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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.
Australia's famous white whale Migaloo has swum into Queensland waters as he makes his annual migration towards the Great Barrier Reef.
About 100 activists took part in the rescue in Guangzhou, confronting the driver and stopping the truck.
A G20 communique has been agreed despite the US stalling over a fossil fuel clause.
More than 30,000 whales will head north this year.
One way Melbourne can plan for climate change's warmer temperatures is by becoming more like Sydney (but only in terms of vegetation).
Two partners believe there are hundreds of sites containing US military equipment around the country.
The federal government has answered calls to release greenhouse gas pollution data it had been sitting on since last year.
Documents obtained under FOI laws confirm the government is sitting on almost one year's worth of national greenhouse pollution data.
France has also set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.
The ski resorts closest to Canberra could receive up to 20cm worth of snow this weekend.
How much Earth will warm in response to future greenhouse gas emissions may be one of the most fundamental questions in climate science - but it's also one of the most difficult to answer.
Storm chasers, rural Australians with an eye to the clouds can now access satellite images of lightning on the Bureau of Meteorology website.
Cane toads could become even deadlier because of their exposure to a common weedkiller, scientists say.
Chemicals flushed down household drains have caused around 20 per cent of male river fish to have female characteristics, according to research.
Temperatures plunged to minus 8 on Sunday morning, but it's meant to warm up soon.
Julie Saunderson sees her family's pets, a pug and two French bulldogs, as members of the family.
Temperatures plunged to minus 8.7 on Saturday morning, with more cold nights ahead.
Sustainable packaging has really taken off in Australia but, even with the best intentions, most of it ends up in landfill.
Sydney's plummeting temperatures has only raised the spirits of the city's ice skaters.
Sydney residents are bracing for the coldest weekend in two years, with minimum temperatures set to plunge to single digits for the next four days.
A Ballarat breeder is boasting the largest Dalmatian litter in Australian history.
A review commissioned by the NSW Government has called for the public to be given more information about the risks posed by highly polluted land.
Antarctica's native species are facing invasion as climate change dramatically expands the continent's ice-free zones, a new study warns.
The slate and red palm cockatoo with its striking crest looks rock star, but has musical talent too.
Winter has finally arrived with Sydney residents expected to shiver through the coldest period of the year.
Matty Smith positioned himself beside a football-sized orange octopus but the creature was having none of it.
Canberra region egg producers have some of the most spacious free range farms.
Global sea level rise has increased from 2.2mm each year in 1993, to 3.3mm each year in 2014.
Donald Trump will tout surging US exports of oil and natural gas during a week of events aimed at highlighting the country's growing energy dominance.
A new report into the value of the at-threat Great Barrier Reef has been revealed the 2300 kilometre reef is too big to fail.
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