Science & Environment

The Federal government has announced Barndioota, South Australia as one of the possible sites for a future nuclear waste dump....

Local community members and traditional owners of the Pilliga region in north-west NSW are planning protests at Santos’ Annual General Meeting...

South Australia’s very first electric powered share car was launched in Adelaide today, together with an innovative solar powered car...

Australia is under pressure to get serious on reducing its emissions with the Paris climate agreement due to be signed...

Less than six months after the Paris Climate Agreement where Australia and the world pledged to keep global warming below...

Since the Newman government relaxed land clearing regulations the rate of native bush destruction has escalated alarmingly, with serious implications...

How fast can Australia clean up its renewable energy system? The Institute of Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology,...

Long term research by University of NSW Water Research Laboratory over 40 years shows that a perfect storm of  higher...

Rescue efforts are fully underway in both Japan and Ecuador following major earthquakes in both countries.  In Japan, the death toll...

Climate change has become a looming threat for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples and some groups are now taking...