July smashed global records for warmth, beating all 1627 previous months since 1880, as a monster El Nino in the Pacific combined with background climate change, US scientists said.
Victoria is not ready for an unconventional gas industry, with environmental controls too few and the risks of the industry not fully identified, a wide-ranging report from the state's Auditor-Gene
The Baird government has come under attack from community groups around the state over its response to the findings of a parliamentary inquiry into the performance of the Environment Protection Aut
This year's El Nino weather pattern could be the most powerful on record, US forecasters said, while warning that the effects of the weather system are never certain.
Australia should not attend global talks in Paris refusing to budge on its greenhouse gas emission pledge, the UN's scientific body on climate change has said, ahead of expected international press
The ACT government has closed off its premium rooftop solar scheme, forcing people who are yet to hook up to the grid to do so by the end of next year or miss out.
New Zealand is saying goodbye to coal-fired power generation, with Genesis Energy advising it will permanently shut its last two coal-burning generators by December 2018 amid ample supplies of chea
