Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged 55 billion yen in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters.

Report on solar power puts the capital cost of household systems at $18 billion, with benefits of $9 billion.

BP’s attempts to halt any oil spill from planned drilling off South Australia’s coast would depend on transporting recovery equipment from Houston, Texas, internal documents have revealed.

A strong El Nino is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists.

There is increasing concern that a weather event in the Pacific will bring bitter winter conditions to the UK and northern Europe.

Tasmania looks to fast-track take-up of electric vehicles to boost its credentials as a green manufacturing hub to replace old industries, and export clean energy to the mainland.

The NSW Planning Department has defended its decision to refer a planned Rio Tinto coal mine project in the Hunter Valley to the Planning Assessment Commission, saying it had strengthened condition

The world subsidises energy consumption to the tune of more than $200,000 per second, with about 60 per cent of that going to support coal, according to researchers at the International Monetary Fu

A new, more environmentally friendly asphalt mix containing recycled printer toner is being used on Sydney’s roads.

Six billion dollars in investment in wind and solar power will be lost as a result of a compromise deal on the renewable energy target, energy market analysts say.