The climate emergency won't wait for half-measures. Our political leaders let us down this week.

Scott Morrison has turned his attention from his old fossil-fuel friend coal to another with his new energy plans.

Burnt by an election loss some blame on Labor's efforts to win over city voters on environment issues one union is taking environmentalism right into the heart of coal country.

Australia’s unprecedented summer of hell was barely over when California was ablaze. As experts warn of worse to come, one of our most outspoken former fire commissioners reflects on a new age of overlapping catastrophes.

Practical steps to regrow coral and save threatened ecosystems must take place while the world decides how to reduce warming oceans, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation argues.

Hundreds of endangered aquatic animals that were taken from ash-clogged East Gippsland rivers to 'intensive care' in Melbourne have been returned.

This shuddering beast has become the council worker’s most beloved gizmo.

State logging agency faces another possible court case, with three community environment groups accusing it of exceeding legal quota in central highlands.

The Prime Minister announced that the two renewable energy agencies could now invest in 'low emissions' technologies, such as gas, rather than focus entirely on renewables.

Sydney will see temperatures exceeding 30 degrees on Thursday, before a "classic southerly buster" brings a 10-degree drop for the weekend.

Much of coastal NSW from the south of Sydney to the Victorian border will face the wrath of a complex low-pressure system that will bring heavy rain, hazardous surf and even flash flooding in places.

Work to build a seawall to protect coastal residences along part of Sydney's northern beaches could start before legal and financial issues are resolved.

Unless governments embrace green stimulus packages the COVID-19 economic shutdown will have little impact on climate change.

Sir Tim Smit talks about his vision for Anglesea's former mine, creative learning and the risks of sloppy optimism.

NSW's latest bout of wild, wintry weather will bring the risk of flooding to parts of the South Coast and generate a powerful swell that could worsen beach erosion.

It will be a wet start to the weekend for Sydney with rainfall of up to 30 millimetres as a low pressure system from the north-west moves in.

Mike Pezzullo told the bushfire royal commission that the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need to manufacture and stockpile emergency supplies.

A patch of Lilydale bushland has been home to mob of about 30 kangaroos for years. But they are likely to be culled as their habitat is developed for housing.

NSW's national parks are reporting a surge in visits as people seek out nature to dispel the blues brought on by coronavirus.

The Berejiklian government says forecast impacts of climate change have forced it to amend its plan to raise Warragamba Dam, lifting the project's height by 17 metres rather than 14.