Federal environment minister gives green light for dredging and disposal of spoil to create one of the world’s largest coal ports, which would be linked to the proposed $16bn Carmichael coalmine

Environmental groups say the Baird government is "playing Russian roulette" in Sydney's water catchment by approving coalmining without a full understanding of its impacts, taking a "damage first,

Sunday night was Sydney's warmest in three years but a cool change will bring rain over Monday and Tuesday, aiding fire risk reduction efforts in the Newcastle and Wodonga areas.

Mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef caused by an El Nino weather event will take place early next year, marine biologists have warned.

Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions.

Australian oceans are too warm for crocodiles, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) who found that climate warming is linked to shorter dives, which puts t

An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.

The extreme thunderstorm that tore through Kurnell was consistent with being an mid-intensity tornado with wind gusts well above the previous strongest recorded four decades ago in NSW.

Australian company races to be first to develop perovskite solar and make technology available for more businesses

The "super-charged" El Nino weather system could leave 4.7 million people across the Pacific with widespread hunger, thirst and disease if the global community doesn't urgently act as drought and e