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Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods

In short: A new North West town for 8,000 people will no longer be built as part of a massive renewable energy project when it re-seeks environment approvals. The federal environment law has been criticised for rejecting more renewable projects than fossil fuel ones. What’s next? The proponent behind the North West energy...

David Roberts interviews a representative from the company that is making effective ground source heat pumps for large buildings. How they do it, ensure efficiency, and look to scale up the operation

A Juggernaut Unleashed By Humans Is Grinding Slowly Across The Great Plains, Burying Some Of The Most Threatened Habitat On The Planet Beneath Dense Junipers And Shrubland.

Australia’s coal mine methane emissions are being vastly underreported and are damaging the nation’s credibility on climate change, economist Professor Rod Sims has warned....

The New South Wales government will announce within days it will extend the operations of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station for as long as four years....

Glacing out my window here in rural NE Tas, we’re still warring with nature and nature is loosing....

Lionfish’s rapid spread across the Mediterranean, including to habitats previously thought to be unsuitable, could have significant ecological impacts.

Some reports and popular books, such as Bill Gammage’s Biggest Estate on Earth, have argued that extensive areas of Australia’s forests were kept open through frequent burning by First Nations people....

Indigenous groups see hope in the environmentally friendly process of bioremediation. But will cities pay attention?

A Queensland council is under investigation by the state government after at least 350 million litres of raw sewage spilled into a Gold Coast river....

Emissions in the state increased by almost 9 million tonnes between 2021 and 2022....

Startup companies and researchers are experimenting with ‘marine carbon dioxide removal’ by altering the chemistry of the ocean and sinking biomass to the seafloor.

National leader David Littleproud has reportedly threatened to tear up contracts for wind and solar farm developments, in the latest broadside against large scale renewable energy from the federal Coalition....