Environment

Authorities say metropolitan testing shows Karenia algal levels remain low compared with last month, despite thick foam and fish deaths seen on some beaches in recent days.

Roger Cook declares he has "industrial FOMO" and wants to take every opportunity to bring big projects to the state, as WA's peak legal body slams proposed new laws aimed at fast-tracking development. 

The government has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul Australia environmental laws, sparking concerns for the future of Tasmania's native logging industry.

Major housing, renewables and mining projects often get bogged down for years by Australia's aging environment laws. Now a deal to rewrite them could change that.

From growing baby coral in floating pools to using Indigenous cultural knowledge, this trial hopes to regrow the Great Barrier Reef.

There are a multitude of physical and mental benefits that come with hiking and connecting with nature — but for people with disability across Australia, accessing the outdoors is often difficult.

New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.

Moss has the potential to provide food for astronauts of the future, according to a study that exposed one of Earth's oldest plants to the extremes of space travel. 

The South Australian opposition has pledged a $21-million voluntary fisheries buyback scheme, if it is elected next year, to allow commercial fishers to leave the industry amid the harmful algal bloom.

Sydney Water is working to determine the source of high levels of grease and oil that caused debris balls to wash up on beaches across Sydney and the Central Coast.

Emissions reduction would no longer be an objective of Australia's energy operator under a Coalition plan endorsed by the Nationals and Liberals, prioritising affordability and reliability over climate.

As Australia races to scale up refining of rare earths, a thorny question looms: where does all the toxic wastewater go?

Container Deposit Schemes are loved by consumers for getting a little cash back, but wineries say the financial and administrative burden outweighs any environmental boon.

Shifting sands have re-exposed the Hereward shipwreck just metres from a swimming beach in Sydney's east.

Despite rising CO2 emissions, there are hopes for exponential growth in renewable energy take-up as major emitters like China near a peak for greenhouse gas creation.

In the wake of a federal government investigation, a worker at major oil and gas company Inpex has spoken out, raising fears of exposure to dangerous air pollutants and claims of a toxic workplace where staff concerns are brushed aside.

Researchers are turning to drones to help them discover the health and habits of large marine mammals and other wildlife.

Two Torres Strait Islander uncles are appealing a federal court ruling that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to protect their people from the impacts of climate change.

Rangers have spent years working to protect the tropical island’s unique wildlife and expect feral cats will be eliminated next year. 

Labor party members call for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to be banned across the whole of WA.