Residents of Lismore's CBD, as well as Lismore Basin, East Lismore and Girards Hill have been urged to leave immediately amid warnings that the town's levee will be breached about 8am this morning.

As the election draws closer, the tired old tropes about “keeping the lights on” and “reliable, affordable supply” are being bandied about. When even the coal generators themselves have a more realistic stance than the Federal Government on the energy transition, it raises the question - will the...

The Greens are pushing for disaster payments to be doubled to $2,000, with the increase funded by a tax on coal and gas companies as fossil fuels drive the climate change fuelling extreme weather events.  

In the wake of the alarming findings for the Great Barrier Reef contained in the latest IPCC report, Whitsundays dive operator Tony Fontes warns that the Morrison government is a world leader in climate failure and despite pledging one billion dollars to the Reef, that money is about as useless as...

Suburbs in Sydney’s west like Penrith could face nearly two months of extreme heat above 35 degrees per year by the end of the century if carbon emissions remain high, according to a new report by Sweltering Cities and the Australia Institute. 

With the Great Barrier Reef on the cusp of a fourth mass bleaching in six years, a new study reveals that only 0.2 percent of coral reefs globally are likely to avoid frequent heat stress if temperatures rise. Our politicians have long known that climate change is the number one threat to our...

With one eye to coal communities and another to his party’s mediocre environmental credentials, Anthony Albanese has declared Labor will support a taxpayer-funded power station in the Hunter Valley but only if the proposed white elephant can run on green hydrogen instead of gas by 2030.

Offshore oil explorers are circling like sharks eyeing off new Australian oil exploration zones, despite an acknowledged acceptance that the need for new fossil fuel resources is waning as the world transitions to renewables.The Australian trucking industry has “narrowly avoided” a major crisis,...

Our cities could soon be a lot cleaner and quieter, as the trucking industry backs a switch to electric fleet vehicles, saying it will save companies money.Numbats have also had a big win, with the creation of a new national park in WA’s Wheatbelt to preserve their habitat. And the dangers of...