NSW government too slow to act on CSG regulation

Lucy Cormack   Environmental groups claim the NSW government is yet to meet all the NSW Chief Scientist's recommendations into coal seam gas.

Why AGL is going 'green'

Lucy Cormack   Australia's largest carbon emitter is embracing a radical new commitment to climate policy and carbon pricing.

Is 100% renewable energy possible?

Lucy Cormack   The date by which the world could transition to 100 per cent renewable energy is sooner than you think.

How cities are tackling climate change

Lucy Cormack   Ever heard of Shenzhen? Once a small market town, it is now known as China's Silicon Valley, and despite a population of 15 million people, the city runs on 60 per cent renewable energy.

Crocs congregate for feeding frenzy

Lucy Cormack   Saltwater crocodiles near Kakadu are having a party, and everyone's invited – at least, their crocodile mates are anyway.

A 'very anti-democratic authoritarian situation'

Lucy Cormack   A Sydney man was denied entry to NSW Parliament because of the T-shirt he was wearing.

August smashes global heat record as giant El Nino builds

Peter Hannam   Global temperature records continue to tumble, with August easily the hottest in 124 years of data, Japan's Meteorological Agency says.

Climate change laws stymied by big business 'hypocrites'

Peter Hannam   BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and the Business Council of Australia have been ranked as among the world's largest companies and industry groups that are holding back action on climate change, according to a new survey.

Turnbull likely to move subtly on climate

Tom Arup   Those hoping that Malcolm Turnbull's sudden rise to the prime ministership will usher in an immediate and radical overhaul of Australia's climate change position should take a deep breath.

The card-carrying Labor member who'll change her vote

Peter Hannam   Michele Wright is the type of voter Liberal MPs who backed Malcolm Turnbull had in mind when they toppled Tony Abbott as the country's prime minister.

58 metres - how much sea levels would lift if we burn all fossil fuels

Peter Hannam   Burning all available fossil fuels would "eliminate" the giant ice sheets of Antarctica and lift sea levels by 58 metres, enough to inundate major coastal cities, according to US and Europe-based researchers.

Warm weather in store this long weekend

Emma Kelly   Canberrans heading to NSW South Coast this long weekend could be in for the hottest day of the year so far.

Climate targets: India commits before Paris but world falling short

Tom Arup, Environment Editor   The last big countries to reveal their greenhouse gas emissions targets ahead of global talks in Paris have informed the United Nations of their intentions, however the collective commitments still sees the world falling short of the action needed to halt global warming at relatively safe levels.

Hurricane Joaquin now 'extremely dangerous' Category 4

Brian K. Sullivan   Hurricane Joaquin strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it battered the central Bahamas and forecasters debated how much of a threat the major storm poses to the U.S. East Coast.

South Coast beach erosion becoming extreme says widespread research

John Thistleton   Why swells are shifting sand from one end of the South Coast's smaller beaches to the other.

Illegal yabby trap kills two platypuses

Two platypuses were killed after becoming trapped in an illegal yabby net in an ACT river last month.

Summer comes early: city set for four days over 30 degrees

Megan Levy   Summer is officially still two months off, but Sydney is already gearing up for its first blast of beach weather.

Birds of prey preparing to fight it out

Sean Dooley   In Ancient Rome, people would turn to the auguries to interpret the signs of nature before important events, particularly on the eve of battle.

Hopes for newest protected area to educate next generation

Lucy Cormack   In the south-west corner of the Northern Territory, a newly declared Indigenous Protected Area has sparked excitement in indigenous and non-indigenous communities alike.

Will warm Melbourne weather favour Eagles v Hawks?

Nadia Budihardjo   West Coast Eagles fans will take a touch of Perth weather to Melbourne with them but sports science is split on whether the unusually warm Victorian conditions will give the Eagles a grand final advantage.

Hurricane Joaquin Drifting to the Bahamas, may hit the United States

Christine Hauser   A tropical storm that has been churning in the Atlantic Ocean this week strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday, and meteorologists are now trying to determine whether its path will take it to the U.S. East Coast.

Saviours shattered after immunised Tasmanian devils die on roads

Andrew Darby   Days after the first Tasmanian devils immunised against a deadly facial cancer were released into the wild, two were killed on the roads.

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Climate 'huge' financial risk, warns BoE

Scott Hamilton   Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said UK insurers face potentially "huge" exposure to shifts in climate-change policy.

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Japanese whalers "in contempt" of court

Andrew Darby   A legal case is being revived against Japanese whaling in Australian Antarctic waters, with a claim the whalers stand in contempt of the Federal Court.

Thanks to Himawari 8 we are now seeing Australia in its full-colour glory - and it's available to everyone

Alexandra Back   Australia: You're beautiful.

Bureau of Meteorology introduces images from new Himawari 8 satellite

Alexandra Back   Australians will now have access to near real-time, higher-resolution, colour images of developing storms and bushfires with information sent to Earth from a new satellite.

New Zealand to create giant ocean sanctuary

Cecile Lefort   Waters north of New Zealand are set to become one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries, with a full ban on fishing and mining.

Sinkholes: What's causing the earth to swallow us up?

Kate Aubusson   Have sinkholes become a waking reality in suburban Sydney, Melbourne and picturesque Inskip Point in Queensland?

CFA to launch court action over Hazelwood mine fire costs

Tom Arup   The Country Fire Authority is set to launch court action against the corporate owners of the Hazelwood brown coal mine to recover the costs of fighting the massive fire at the site last year that choked the town of Morwell with smoke.

Hunt opens the door to government wind investment

Nicole Hasham   Environment Minister Greg Hunt says the federal government's "green bank" may be allowed to invest in new wind farm technology, in another sign the Coalition's war on renewable energy is winding down.

Above average warmth on the way

Emma Kelly   Canberra might have shivered through a cool spell akin to winter last week but never fear: above average warmth is on its way.

Greyhound inquiry hears livebaiting 'rampant'

Patrick Begley   The NSW greyhound industry is predicated on "the mass slaughter of healthy young dogs", the Special Commission of Inquiry into the sport has heard.

With warm weather and sunshine, dozy afternoons are back

Georgina Mitchell and Megan Levy   Costas Pavlou, the owner of Kensington's Claypot Taverna, is one of many enjoying the sunshine.

Victorian opposition pledges to extend coal seam gas moratorium until 2020

Tom Arup   A halt on developing coal seam and other forms of onshore gas in Victoria should be maintained until mid-2020, the state opposition says.

Sydney to crack 30 degrees on long weekend of sport

Megan Levy   As if the prospect of an upcoming long weekend wasn't enough to look forward to.

Scientists worried about cold 'blob' in North Atlantic amid record heat

Chris Mooney   It's been an extremely warm year. So why is one part of our planet bucking the trend?

Anxious Archie escapes Qantas, on the run three days through Majura valley

John Thistleton   Border collie escapes Qantas depot, on the run for two days, sidesteps IKEA, visits horse stud, bites owner and goes home.

'They were going crazy out there': Whales frolic off Byron Bay

Saffron Howden   Byron Bay locals were treated to a show by a pod of playful humpback whales on Sunday morning.

Whales get up close with paddle boarder

Eryk Bagshaw   Remarkable footage has emerged of a pair of whales swimming alongside a Western Australian paddle boarder in Esperance on the state's coast.