Environmental Impact

The Borumba Pumped Hydro project will now cost $18.4 billion and won't be ready until 2033 at the earliest.

An ABC investigation has linked the Australian businessmen behind Papua New Guinea's largest agroforestry project to key figures in a massive Indigenous land grab scandal in the country's Western Province more than a decade ago.

Halls Hut is about as isolated as you can get in Australia's wilderness. A heli-tourism proponent will seek federal approval to fix it up, but is facing extensive opposition from bushwalkers, fly-fishers and environmental groups over the use of a helicopter.

Climbers say the Victorian government's decision to give more people a say on plans to better protect cultural land in a park in the state's west is nothing but a "charade".

Geelong residents are worried a proposed gas import terminal will be too close and too noisy, while environmental groups say the project could harm wetlands, pollute water and increase fossil fuel emissions.

A smell of rotten eggs which permeated homes in south-east Queensland for months has resulted in a record fine for a commercial landfill company.

Plans lodged with WA's Environmental Protection Authority this month will bring wild transformation to an ancient desert landscape. Experts, who note the proposed scale is "incredible", say the idea has a lot going for it.

Western Australia's industry watchdog alleges Santos did not operate its licensed pipeline in "a proper and workmanlike manner" to prevent the spill.

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

A NSW inquiry has proposed 18 recommendations to address climate change within the planning system including allowing councils to revoke old consents without compensation.

Research shows Melbourne and Sydney are failing to meet the "bare minimum" standard for nature in cities based on "3-30-300" guidelines that assess tree visibility, canopy cover and access to parks.

Steve Burgess from the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee is deeply concerned by the current design for the Borumba Pumped Hydro proposal.

This lowland rainforest would be forever flooded if the current hydro design is adopted.

Potential "catastrophic" flooding and the destruction of critically endangered species habitat are driving calls for a new design for a controversial dam project.

More than 21,000 people have signed a petition to abolish the permits, and now two MPs from different parts of the political spectrum are trying to get them banned too.

Amid the spinifex on a remote Western Australian island looms Chevron's troubled carbon capture facility. The role the technology might play in cutting greenhouse gas emissions is likely to get a fresh airing at global climate talks in Azerbaijan.

The new South Coast Marine Park has a hole in it to facilitate a yet-to-be-approved renewables project in a region some scientists believe warrants inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.

Residents make a final plea to the Independent Planning Commission to reject a proposed $88-million plastic recycling plant in Moss Vale due to concerns over its possible environmental, health, and community impacts.

Jamdrop and Florentine are the newest western quolls on the block, following success of a decade-long mammal conservation project in the Wheatbelt.