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

Queensland government environment inspectors are investigating a spill from an explosives storage plant beside a controversial proposed super dump at Ipswich.

Queensland government environment inspectors are investigating a spill from an explosives storage plant beside a controversial proposed super dump at Ipswich.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Anti-logging groups win temporary reprieve for Gippsland town

Anti-logging groups win temporary reprieve for Gippsland town

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.