Peter Hannam

Peter Hannam

Peter Hannam is Environment Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald. He covers broad environmental issues ranging from climate change to renewable energy for Fairfax Media.

Marine life under threat: A sea turtle with a plastic bag on its nose.

Draft marine park plans point to reduced protections

The Turnbull government has released draft management plans for the nation's marine parks that amount to an "unprecedented rollback" of protections, a coalition of 25 environmental groups say.

Trillion-tonne Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica in February before it broke away earlier this month.

Senior climate scientist warns of potential Trump damage

Budget cuts to key US climate programs proposed by President Trump are a major worry for the international research community.

Houses at Collaroy Beach took the brunt of the June 2016 storm.

Shifting storms under climate change to worsen perils

It's not just rising seas and bigger storm surges you need to be worried about.

Jerome Pecresse, GE's global head of renewable energy, in Sydney for the Clean Energy Summit.

GE global renewables head warns on clean energy target

Momentum in Australia's renewable energy industry remains fragile as uncertainty clouds post-2020 prospects, the US energy giant says.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets an overhaul of its board.

Banker, ex-ABC director to chair government green bank

The Turnbull government has named investment banker and former ABC director Steven Skala as the new chair of its $10 billion green investment agency in a move welcomed by the renewable energy industry.

The Clean Energy Finance Corp has doubled its investments each year.

'Almost exponential': CEFC eyes rapid renewables growth

Investments by the government's $10 billion clean energy fund are growing at an "almost exponential" rate but growth could shudder to a halt if the industry's post-2020 policy is not settled, according to the agency's new head.

Scientific surveys since the 1980s have shown a surprising increase in humpback numbers.

'All we can do is watch': The pleasure and peril of soaring humpback numbers

This weekend could be the perfect time to go whale watching.

Consumers may ultimately face a sharp rise in the price of gas.

Gas only a 'short bridge' to a low-carbon future, climate group finds

Hopes gas will play the role of a so-called transition fuel towards a low-carbon future are dimming as costs of renewable energy dive and its emissions edge over coal is increasingly questioned, a new report by the Climate Action Tracker argues.

Solar panels can save the government big money.

Luke Foley's solar plan eclipsed by NSW government

The NSW opposition leader Luke Foley has been caught out promising a policy that the Berejiklian government has already begun.

The view from Pyrmont on June 21, the winter solstice.

Days are lengthening - and not just because of the solstice

Winter's depths have been plumbed according to the clocks but the worst of the season's chill is almost certainly ahead.

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