Methane emissions from Australian coal mines could be double official estimates, a new report says, threatening efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C.
An Australian company has developed a ground-breaking way to destroy harmful PFAS chemicals.
A new national standard has been set for wet wipes in a bid to chip away at the fatberg problem plaguing Australia's sewage system.
Activists warn a draft Queensland government plan would allow the coal seam gas industry to simply bury waste brine, posing a risk to the environment.
A NSW farmer says she and her community can finally relax after a dogged battle against a coalmine expansion in the Hunter Valley.
Volunteers collected more than 250,000 pieces of rubbish from Australia's waterways, with polystyrene and cigarette butts among the most common items found.
Authorities are set to clean up part of the Great Barrier Reef that's yet to recover from being polluted with toxic paint and rubble during a 2010 accident.
The UN Secretary-General has branded Australia a "holdout" for refusing to do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions this decade.
Sussan Ley welcomed a court finding she's not responsible for protecting Australian children from climate change harm, but students have vowed to keep fighting.
Wildlife carers are under enormous strain after the floods with animals in their care often suffering multiple blows from the disaster.
A high-tech stainless steel lab has been built in Queensland to determine plastic pollution loads in the human body.
Australia and other nations have agreed to pursue a binding treaty to deal with the plastics crisis but the process is expected to be complex and contentious.
Australian fossil fuel projects frequently pump out far more greenhouse gas emissions than they estimate when trying to win approvals, a new report says.
AGL Energy has rejected a hefty takeover offer by a consortium helmed by tech mogul Mike Cannon-Brookes, but market experts say it's just a starting bid.
An emerging recycling technology can reduce plastic to a powder-form that can be used to make new products as good as virgin plastic.
Australians understand dead batteries have value but don't know what to do with them and they generally wind up being dumped.
As the kids of Australia head back to school, a Sydney family is forging ahead with a sustainable solution to the mountains of tired old uniforms they produce.
Australian scientists are turning carbon dioxide into solid carbon in what could be a game changer for emissions-heavy industries fuelling climate change.
Fortescue Metals Group says it is on track to cut emissions from transporting iron ore to port with the purchase of two new battery powered locomotives.
Mattresses are believed to be Australia's most common illegally dumped item, accounting for 20 per cent of the inorganic waste found on the street.
coal
economy (general)
environmental politics
environmental pollution
global warming
politics (general)
