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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.
One NSW town has copped nearly 300 millimetres in three days - and it's not over yet.
Reef rehabilitation was not an obvious endeavour for a young woman growing up in inland Canberra.
Santos' main environment statement on its proposed $3 billion coal seam gas project in north-west NSW lacks key data on groundwater impacts, salt disposal, air pollution and biodiversity, government agencies have found.
Drivers are urged to be careful with a foggy start to the Queen's Birthday public holiday.
The rescue was the first as a result of this week's heavy rainfall, SES spokesman Phil Campbell says.
The shark reportedly circled the man's bodyboard for ten to fifteen minutes following the incident.
Chimpanzees are not legal persons who have a right to be free, a New York state appeals court said in a ruling that denied a request to move two captive apes to a sanctuary.
 Melbourne-based adventurer Liam Suckling has scaled Antarctica's tallest mountain and has captured astonishing drone footage of some never-before-seen areas of the icy continent.
A juvenile humpback whale that has been beached on the NSW Mid North Coast for more than a day has been euthanised after its condition worsened.
A long-simmering dispute over brumbies in the Kosciusko National Park is set to heat up with the Berejiklian government ready to ditch a plan to reintroduce shooting to control feral numbers, a local advocate of the animals says.
Sydneysiders will need to keep the brolly on hand for at least a week as the rain settles in, bringing the city's wettest stretch in months.
The Chief Scientist says otherwise, but this is a political fix – and an understandable one.
Australia's chief scientist has steered a politically pragmatic course in his landmark energy report.
About 50 locals are working to help the mammal stay upright so it can keep breathing.
Sydney can expect breaks in the dreary weather but showers and bouts of heavier rain are likely to linger well through the long weekend.
With a gentle little rub on the rump, wombats receive the signal that it's time to use the toilet.
With a dizzying array of positions, how's anyone supposed to invest?
Sydney is in for a soggy few days, with the possibility of heavy falls further up the coast over the long weekend.
Well, it's not as though we couldn't see this one coming. Donald Trump was promising to pull the US out of the Paris Accord on climate change long before he took office.
Australians overwhelmingly want governments to favour renewable energy - even if it costs more, Lowy Institute poll finds.
An overnight drenching has dumped more than 50 millimetres of rain on Sydney's CBD.
There is growing concern we might be too clean for our own good. Dogs to the rescue!
Sydney's weather is likely to take a wild turn on Tuesday night, with heavy rainfall and strong gusts possible along coastal regions.
Sometimes, the lost desert wanderer does stumble into an oasis, replete with the proverbial date palms and life-saving waters.
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".
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