Hundreds of sites are due to be tested for contaminated mulch including some outside Sydney as an expert group is formed to speed up the investigation.
A highly invasive clam has been found in Australia for the first time and it could be bad news for river health and water infrastructure.
Big batteries and fast-start gas plants will keep the lights on across Australia and help to stabilise highly volatile power costs, Origin Energy says.
One of Australia's rarest birds has given up its genetic secrets and it could boost the elusive creature's chances of evading extinction.
Premier Steven Miles will forge ahead with bold emissions reduction targets over the next decade even as his government continues with fossil fuel approvals.
Asbestos-tainted mulch is to blame for the closure of a primary school in Sydney's southwest and the cancellation of a major Mardi Gras festival event.
Australia's first sustainable aviation facility could be established in north Queensland to turn sugarcane by-products into low-carbon fuel.
Florence, the troubled tunnel boring machine, is back on solid ground and hard at work on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project, but it's slow going.
Australian government officials have confirmed they are developing guidelines for solar equipment after warnings about potential security vulnerabilities.
Australia's first climate risk assessment will be based on a scenario that does not reflect reality, the Greens say.
An outback electric vehicle charger that went viral has yet to use its diesel generator backup to recharge one car, the Senate has heard.
A taxpayer-funded legal unit that fights environmental cases faces a federal government review amid claims it confected evidence in litigation against Santos.
Scientists have told event managers to back off and keep their disruptive, showy events out of the nation's wildlife havens.
New logging rules that had experts fearing for the survival of the endangered greater glider will be revisited by the NSW environmental watchdog.
Scientists are surveying remote areas of Antarctica with drones, hoping to protect plants and animals in the fragile ecosystems in the face of climate change.
AGL Energy insists there is a "very, very competitive" market after bouncing back into profit and reserving billions of dollars to replace coal-fired power.
Australia sweltered through its eighth-warmest year on record in 2023, according to a new report from the Bureau of Meteorology.
NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.
Amazon will launch operations at its first solar farm project in Queensland, with the 500-hectare site to generate enough power for 60,000 homes.
The satin bowerbird's obsession with the colour blue can sometimes be deadly but a change in milk packaging could help save the showy bird.
Research on a tiny sea sponge indicates the world has been warming faster and for longer than previously thought.
SUVs and utes dominated new car sales in January, according to a new report, dwarfing passenger and electric vehicle sales.
Anti-renewables activists want to protect agricultural land but the energy industry says solar and wind is future-proofing farmers and giving regions new jobs.
Australia's leading experts on endangered greater gliders weren't consulted before logging rules were changed in NSW.
Giving motorists more options for cheaper cars is at the heart of proposed fuel efficiency standards, the federal government says.
Australians will be able to breathe easier, spend less on fuel and have more choice at the car yard under proposed new efficiency standards for cars and utes.
A huge difference between the most and least efficient cars has been shown in a study of more than 650 models with some guzzling almost $4000 in fuel each year.
Greater glider ecologists say the endangered species is in deeper trouble after NSW's watchdog for nature changed the rules that apply to logging.
A leading urban planner says more Australian cities should adopt "trackless tram" technology to reduce suburban traffic and transport pollution.
Australia has submitted a progress report to UNESCO as part of ongoing efforts to ward off an in-danger listing for the Great Barrier Reef.
Environmental groups warn almost 800 hectares of koala habitat will be cleared if a proposed coal mine in central Queensland goes ahead.
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