The Berejiklian government is projecting NSW will sharply increase coal shipments over coming decades, a forecast increase at odds with its aspirational goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century.

Veterinarian Jackson Zee who has worked in many extreme-weather and disaster zones around the world has some tips on how to keep pets safe.

The state of many of NSW's rivers is so dire that the Berejiklian government will start installing aerators to increase oxygen levels and keep vital stocks of native fish alive.

Hundreds of people have flocked to the National Botanic Gardens to meet their slithery reptilian neighbours.

The latest research on rising sea levels attests to the accelerating threat to the planet and its human populations. We have the technology to confront it, but we need the will.

There is a (figurative) mountain of dead animals rotting in the bush. What we do with them could drive species toward extinction – or help save them. If only we weren't so squeamish.

Wildlife authorities have moved swiftly to deal with a mix of animals trapped in mud near dried-out lakes at Menindee amid calls for more action to ease an "animal welfare crisis".

Australia is a land of droughts and flooding rains, but the mess that is the Murray Darling Basin is a man-made ecological disaster.

The unlovely weed is altering the city's ecosystem and raising the risk of fire.

The fish kill brings home the failure of the last decade.

A massive, 170-square kilometre wind farm near the small town of Rokewood in the state's south west has been approved by the Victorian government to help tackle the state's energy needs.

The first sign Graeme McCrabb knew something was badly amiss in the Menindee Weir Pool was when he drove his car over the Darling River bridge near the town last Sunday.

The rains are coming today, but they are unlikely to be the biblical proportions of Friday.

The Berejiklian government extracted almost 40 per cent profit from key state-owned companies in the past financial year even as two of the main utilities reported a large share of unplanned repair works.

Going to Sea World isn't a walk in the park for the animals kept in captivity, say campaigners.