Firefighters battle blazes in Queensland and NSW – as it happened
Five homes lost in Millmerran and Tara with several communities under evacuation orders on Tuesday evening. As it happened What we...
NSW set to enshrine net zero emissions by 2050 in law and create monitoring panel
New South Wales is poised to have its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets of 50% by 2030 and net zero by 2050 enshrined in law and...
How Australian households can go electric, cut emissions and save money
Sacrifice and scarcity have defined environmental thought and activism for decades. But as a world of abundant renewable energy and...
Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects, report finds
Gas exploration well at Beetaloo Basin. Paediatricians concerned about a full-scale fracking industry in the basin prompted the research....
Woodside faces Indigenous legal challenge to seismic blasting at WA gas site
A traditional owner has filed a legal challenge to the approval of seismic blasting for Woodside’s Scarborough offshore gas project in...
Tensions emerge between state and federal governments over Australia’s energy grid roadmap
Exclusive: disquiet points to jockeying among jurisdictions and impatience over the rollout of renewables Cracks in the unity of the...
Australia nearing record amount of solar panel uptake to beat rising power prices, analysts say
Exclusive: The ongoing strength of rooftop solar installations contrasts with the sharp slowdown in new large-scale solar farms Rooftop...
Australian sea dumping law changes condemned amid warnings of gas industry expansion
Greens and environmentalists say legislation introduced to parliament by Tanya Plibersek could facilitate new fossil fuel projects Kirsty...
The task of radically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is daunting, the former chief scientist
The task of radically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is daunting, the former chief scientist says. But it’s also a huge...
Snowy Hydro looks to resume boring within weeks pending environmental approvals
Proposed changes include a slurry plant to help dig through soft rock, as National Parks Association says ‘enormous damage’ caused...
