Critical minerals from Australia needed to fuel electric vehicles and renewable energy technology could fall in popularity depending on the US election outcome.
As whale migration season begins on the Queensland coast, there is one famous humpback tourists will be keeping a keen eye out to see.
Analysis shows 11 of the 20 active logging operations under way in northern NSW are in areas earmarked for a sprawling koala park, conservation groups say.
Less obvious sources of greenhouse gases - including wine and pet food producers - have been awarded grants to lead the way in reducing industrial emissions.
Firefighters say no-one has asked them about the coalition's nuclear power plan but fear they could pay with their lives in the event of a disaster.
Renewable energy and more gas is the cheapest way to power a net-zero economy, with electricity demand tipped to double by 2050 as homes and cars go electric.
Listening to local elders after a tsunami in Samoa killed her mother, Steph Hodgins-May went from environmental lawyer to senator to fight for climate justice.
An expansion of a gas project backed by billionaire Gina Rinehart has triggered fears it will lead to the destruction of hundreds of hectares of koala habitat.
A transport company has revealed plans to add more than 100 electric delivery vehicles to its fleet as part of a $45 million project.
One of Australia's biggest energy providers plans to establish a solar panel recycling facility in NSW that could turn old tech into new footpaths.
More than 1400 luxury electric vehicles have been recalled in Australia over a fault that the regulator warns could cause serious accidents.
The Great Barrier Reef needs urgent and sustained action to save it from the impact of climate change and other threats, UNESCO has told Australia.
Using more renewable energy could require faster and more reliable technology, according to Google's research arm is working with the CSIRO to create it.
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.
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