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.

More of the same - lots of sunshine expected for the coming week and more.

No end in sight for sunny days in Sydney

Some chilly mornings ahead but otherwise the scene is set for a pleasant start to winter.

Narrabri Council has raised issues with Santos's environmental impact statement for its proposed CSG fieid in its shire.

'Monitor the damn thing': Narrabri council's CSG demand

Public faith in the $3 billion coal seam gas field proposed by Santos is unlikely without independent monitoring of its environmental impacts, according to the head of planning at Narrabri Shire Council.

The meeting with the Premier comes about half way through the 90-day public exhibition of the mine's environmental ...

'Strongly opposed': residents appeal to Premier Berejiklian

A poll finds almost half of residents near the proposed Hume Coal mine are strongly opposed to the project.

New research has lifted the "plausible" sea level rise by 2100 to as much as two metres to 2.7 metres.

'The great unknown': New climate change data lifts the sea-level threat

The giant ice sheets of Antarctica are melting faster than previously estimated, placing low-lying areas of Sydney and similar exposed cities at risk by the turn of the century.

Heatwaves that pushed NSW's electricity supplies to the brink in February will become more common in the future, a ...

How Sydney can keep its power during heatwaves

The Berejiklian government will issue warnings of potential threats to electricity supplies from this summer after its review of February's heatwave found the power sector to be vulnerable.

Turtle protections have been dropped for the Adani Abbot Point proposed Terminal 0.

Turnbull government cuts Adani's Abbot Point turtle controls

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.

Regions such as these 12-metre strands of giant kelp off Tasmania are under threat as waters warm.

What's going wrong in our deep blue and warming sea

Climate scientists warn Sydney will have tropical waters by 2040-60.

Hanging on: The lost koala near Gunnedah late last year.

Meet the koala that wouldn't let go of this bullbar

James was used to seeing koalas in odd locations, but the one clinging to his bull bar took the biscuit.

Whole suburbs are now being built that won't be connected to the gas grid as prices soar.

The truth about your skyrocketing gas bill

Consumers are set to pay higher energy prices but it has little to do with looming "gas shortages", researchers say.

Bill Ryan, a veteran of the Kokoda campaign, says the battle against Adani's new campaign is critical for Australia's future.

The 95-year-old taking on Australia's 'great catastrophe'

A Kokoda veteran says Australia's future depends on winning the battle against giant coal mines.

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