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Expert panel calls for dramatic re-think on Reef
Expert panel calls for urgent action on threats to the natural wonder.
Expert panel calls for urgent action on threats to the natural wonder.
The government has quietly axed environmental conditions aimed at protecting turtle species set to be affected by Adani's proposed $3 billion coal terminal expansion.
CSIRO's re-embracing of climate change research will be stressed on Monday when the national science agency announces a new centre partly funded by Chinese interests.
To consumers across the country who believed they were buying solar panels for their homes, he is the man who stole their savings.
Climate scientists warn Sydney will have tropical waters by 2040-60.
Queensland holds door open to providing 'royalties holiday' for Indian mining conglomerate.
Businesses and households to be offered cash to use less electricity at peak times next summer.
Consumers are set to pay higher energy prices but it has little to do with looming "gas shortages", researchers say.
Hazelwood's demise has triggered a surge in gas - and a prediction electricity prices will rise by up to 40%.
Thousands have abandoned their homes in northern NSW and hundreds of people rescued from floodwaters as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Debbie bore down, dumping a staggering amount of rain on the region.
Human societies and a multitude of species are going to be tested by climate change in ways that are barely understood, a new study finds.
If you're wondering why battery storage is still on the fringe of the energy debate in Australia, and also perhaps why power prices are high, just ask Tony Marxsen, the head of the country's energy markets.
The world is 33 months into its biggest recorded coral bleaching event with little sign of it ending, raising the prospect that coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef will increase "significantly" from the quarter already lost in the past year, scientists say.
What if the biggest government announcement in electricity generation in years was both a great breakthrough and a distraction?
Two resignations from the board of the Climate Change Authority come with criticism of the Turnbull government.
Australia's original climate change-focused think-tank and lobby group will shut after it failed to replace the multi-million-dollar bequest it relied on.
As parts of Australia set heatwave records and the government considered building new coal-fired power stations, the vast continent to the south last week quietly marked a milestone.
After years of failed promises, Victoria is on the cusp of getting its first large-scale solar power stations.
Less than one dollar in a thousand spent on health in Australia goes to one of the biggest threats facing the sector, a new paper finds.
The creation of a long-mooted national park on Melbourne's fringe could create up to 750 jobs by turning the area into an eco-tourism hub, an analysis has found.
Sydney has marked its hottest ever month, with extended warm spells setting records at all metropolitan sites.
Most Americans oppose President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
A complex low off the coast will bring strong gusts and the chance for localised heavy rain, meteorologists say.
Environmental watchdog is refusing to release contamination reports to a Sydney landlord in dispute with his former tenant Woolworths.
A breeding ground for rare and little-known marsupial will triple in size after a funding boost from the federal and ACT governments.
Rich wildlife regions at risk from development, invasive species and disrupted water flows: report.
The Greens have issued an ultimatum to the state and federal governments, after the latest UNESCO report revealed key targets to rescue the reef "are not expected to be achieved".
President Donald Trump's aide have refused to confirm whether he believes in climate change.
Keeping the Sydney Opera House healthy and clean is an act of love by Steve Tsoukalas for the "other woman" in his life.
A combination of land-clearing, logging and the rising threat of bushfires linked to climate change has triggered an 80 per cent population crash in the greater glider.
The US President has made the wrong call for the wrong reasons.
An Auckland man has been remanded in custody after being charged with stealing 15 rabbits.
Two high-profile executives quit Donald Trump's advisory council and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein took to Twitter for the first time ever to express disapproval at his decision to ditch the Paris climate accord.
Nationalists in the Trump administration are right. The decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord was correct.
There will be unpredictable consequences, but also a couple of obvious upshots.
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said he plans to quit two presidential councils after President Donald Trump announced the United States would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.
World leaders have pledged to keep up the fight against global warming as Trump announced he was pulling out of the Paris climate accord.
Some of the key point you need to know about Paris and a withdrawal of the US by President Trump
That Donald Trump's decision was widely anticipated does little to moderate its impact.
US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will exit the Paris climate accord and begin investigating a new agreement with fairer terms for the US.
Tidbinbilla Wildlife Officers caught a glimpse of a new baby koala at the reserve.
Southern NSW is set for an "excellent" early opener to the ski season, with clear skies and light winds this weekend.
The first day of winter didn't disappoint: Canberra dipped to minus 4.2 degrees on Thursday morning.
The climate genie, already out of the bottle, just got that bit harder to put back in.
Tesla chief executive threatened to resign his position as an adviser to President Donald Trump if the US withdraws from the Paris climate deal.
Sydney has capped off a mostly mild autumn with a cold snap that made it feel like winter has landed a tad early.
World's corals, including the Great Barrier Reef, can be saved but only with concerted efforts.
Platypus numbers across southern Australia are dropping due to loss of habitat, traps and pollution.
A new theory challenges mainstream thought about beauty's hand in evolution.
The Turnbull government to allow green bank to invest in carbon capture and storage.
Getting the green bank to invest in carbon reduction measures is not entirely mad.
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