Protesters have rallied outside LNP headquarters in Brisbane against a nuclear future proposed by federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
Australia's battery recycling scheme has started accepting lithium batteries from e-bikes and e-scooters and is urging riders to research their disposal.
The new chair of the Climate Change Authority will be former NSW Liberal politician Matt Kean, who has said he will base his approach on facts and science.
Australia's regulation of organic products is laughable by world standards and the result is a legion of confused consumers, advocates for change say.
Environment ministers across Australia have resolved to prioritise work to stop lithium-ion batteries ending up in landfills and sparking dangerous fires.
Despite two days and hundreds of voices from along the Murray Darling Basin, the future shape of the basin plan is as clear as mud.
Former emergency services chiefs say it is time to pump serious money into disaster preparedness as a map reveals Australia's disaster hotspots.
Parts of Queensland's Cape York Peninsula have been nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list, a move described as a "monumental" step.
More than 1000 electric vehicle owners will be invited to test whether they can power their homes from their cars as part of a $7.7 million trial.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has identified a drying climate as a key risk factor for Australia's largest river system and the people who depend on it.
The coalition has a vision to build nuclear plants across regional Australia, but many communities already dealing with the energy transition are not on board.
Australia will host a $100 million competition for innovators around the world to create ways to lower the cost of large-scale renewable energy.
Australia's green bank and international firms are generating more renewable energy projects, even as the political stoush over the nation's future warms up.
Labor has blasted Peter Dutton's dream of powering Australia with nuclear energy as "economic insanity" but the mining lobby has backed the coalition's plan.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is facing a Federal Court challenge over the potential impact on the Great Barrier Reef of extending coal mines in NSW.
More than 50 environmental groups have called for the federal government to reject new mining developments which would encroach on koala habitat.
Thousands of dollars are being cut from the price of some electric cars as brands battle to lead the market and Chinese automakers face global taxes.
The federal government has given the green light to a downsized offshore wind farm zone stretching along the NSW Illawarra coast, south of Sydney.
It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.
Many pumped hydro projects will need to be built if the opposition scraps the controversial Pioneer Burdekin scheme, the Queensland government claims.
A two-year-old boy has suffered puncture wounds to his thigh after a dingo bit him at K'gari in the latest incident at the popular Queensland holiday spot.
Tax breaks and emission targets will be considered as part of a consultation into Australia's emerging biofuel industry that could power air and road travel.
Many households are reducing their carbon footprint but without efficient homes or smart meters they may not be getting the best value out of clean energy.
Some opposition MPs have been caught off-guard by coalition plans to drop 2030 emission reduction targets, as the prime minister hits out at the move.
Experts want drinking water standards lifted after the US cracked down on the presence of chemicals linked to causing cancer.
Incentivising households and landlords into renewable tech such as batteries and solar would save billions on large-scale infrastructure, a report says.
Governments will need to look at more than just electric vehicles to make significant transport emission cuts, modelling from Monash University says.
Indigenous people have rights to undertake carbon projects along most of Australia's coast, but opportunities to enter the market are limited, a study has found
A research project is trying to unpick ways for cotton growers to improve their environmental credentials by boosting soil health on their farms.
Peter Dutton says he'll not pursue the government's climate target, risking Australia's membership in the Paris Agreement.
Senators have attacked a $14 million advertising campaign about water in the Murray Darling basin, suggesting it is alarmist and deceptive.
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