Environment

A methane leak that remains unchecked helped derail what would have been the biggest all-cash takeover in Australian corporate history.

As the South Australian government insists beaches and seafood are generally safe from what has become the country’s largest mass marine mortality event, the mental health toll is growing.

The communities around NSW’s biggest coalmine are determined to stop its expansion, for the sake of the natural world and their livelihoods.

MPs are demanding the government make public a ‘terrifying’ intelligence report on climate change to support this week’s National Climate Risk Assessment and target.

Environment Minister Murray Watt rejects criticisms that he’s bowing to Western Australian interests on key reform, and wants to seize a window of opportunity to work with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley for a deal by the end of the year.

The government has given ‘unprecedented’ time to Barnaby Joyce’s net zero bill weeks before it must deliver a new midterm emissions reduction target.

Experts warn Australia will not meet its 2030 emissions reduction target – at the same time as the Albanese government is expected to announce bolder targets for 2035.

Having lost her close relationship with Peter Dutton, Gina Rinehart is working to exert influence in a radically different Canberra.

Three months after a group of critically endangered helmeted honeyeaters were released onto Bunurong Country in Victoria, experts report back on their progress.

With time running out to secure the UN climate conference for next year, Australian negotiators have stepped up the pressure on rival Türkiye to drop its bid.