ABC News

Australians in electorates that are generally more exposed to the impacts of climate change are less likely to demand more action, according to a comparison of survey results and climate risk data.

ABC News

Wildlife carers have applauded a Queensland government decision to remove sections of solid guardrails, or rub rails, from a stretch of road in the Gold Coast hinterland.

ABC News

A Canberra man has been left frustrated by the ACT government's initial decision to not remove a tree from his backyard, after a falling branch caused the roof to collapse, narrowly missing a sleeping two-year-old child last year.

The Australian

Once again, the sometimes troubled waters of the Great Barrier Reef are being politicised as a lens through which the world can argue climate change.

Sky News Australia

Writer and Author Tony Thomas says a book infiltrating classrooms is "oriented to children becoming activists".

Reneweconomy

Recently, I wrote at RenewEconomy about how Australia’s government’s resources department, the Office of the Chief Economist within the Department of Industry, Sciences, Energy and Resources (DISER) has been very noticeably over-forecasting thermal coal exports over the past few years.

The Australian Financial Review

Embattled electricity giant AGL Energy will split itself in two separately listed businesses to better handle the rapidly transforming energy market, separating its base coal power plants into a new company, Accel Energy, to be headed by existing interim CEO Graeme Hunt.

Reneweconomy

Victorian network operator AusNet has unveiled its preferred route for a crucial new transmission network upgrade that is hoped will help revive investment in new renewable energy projects in Western Victoria.

The Conversation

Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids that have been walking the Earth for hundreds of millions of years — even before the time of the dinosaurs.

The Canberra Times

The Black Summer bushfires may have led to the country's large feral deer population encroaching on areas beyond its normal habitat, including parts of the ACT, according to leading conservationists.

ABC News

Spotted-tail quolls are thriving in the Illawarra and Southern Highlands according to a recent survey, despite a series of natural disasters including drought, bushfires and floods.

ABC News

On mainland Australia, eastern barred bandicoots — nocturnal animals with stripes across their rump — no longer exist in the wild.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Indonesia has been identified as the country with the most land at risk of sea level rise, adding to the threats climate change will pose to Australia’s populous northern neighbour.

ABC News

An export ban on sending mixed plastics overseas for recycling comes into effect today, but it could see recyclable items sent to landfill.

The Daily Telegraph

Australia has a massive problem with its drinking water, and while it’s hard to fathom the difference one can make — we can change our ways.

ABC News

Temperature records in Canada and the north-west United States have been smashed again, as a historic heatwave in the region lifts maximums up to 20 degrees above average.

News.com.au

Sydney has been ground to a halt as a blanket of thick fog causes significant disruptions to ferry services and motorways.

The Conversation

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the world’s most authoritative scientific assessments on climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and risks, and options for cutting emissions and adapting to impacts we can no longer avoid.

The Australian

Sussan Ley has formally invited UNESCO to visit the Great Barrier Reef and conduct an on-the-ground assessment, after the agency proposed declaring its health status was ‘in danger’.

Reneweconomy

Federal energy and emissions reductions minister Angus Taylor is facing fresh pressure to remove the regulatory blockages that are preventing the development of Australia’s first offshore wind projects.

Reneweconomy

A group of Australia’s biggest coal generators have roundly condemned proposed market rule changes favoured by federal energy minister Angus Taylor that are seen as an effective subsidy to ageing coal plants.

Reneweconomy

The federal government has published proposed rules that would allow carbon capture and storage to receive government funding under the Emission Reduction Fund, as it continues its campaign to develop technologies that will extend the lifespan of Australia’s fossil fuel and other high emitting industries.

ABC News

The Victorian government has committed $14 million to a battery facility and a regional hydrogen hub at university campuses in Melbourne and regional areas.

7 News

President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree to dispatch Brazilian soldiers to the Amazon in a bid to curb surging deforestation, just two months after withdrawing troops from the region and days after his environment minister resigned.

The Australian

A major business group has urged the Morrison government to embrace a 2050 net-zero emissions target or risk major export industries having to face new carbon tariff regimes and losing business

The Fifth Estate

One of the best things we can do in life – and in the waste minimisation and resource recovery sector – is listen.

The Australian Financial Review

The oil and gas industry is up in arms about a proposed temporary 48¢ per barrel levy on offshore production to cover the cost of an abandoned oil platform in the Timor Sea, labelling it as “over the top and extreme”, while green groups called for it to be made permanent.

Reneweconomy

Global electric vehicle and battery storage giant Tesla says there is no need for synchronous assets such as coal and gas generators in a zero emissions grid, it slams some of the proposed market reforms in Australia that appear designed to favour incumbent fossil fuel interests.

Ecogeneration

Australia is a world leader in the uptake of rooftop solar and at the forefront of integrating PV, and other clean energy technologies, into the energy system. Recognising the importance of distributed energy resources and the value they could provide in the energy system of the future, the NSW Government has set ambitious targets for driving uptake in home energy storage technologies. This has involved testing a new approach that enables residents of NSW to access the benefits of home solar battery systems.

The Fifth Estate

Proven strategies for municipal authorities to make their cities greener have been laid out in a new resource from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), containing emissions reduction case studies from around the world.

The Fifth Estate

Despite government targets for EVs to make up over half of all new car sales by 2030, the more sustainable choice of vehicles still represent under one per cent of the Australian market.

ABC News

A southern right whale in Wallis Lake, at Forster-Tuncurry on the NSW Mid North Coast, could be getting ready to give birth, according to those monitoring its wellbeing.

Cosmos

Australian researchers have used DNA analysis to discover a refreshingly positive legacy of human colonisation on species abundance.

The Australian

A cull of hundreds of macropods in Tasmania’s Maria Island National Park has prompted outrage, with demands the ‘cruel slaughter’ be halted in favour of sterilisation.

The Sydney Morning Herald

NSW lost the equivalent of Sydney’s CBD to clearing for farming, forestry and other uses in 2019 every two days, continuing the accelerated deforestation pace that followed the loosening of native vegetation laws.

Pursuit

There is less and less water in the US and Australia – and more and more people want it. Emulating Australia’s failing water market won’t help the US manage this precious resource

ABC News

Victoria's environmental regulator has given permission for two Latrobe Valley coal mines to release water into a nearby river system, after recent flooding sparked concerns of a mine wall collapse.

9 News

Expensive tip fees are being blamed for a huge increase in hard rubbish call-outs and illegal dumping across Melbourne.

ABC News

Helicopter flights, increased bed capacity in local resorts and a new Jindabyne town centre could be on the cards as the New South Wales government finalises its 40-year plan to turn the Snowy Mountains into a year-round tourist destination.

The Sydney Morning Herald

You have probably heard one of the biggest economic challenges today is that consumer prices are rising too slowly, as the rate of inflation is just 1.1 per cent a year.

News.com.au

A rain event that could be ‘phenomenal’ for some areas is set to strike Australia’s east coast over the coming days with a month’s worth to fall.