As South America turns right, Brazil’s vote could leave the Amazon without conservation leaders.

The Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought.

Australia’s gas companies are poised to cash in on a huge revenue surge in the fallout from the Iran war, intensifying calls for higher taxes.

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

The government's main policy instrument for reducing greenhouse gases only covers a small proportion of emissions and allows companies to offset these emissions. This is totally inadequate when the cl...

Having dropped a controversial plan to restrict FOI applications, the government faces renewed accountability concerns over inquiry reports long overdue a response.

Environment Minister Murray Watt says his decision to keep the status of a rare Tasmanian skate species as endangered rather than change it to critically endangered is based on scientific advice.

Deforestation under way on 3mn hectares for state-backed food project

The annual list of Australia’s planned resource and energy projects has been released by the federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.

LNG troubles abroad and at home, the “lucky country” is having a fossil fuel existential moment

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

There are more than 2 million artworks on the rocks at Murujuga, with more stories under the waves.

There are growing fears that a major overhaul of planning laws promoted to fast-track housing development will bypass environmental protections and remove safeguards against corruption.

Environmental assessments could go out the window for mining projects, windfarms and other developments, green groups say

Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.

A Victorian sawmill has harvested wood from endangered mountain ash forests and sold it to Domino's as woodchips to smoke meat for pizzas.

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio

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