ABC Environment

There were many promises made in the lead up to the election, but which of those policies will be achievable and how will they affect Australian lives over the next three years?

If data is the new oil, are data centres the new oil rigs?

There are 55 nuclear power plants being built today. Some countries are embracing nuclear. Others are shutting down their nuclear facilities. We assess the future of nuclear power.

This week how climate is shifting what and where we grow our food; and farmers in Tasmania argue burning off could have prevented the extent of the devastating summer fires.

All around us and within, water is an intimate, essential part of our lives. What would we do if water lost her way?

Australian researchers have developed a chemical process that can break down all plastics in 20 minutes and that technology will now be deployed at a new $40-million chemical plant in Timor Leste.

"I trust that Australian voters will choose the right path... It will certainly have a tremendous global impact whatever the choice Australians make."

Ex-Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown, in conversation. He discusses why the environment is our most pressing concern, the impact of big money - and the Murdoch press - on politics, and more.

While tensions on the domestic political front have become increasingly febrile, global politics have been peaking too.

Environmentalists are sounding alarm bells over Labor's $1.5 billion proposal to open up potentially massive gas reserves in Northern Australia.

Listen to the audio book version of the Australian Children's book 'When Water Lost Her Way' by Meg Humphrys.

Economist Ross Garnaut says Australia could be a world leader if it makes the transition away from fossil fuels.

The federal election campaign, already less civil than usual, is getting uglier as the finish line nears.

Both sides of politics promise to underwrite multi-billion dollar gas pipeline development in northern Australia but experts say it will have big implications for Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

UN Chief Antonio Guterres will begin a historic trip to the Pacific intended to focus on the looming threat of climate change.

The shallow graves of Masig Islanders are being washed away by rising sea levels.

In the late 1990's a new term was used to describe the situation between the two nuclear powers of India and Pakistan. That term is ugly stability. Aakriti Bachhawat explains what that is and if it is enough to keep peace in the region.

Social researcher Rebecca Huntley and economist Matthew Warren say Australians have come to realise that it's time to act on climate change.

This election campaign has involved more than political candidates and parties on the hustings. We’ve seen grassroots community groups, political activist organisations and social media players getting involved too. But, just how influential are they? And is there enough scrutiny on them? Katherine Gregory investigates.