Authorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500 metres at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough and 29 of these have died, Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia confirmed.“There are 20...

The Bureau of Meteorology's first winter forecast of 2024 has confidently declared one of the warmest on record throughout Australia.Australia could meet an “ambitious” target to cut national greenhouse gases by at least 65% and up to 75% by 2035, according to an initial assessment by the Albanese...

High levels of so-called forever chemicals have been found in surface and groundwater all over the world, with Australia one of several hotspots for toxic PFAS, a University of New South Wales study has found.

The Australian government has officially declared Australia's third offshore wind zone which will span 1,030-square-kilometres in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Victoria. Although it is a fifth of the size that was originally proposed, its proponents say that it has the potential to generate...

Construction workers on a 330 metre-long vessel installing a pipeline for Woodside have been told there will be no work for weeks while a gaping hole - likely caused by a “software anomaly” - is fixed.Tanya Plibersek is being urged to block the ‘climate-wrecking’ Vulcan South coal mine in...

RACGP backs duty of care bill for climate change harms. Australia’s largest representative body for GPs has thrown its support behind a duty of care bill requiring the Federal Government to protect young people from climate change harms in decision-making.

Planned gas developments on Western Australia’s Burrup Hub led by fossil fuel giant Woodside could result in twice as much greenhouse gas being emitted as any other Australian fossil fuel development up for approval, according to an analysis by Greenpeace.In a stunning photo essay,...

Thousands of students will take to the streets today for the School Strike 4 Climate as Torres Strait Islander people desperately hope the message cuts through to the government. Torres Strait Islander elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai are in Melbourne for hearings in the landmark court case they...

Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate...

In a landmark ruling, Australia’s High Court has ditched Victoria’s controversial tax on electric and hybrid vehicles in finding that it was unconstitutional. This finding has set a precedent that will stop other states from introducing similar taxes that would slow the transition and hinder...