Australia's 2030 Paris climate pledge will be harder to achieve after the Turnbull government ended funding to its "centrepiece" emissions policy.

The sudden realisation our conscientious separation of paper and plastic for recycling will not be enough to fend of the crisis has Australians demanding governments step in.

The sudden realisation our conscientious separation of paper and plastic for recycling will not be enough to fend of the crisis has Australians demanding governments step in.

The sudden realisation our conscientious separation of paper and plastic for recycling will not be enough to fend of the crisis has Australians demanding governments step in.

Anti-logging groups win temporary reprieve for Gippsland town

Anti-logging groups win temporary reprieve for Gippsland town

The area around Lisse, in west central Netherlands, is now covered in fields of tulips.

The area around Lisse, in west central Netherlands, is now covered in fields of tulips.

He stood in the 2016 ACT election to bring an end to the ACT's kangaroo culls. Now Marcus Fillinger has gone to the North Pole to get his message across.

He stood in the 2016 ACT election to bring an end to the ACT's kangaroo culls. Now Marcus Fillinger has gone to the North Pole to get his message across.

Somewhere down the track lies possibly Josh Frydenberg's biggest challenge.

Did you know the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve has its own vet clinic?

State and federal energy ministers met ahead of the COAG talks on Friday to 'narrow the differences' over the National Energy Guarantee.

All you need to know about the National Energy Guarantee as state and federal ministers meet to debate its detail.

All you need to know about the National Energy Guarantee as state and federal ministers meet to debate its detail.

Sydney gardens areset to get some relief from the dry spell on Friday as long-awaited showers and possibly thunderstorms arrive, the weather bureau predicts.

Reservoirs other than the Snowy offer largely untapped potential for energy storage and generation, including solar farms, that governments hope to unleash.

Corals in the Great Barrier Reef have a lower tolerance to heat stress than expected, contributing to a permanent change of species mix, researchers found.

Buoyant confidence in the electricity sector has seen power prices retreat but remains fickle and hinges on further progress on the government's energy plan.

The last of a long list of government-backed "clean coal" projects has fallen over, with the Treasurer reluctantly confirming the end of a $90 million program.

I spent Sunday fighting a big fire right up against the edge of our biggest city. But the real point of the story is that it happened in mid April. We don't plan for major fires halfway through autumn.

Scientists say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could in future help in the fight against pollution.

An agreement to disagree is not good for energy policy writes Oliver Yates.

It is past time the state of the climate actually got a look-in when it comes to debating what path our energy system should take.

The Turnbull government could face pushback from states and territory governments to its signature energy policy after new details of the plan emerge.