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Hazelwood shutdown near, 1000 jobs at risk
Victoria's dirtiest power station will be switched off permanently as early as April next year, with more than 1000 jobs in the Latrobe Valley under threat.
Victoria's dirtiest power station will be switched off permanently as early as April next year, with more than 1000 jobs in the Latrobe Valley under threat.
The US space agency is taking images from 8.5 kilometres up in a specially equipped jet to gain a better understanding of what humans are doing to the largest living thing on Earth.
Landslides triggered along the Great Ocean Road, prompting evacuations and school closures.
A "fair share" of the country's allowable carbon emissions will soon be burnt through, a think tank says.
Australia is set to triple its large-scale solar energy capacity as costs dive almost to those of wind farms.
High-profile members of the federal government's Climate Change Authority have launched a stinging critique of their colleagues, accusing them of giving "untrue and dangerous" advice that ignores what science demands.
The United Nations has called for the shutdown of all legal domestic ivory markets as it looks to combat poaching and put pressure on countries that continue to trade in elephant tusks.
South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging population of elephants, a frequent sight in the reserve.
Hurricane Matthew is set to bring 230km/h winds to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica.
The state government will deploy extra resources to prevent shark attacks along northern NSW beaches after 17-year-old Cooper Allen was bitten last week.
Sydneysiders are bracing for more wind on Monday following a gusty weekend.
The first ever comprehensive study into the sale of ivory and rhino horn in Australian and New Zealand auction houses has found trade of the product still takes place.
Zoological Society alarmed by new bill that abandons protection for three-quarters of native animals.
More than 246 properties evacuated, 97 flood rescues, 181 families stranded on islands, and tens of millions of dollars in losses to local businesses throughout central NSW. That is the human, emotional and economic toll of a flood that was in some ways, man made.
Residents in low lying areas of Condobolin ordered to evacuate within the next 24 hours.
European Union countries on Friday agreed to fast-track joint ratification of the Paris accord to combat climate change, pushing the landmark global pact to the brink of reality.
In all 181 families have now been isolated after the biggest floods in decades hit the central-west of NSW, with no road access, limited communications and dwindling supplies.
Something strange is going on with the weather. It might be spring, but that hasn't stopped snow falling in the ACT.
A company offers people the chance to be active players in the energy market.
* Pangolins regarded as most poached animal on the planet
South Australia has a mammoth mop up ahead after a second day of storms lashed the state on Thursday.
Animal rights activists have called for an investigation after one of two lions which escaped from their cage at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany was shot dead.
The BOM issued a warning of peak gusts of more than 90 km/h, but they only reached 43km/h.
Adelaide was bracing for some of the strongest winds the city had ever seen on Thursday night.
A new study has revealed human-caused climate change is already harming parts of Australia.
Several parts of Victoria remain on flood watch and a watch-and-act warning has been issued for landslides on the Great Ocean Road after wild weather skirted the state on its way from South Australia to New South Wales.
The ACT government has dismissed attacks on the renewable energy sector after the South Australia power outage.
More polar bears are being shot dead on Norway's remote Arctic islands, where dangerous encounters with humans are getting more frequent as visitors increase and global warming melts the sea ice on which the creatures roam.
NSW is next in line for the mega-storm that brought havoc across South Australia and plunged the entire state into black-out.
The lights were hardly out in South Australia before politicians and lobby groups were staking out their ground in the argument over climate change and renewable energy.
The entire state of South Australia is currently without power.
The potential benefits of a double-barrelled penis - for a fly anyway.
Guy Innes was sitting on his porch enjoying a coffee when he noticed a koala strolling across a beach to access the water at Salamander Bay.
Enjoy the sunshine while you can, Canberra, a serious storm system is sweeping toward us.
The touch of rescuers is usually a huge relief for someone in danger, but it wasn't the case for one Cowra motorist who tried to drive through flood water last week.
The future of air safety could lie in the example of Drongo, Nemo and Titan.
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