No peak in sight for carbon emissions
Carbon emissions are at record levels and the task of warding off catastrophic climate change has never been greater, a global stocktake report warns.
Carbon emissions are at record levels and the task of warding off catastrophic climate change has never been greater, a global stocktake report warns.
Activists are calling on the Queensland government to publicly release its assessment of plans to protect the Lake Eyre Basin before Christmas.
Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".
Australian researchers have discovered viruses can get a free ride by latching onto tiny particles of plastic regularly taken in by humans.
Firefighters are being tested for toxic PFAS chemicals after unsafe levels were found in drinking water at a Victorian airport.
A major new study says there's mounting evidence the world's insect populations are in rapid decline and it's cause for profound concern.
Incontinence pads are now a bigger waste problem than nappies, and Australia needs to turn its mind to solutions, a new study says.
Proposed Queensland laws will make it easier for communities to object to mines, but existing mines won't be subject to modern environmental rules.
Carpets are contributing to microplastic pollution in Australian homes, a new international study has found.
A new battery recycling scheme is off to a flying start in Australia in a win for the environment and the reuse of precious resources.
The federal government has just released a new draft plan to manage so-called forever chemicals but some say not enough is being done to turn off the source.
The federal government has proposed new limits to protect Australian farms from being further contaminated with so-called forever chemicals.
The historical technique may be the solution to Australia's textile waste problem, one scientist says.
About a fifth of the 376 marine animals caught in NSW shark nets last season were threatened species, a government report has revealed.
Australians must understand this week's grim report about the state of the environment is also a report about them, a leading environmental health expert says.
Australians have been promised a radical overhaul of environmental laws after a shocking report on the state of the country's natural assets.
Australia's environment is in poor condition and will deteriorate further as climate change compounds pollution, land clearing and other threats, a report says.
Queensland will expand its single-use plastics ban, with cotton buds, microbeads and mass balloon releases the next to go, and coffee cups in the cross hairs.
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.