The Christmas season affects more than just our wallets and waistlines, so how can you reduce the impact of your yuletide celebrations on the environment?

National weather forecast for Monday December 23.

Firefighters have warned Victoria’s power supply could be at risk, and extra pressure placed on the national grid, as crucial firefighting equipment used to respond to mine and power station fires undergoes repairs.

National weather forecast for Monday May 26.

This week’s admission from a major Australian company could mark a turning point for Australians being misled while trying to do the right thing.

Global warming brings extreme weather but did it cause the NSW floods?

The people most affected by natural disasters in Australia are represented by the people who are most likely to deny that human activity has changed our climate.

Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.

The odds are good for a wet winter, prolonging the sodden autumn on the east coast, but bringing relief for the drought-stricken inland.

National weather forecast for Wednesday May 21.

After the NSW government adopted the controversial policy of shooting wild horses from the air, the alpine national park is beginning to recover.

The SES conducted more than 40 flood rescues as flash flooding and intense winds battered the Hunter and Mid North Coast.

Methods such as long lining and bottom trawling are responsible for horrifying levels of bycatch, including nearly half a million threatened blue sharks.

In the stretch of coast and hinterland from Kempsey to Grafton, the fates of thousands of people hinge for better or worse on the NSW government’s imminent decision about the Great Koala National Park.

National weather forecast for Thursday December 5.