Houston, you have a problem, and it's of your own making
As the oil and gas capital of the world, Houston should have known storms like Harvey were coming.
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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.
Sydney shivers but worst of winter almost certainly behind us
Sydney is likely to post one of its coldest weeks of winter just as the season makes way for a burst of spring.
Ex-state agronomists demand axing of Shenhua coal mine
Claims that Shenhua's restricted coal mining will avoid affecting the aquifers of the rich farmlands of the Liverpool Plains are "false and ignorant", former state and private agronomists have said in a letter to Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
'By the time we wake up to it, it'll be too late'
The biggest overhaul of native vegetation laws in NSW in a generation is sending mixed signals.
Warm, dry winter prompts RFS to bring forward fire season
The unusually warm and dry winter across much of NSW has prompted the Rural Fire Service to bring forward the official start to the fire season for nine local government areas including the Blue Mountains.
Berrima pollution a warning for other mines: scientist
The paucity of independent monitoring of waste water from coal mines in NSW is leaving communities exposed to decades of pollution, long after mining operations have ceased, Ian Wright, a leading water ecologist, said.
Rich must help poor nations prepare for extreme events
Weather agencies including Australia's must step up cooperation to close a "widening gap in capacity" with developing nations, with the urgency of action increasing as the planet heats up, David Grimes, president of the World Meteorological Organization, says.
Sydney's water catchment faces rising loss to mining, contaminants
Coal mining in Sydney's catchment is having a "cumulative and possibly accelerated" impact on water flows but its full effect is unknown because of a lack of data and monitoring.
Sydney, eastern NSW warned to brace for 'vigorous' winds
Cyclonic-strength wind gusts have hammered Sydney and most of eastern NSW, disrupting air travel and stranding trains on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Murdered staffer's family seeks land-clearing code delay
Glen Turner's family says in a letter to the government new native vegetation codes will diminish "the value of his life".
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