Facebook and Google announce plans to become carbon neutral

Facebook and Google are becoming carbon neutral businesses, joining competitors Apple and Microsoft in committing to…

Scott Morrison’s power plan is nothing but a gas-fuelled calamity | Katharine Murphy

It really is remarkable, to have lived through the bushfire season at the start of this…

Country diary: appreciating the minutiae of a lizard’s life

The perimeter to the old reservoir at Lightwood is outlined by a semi-circular wooden fence and…

McCarthy unveils GOP roadmap in effort to win back the House

With just 50 days left until the November election, Kevin McCarthy is unveiling a blueprint that…

Five cyclones churn in Atlantic Ocean for only second time in history

For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in the Atlantic…

EU commission accused of ‘cheating’ on net-zero emissions accounting

The EU executive has been accused of “cheating” on its 2030 climate plans by proposing to…

Stranded Mauritian cruise workers finally begin journey home

Dozens of Mauritian cruise ship workers who were stranded off the coast of Brazil throughout the…

European meat plants posing ‘avoidable risk’ of disease, inspectors say

Consumers are being exposed to an “avoidable risk” of disease after a reduction of official controls…

Long kept secret, Canada’s ghostly spirit bears are even rarer than thought

When Marven Robinson was a kid, any mention of spirit bears was met with hushed dismissal…

Brazilian wildlife under pressure – in pictures

Smoke billows from a fire in an area of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared…