There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits

The reheated plans to scrap renewable schemes, boost fossil fuels and revive nuclear are transparently Trumpian

More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.

Credits are treated as a straight alternative to emissions cuts, but carbon stored in nature is different to burning millennia-old fossil fuels

Tasmania’s major newspaper has been accused of axing an exclusive story on polling showing public support for disclosing the cost of the Macquarie Pt stadium.

Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

If you’re given to the Sickos Guy view of world events, there’s one obvious way to make the current crisis in the Middle East look just that little bit more disastrous: As well as starving us of energ...

Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength

Party backed plan to allow big industry to use a new koala national park in NSW to offset its climate pollution, but three senators dissented

Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars

Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo

But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere

Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources

Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government

Solar Sharer program was designed for homes without rooftop solar, but observers say supply and peak use charges are ‘much higher’

The Labor Party has declined to explain its position on the pollution of Tasmanian rivers by salmon hatcheries after its lower house MPs voted against a motion that was broadly consistent with the par...

The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists

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Australia’s biggest oil and gas company recorded a 27% increase in sales profit to $1.67bn in the six-month reporting period

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas says there have still been no detections in poultry or livestock and no mass deaths involving mammals

‘High coral cover is evidence of recovery and resilience, not evidence that the disturbances causing mortality didn’t happen’, scientist says

Antibiotic residues have been found in eel, sediment and water samples from a freshwater salmon hatchery on the banks of the Derwent River, according to a report submitted to the Tasmanian Environment...

David Pocock says the huge revenue boost for gas companies underscores that Australians are ‘missing out on a fair return’

Even as we watch a deadly heatwave sweep through Europe, the US president’s ineptness has created reason for optimism on the climate crisis

Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park

Tasmania's new ministerial diaries disclosure scheme will result in the disclosure of far less information about who the Premier is meeting than was the case 16 years ago.

El Niño events linked with extreme weather around the world – and can increase risk of bushfires in Australia and coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef

It is unlikely that many voters are flocking to Pauline Hanson for her scientific insights – but that is where they are lining up, regardless

Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos

A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’

The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible

The 12 finalists will be exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, including images of newborn fish, a native wasp and satellite trails across the night sky

Support for Pauline Hanson’s populist party has given fresh impetus to a loose network of activists trying to chip away at reproductive rights

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies

Grattan Institute calls on Labor to set policies that will further reduce the use of gas in order to meet net zero targets

The proponent of a cable car on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington has hired a lobbying firm run by a former Liberal MP ahead of the public release of a review of the mountain’s management.

Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies

Exclusive: Parliamentary records show the One Nation MPs claimed travel expenses for fundraising events on exclusive cruise liner where mining billionaire owns an apartment

Yes, really, it's a wedding. And you're invited.

Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact

The reaction to the budget has revealed Australia’s warped priorities, with the appalling inequality in dental care among the issues actively ignored

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation