A US government weather forecaster on Thursday raised its forecast for the chance of El Nino conditions during the Northern Hemisphere summer to 70 per cent, up from a 60 per cent chance last month

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

The Abbott government's energy white paper is "wilfully deluded" for failing to put climate change at the centre of Australia's future energy policy, say climate groups.

In the UK, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has demanded that his alma mater – King’s College London – sell off its fossil fuel shares and Oxford’s former finance director threw his weight behind calls for

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.

Just after recent research warned that the world's most iconic ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef, may collapse under climate change, a new study is saying that this iconic site can in fa

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

Government promises hands-off ‘technology neutral’ approach to electricity generation and transportation and will not attempt to engineer shift away from fossil fuels

A 10-year plan to tackle the rapid extinction rate of Australian animals has been launched, with scientists from across the country collaborating on ways to deal with the biodiversity loss.

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.