Standing on the gentle slope of one of the hills encircling the valley, he pointed out the African lovegrass.

A Queensland court will hear evidence of how plans to build Australia's biggest coal mine in the Galilee Basin could damage the Great Barrier Reef.

Remaining state-owned electricity assets should be privatised to increase competition and lower power bills, a federal government report recommends.

It's Monday morning and Larissa Shashkof's alarm goes off. As she and husband Neil wake, they reach for their smartphones, checking the news and the weather.

From China to Mexico, renewable energy investments are hot, with Australia one notable exception.

Australia has been left behind by most other wealthy nations in failing to disclose its post-2020 carbon reduction goals by the first quarter of 2015 as agreed at a global gathering in Peru last De

Rich nations provided far more in export subsidies for fossil-fuel technology as for renewable energy over a decade, according to OECD data seen by Reuters.

Plans to build Australia's largest coal mine in central Queensland would wipe out the habitat of the world's most significant population of an endangered finch, a court has heard.

Australian health, environment and public welfare regulation, including plain tobacco packaging legislation, will be open for challenge from largely US-based corporations, if a new deal that is par

The peak body for the clean energy industry says it is prepared to accept a significant compromise on Australia's renewable energy target if the government agrees to preserve two agencies it planne