Australia's environment ministers have been accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for bird flu impacts on native wildlife.
Australia's environment ministers are accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for the impacts of bird flu on native wildlife.
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.
More than 400 shared batteries will join the national electricity grid after investments in 21 projects across all states and one territory.
A transport company has revealed plans to add more than 100 electric delivery vehicles to its fleet as part of a $45 million project.
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.
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 regulation of organic products is laughable by world standards and the result is a legion of confused consumers, advocates for change say.
Paul Keating has described Peter Dutton as a 'peddler of danger' and says building nuclear plants undermines the work already done to establish renewables.
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.
Australia will host a $100 million competition for innovators around the world to create ways to lower the cost of large-scale renewable energy.
State leaders have slapped down coalition plans to build seven nuclear power plants across the nation.
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.
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.
Former emergency services chiefs say it is time to pump serious money into disaster preparedness as a map reveals Australia's disaster hotspots.
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.
Canberra's commitment to engaging the Pacific region on climate change is demonstrated by a delegation to Papua New Guinea this week, the foreign minister says.
Australians are mobilising for a climate battle at the federal election with voters pouring money into a climate lobby group as politicians scrap targets.
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.
An expert has urged Australia to continue on its course of climate action as an opposition plan to scrap targets threatens to unleash "unmitigated emissions".
An opposition plan to rework interim climate commitments has attracted the ire of the prime minister, who says 2030 goals are achievable.
Governments will need to look at more than just electric vehicles to make significant transport emission cuts, modelling from Monash University says.
Incentivising households and landlords into renewable tech such as batteries and solar would save billions on large-scale infrastructure, a report says.
Battery-powered heavy trucks, courier vans and refrigerated delivery vehicles will be added to logistic fleets as part of a $30 million government investment.
There's no end in sight to a large-scale shutdown of timber harvesting in NSW, with all sectors of the timber industry feeling the financial pain.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for urgent action to avert "climate hell".
Popular Australian ski resorts could find themselves on death row without urgent action on climate change, new modelling suggests.
The number of large-scale solar projects in Australia needs to rise rapidly, but the nuclear power debate could derail progress, industry experts say.
Queensland's decision to ban carbon capture and storage projects in the Great Artesian Basin has sparked calls for the federal government to follow suit.
Australia won't make key water quality targets meant to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef, a new report shows.
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