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Neoen wins approval for huge wind and battery storage project in north Queensland that could see largest turbines in Australia.

Neoen gains council planning approval for a 500MW solar farm and large battery storage facility in south-west Queensland.

Peter Ridd fired after ignoring previous warnings from James Cook University

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A controversial Australian marine scientist who rejects research showing major human-caused impacts on the Great Barrier Reef has been fired from Queensland’s James Cook University for alleged multiple breaches of its code of conduct.

Peter Ridd was fired on 2 May, according to the termination letter posted on Ridd’s website, after ignoring previous warnings and disciplinary action from the university.

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Did you see the car the newlyweds left Windsor Castle in on Saturday? It was a 1968 e-Type Jaguar with an electrifying twist.

Family sells off a vintage machinery collection; go fly fishing in Tasmania; indigenous language comes alive at Taree High; and a local shearing clothing brand turns 30.

BMW offers first glimpse of "new technology flagship" – a pure electric car incorporating all the "major strategic areas of innovation in a road-ready vehicle."

The gardens giving hope and a sense of belonging to Syrian refugees in Iraq.

The gardens giving hope and a sense of belonging to Syrian refugees in Iraq.

Despite intense pressure from Turnbull government, AGL rejects bid for Liddell power station, saying the "highly conditional" did not reflect the value of the site. Abbott and Joyce are apoplectic and call for forced sale.

Visit the 'day spa' where pregnant dusky sharks treat themselves to a warm bath

An industry expert says petrol and diesel cars should be banned by 2030 or 2035, not 2040.

An industry expert says petrol and diesel cars should be banned by 2030 or 2035, not 2040.

The about face has angered conservationists who say it will trash the delicate Alpine environment.

Conservationists say NSW decision will damage native flora and fauna, and result in horses starving

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The New South Wales government is to introduce laws to protect the Snowy Mountains brumby from culling, angering conservationists.

On Sunday the NSW deputy premier and Nationals leader, John Barilaro, announced he would introduce legislation to parliament this week recognising the brumbies’ “heritage value”.

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Economist says Australian MPs ‘abusing the term’ in applying it to any decision to pull approval for Carmichael mine

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A decision by a future Australian government to stop Adani from developing its Carmichael coalmine would not increase Australia’s sovereign risk, a new report argues.

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Conservationists hope remediating landowners’ sunken gullies could lead to a significant improvement in reef water quality

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Strathalbyn station is cattle country, about 34,000 hectares of north Queensland grazing land, and the site of a pilot program that has demonstrated the potential to drastically improve water quality flowing towards the Great Barrier Reef.

At Strathalbyn, which is more than 200km from the coast, bulldozers and graders work to remediate sunken gullies where sediment flows into the Burdekin river catchment. It looks more like a construction site than an environmental program.

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Insects are the backbone of a healthy global ecosystem – but their numbers are facing catastrophic decline due to climate change. So, what can you do to help?

Already beset by degraded landscapes and a toxic environment, insects are going to suffer a catastrophic decline in numbers unless climate change is controlled, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. This is on top of the alarming collapse reported in Germany, where 75% of the flying insect biomass has vanished from protected areas in less than 30 years.

Insects are the backbone of a healthy ecosystem and the consequences of their absence will be global. Is there anything we can do other than despair? Insects will need stepping stones to move around the country as the climate changes. Here are some ways you can help.

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Most of us feel the itch of the primitive from time to time—to run without shoes, try a paleo diet, or just ditch the smartphone. The primitivist ideal exerts a seductive pull in tech-obsessed contemporary western society, but is the ideal based on a highly questionable set of philosophical assumptions?

Insect Armageddon. Is it happening...or not?

UK’s ‘reputation could suffer if environmental protections are weakened after leaving EU’

The United Nations has warned the government that Britain’s reputation is at risk over plans that would significantly weaken protections for the environment after Brexit.

In a stern intervention, Erik Solheim, executive director of the UN’s environment programme, called on the environment secretary Michael Gove to honour his promise to deliver a “green Brexit”, ensuring the environment would not suffer from Britain’s EU departure.

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