A public consultation process has resulted in overwhelming support for a fuel efficiency standard for cars, as the government looks to improve domestic access to cleaner and more fuel-efficient vehicles. In October 2024, Sydney will play host to environment ministers and business leaders for the...

Scientists say seismic blasting in gas exploration can have subtle but critical effects on marine life as concerns rise over Woodside's Scarborough gas project in Western Australia's north. Greenpeace senior campaigner Sophie McNeill questioned the approvals given to Woodside by the offshore...

Four activists have been hit with violence restraining orders that their lawyer says prevents them from making any public reference to Woodside’s CEO and effectively stops them from speaking out about the company.

The Albanese government has rejected an internal push to ban native forest logging, instead committing to rewrite the three-decades-old national forest policy statement this term. Labor Environment Action Network spokesperson, Felicity Wade, praised the commitment but labelled native forest logging...

Dozens of longstanding temperature records tumbled across Australia during a warm July, as scientists warn the climate crisis is accelerating. Across the country maximum temperatures were overall about 1.2C above the long-term averages in July.

Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for the Prime Minister to visit the area to see damage being inflicted on native forests.Meanwhile in Victoria, a sacred Indigenous birthing tree that was once at the...

350 branches of the Labor party have proposed formal motions calling for greater action on climate change from the Albanese Labor government, urging, among other things, the winding back of land clearing and native forest logging.

Supermarket giant Coles is going green with its first electric delivery van now on the roads. Coles estimates the van will save up to $170 on fuel each week, emit less emissions than its petrol-powered cousins and be quieter.

The Australian Conservation Foundation has captured infrared video that they say exposes climate-heating methane gas leaks and venting at dozens of mines and facilities owned by energy giants Santos and Origin, as well as pipeline company Jemena. 

Even without declaring an El Nino, the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a warmer than average summer for Australia. And the world’s oceans have set a new temperature record for the average global temperature. But in some good news, platypuses have been confirmed living near a development in...