reporter
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is a senior writer in the Sydney newsroom focused on climate and environment. She was previously the social affairs reporter and the Money editor.
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Recycling
Cycling’s dirty secret: 300,000 bikes a year dumped in landfill
The frenzy of bicycle purchases during the early COVID-19 pandemic is about to make the problem even worse. But one Sydney group has rescued almost 11,000 bikes from landfill.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Ordinary weather is now extraordinary, as Sydney braces for more rain
Australia has always experienced swings between hot, dry weather and heavy rain, but this is now amplified.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW
The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years, and habitat loss from land clearing especially in the agricultural industry is the biggest cause.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Brumby cull
Cassandra adopted a brumby. What happens when you rehome a feral horse?
Brumby advocates remain opposed to culling and argue rehoming should be the future of feral horse management. Environmentalists say it’s “tinkering at the edges”.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australia set for a new normal with a mild winter, uncertain snowfall
The El Nino pattern has reverted to neutral while a La Nina could form after July, but for now, our weather is likely to be typical allowing for the 1.5 degrees of warming already baked into the climate.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Bill shock means home batteries make financial sense, despite expense
A quarter of a million households now have home batteries to store the electricity their rooftop solar generates and help them avoid sky-high power bills.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Sydney uni student trolled for being Bondi Junction killer in a terrible case of mistaken identity
The Seven Network apologised for broadcasting the misinformation after the 20-year-old hit out at those who “mindlessly” propagated the claims.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Kristy worked on flood rescue all night. When she got home her town was covered in coal
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Fashion retail
How a dress rented 53 times saved the equivalent of 159 trees
There’s a new trend in fashion: sustainability, with many shoppers no longer trying before they buy, merely renting.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
After a balmy Easter, here comes the rain again
March was abnormally wet and warm for Australia overall, but much drier than usual in the southeastern states.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons