To meet the recently struck renewable energy target figure of 33,000 gigawatt hours 1,000 wind turbines would need to be built, a Senate inquiry has been told.

Locals have won two court battles to have the project blocked but the NSW department of planning has recommended conditional approval

Melbourne's entire tram network could be powered by solar if the state government gave a bold renewable energy proposal the green light.

Environment activists are taking legal action against the government for refusing to release environmental assessment documents for petroleum exploration off the coast of South Australia.

The federal government has finalised a ban on the dumping of sediment from new dredging projects into the waters of the Great Barrier Reef, as a decision looms on whether the ecosystem will be list

A deal has been reached to reduce Australia's renewable energy target to 33,000 gigawatt hours after the government agreed to drop regular reviews of the scheme.

Victoria wants to establish its own target to boost renewable energy the Andrews government has declared, but it first needs Canberra to lift legal barriers preventing it from doing so.

Frantic efforts to avoid adverse status for reef which could foil government plans to open up vast region in Queensland for new coal mines

The case against building Australia’s largest coal mine has focused on the threats of runaway climate change and ruin of the Great Barrier Reef. But finances may yet prove the key.

Government programs have yet to have any positive effect on the Great Barrier Reef, conservationists say, with federal funding only a fraction of what is needed to tackle chemical pollution, conser