Environment
National weather forecast for Friday 14 May, 2021
Friday 14 May: Early taste of winter for Victoria, NSW and South Australia
Latest
‘All about evolution’: Here’s what to do with a dead power station
Wallerawang near Lithgow on the western edge of the Blue Mountains is home to a defunct power plant that may have lessons for the fleet of shutdowns yet to come.
- by Peter Hannam
Queensland recovering after severe storms
Queensland is heading for a cold snap after severe overnight storms.
The race to rescue Australia’s 50 most vulnerable plant species
Australia’s record of driving its famously unique array of native mammals to extinction is well known. It is less understood that we are losing our plants even faster.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Federal budget
Blowing in the wind: Have we missed our chance to become a renewables superpower?
Just imagine what we could achieve as a nation if our federal government stepped up and led from the front on green energy.
- by Nicky Ison
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Greg Leach on severe storms
Emergency crews called out to over 180 jobs due to severe storms.
Action plan for Australia's imperilled plants
Threatened plants have declined at an alarming rate in Australia over recent decades pushing many species close to extinction. A new plan is needed to halt and reverse their declines.
National weather forecast for Thursday May 13, 2021
National weather forecast for Thursday May 13, 2021
Heavy storm batters Brisbane
A Brisbane man has captured a lightning strike in the CBD as a heavy storm lashed the city.
'Very dangerous' supercell lashes Queensland south-east Queensland
A "very dangerous" thunderstorm supercell has lashed large parts of Queensland, with residents copping the brunt of five-centimetre hail and 70km/h winds.
Turnbull says ‘right wing craziness’ drives the government on climate
Malcolm Turnbull joins a chorus of clean energy supporters disappointed in the federal government, saying only the “implausible” threat of Labor will shift it.
- by Nick O'Malley