'Up to 40,000 western Sydney residents at risk of flood evacuation within decades'

The Australian government will begin consulting industry and broader stakeholders, including environmental organisations on how to strengthen the centrepiece of its emission reduction plan.

The NSW Premier has warned that up to 40,000 Western Sydney residents could be at risk of flood evacuation in less than 20 years.

And never before seen footage has captured the moment a dolphin devoured a venomous sea snake.

Government begins consultation on the safeguard mechanism at the heart of its climate policy

The Australian government will begin consulting industry and broader stakeholders on how to strengthen the centrepiece of its commitment to reduce emissions by 43 per cent this decade.

Up to 40,000 residents risk flood evacuation in Sydney’s west by 2040: Perrottet

Tens of thousands of Hawkesbury-Nepean residents will be at risk of flooding by 2040 if development goes ahead without further mitigation measures, an inquiry has found.

Labor wants safeguard mechanism to cut emissions from big polluters by up to 6% a year

Australia’s big polluting industries are likely to have to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by between 3.5% and 6% a year under the Albanese government’s plan to respond to the climate crisis.

Cameras strapped to dolphins capture surprise sea snake feast

New footage of a dolphin hunting and eating an unusual prey — venomous sea snakes — has been captured in waters off the United States' west coast.

“More emissions than coal:” Pressure mounts to rule out forest biomass

Pressure is mounting on the Albanese government to rule out the use of native forest biomass for renewable energy generation – particularly as a replacement for coal in ageing coal generators – with one green group arguing that it “fails even the most basic common sense test.”

Conservationists thrilled to see new eggs from endangered osprey at Port Lincoln

Birders are hopeful ospreys are taking to a series of artificial nests on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula as the laying season starts.