Australia and Germany have agreed to expand their collaboration on energy and climate initiatives through a joint $660 million investment in green hydrogen.

The federal government has released its updated National Hydrogen Strategy.

An independent review will decide if federal intervention halts Beetaloo Basin fracking projects.

The Federal and WA governments have committed over $265 million to improve water security across ...

Melbourne Water has won an Earth Award for its biogas-to-electricity project.

Upgrades to Bridgewater’s sewer network in SA are approaching completion.

Citizen scientists have made new findings on threatened fish species in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Specialist divers have been braving the icy waters of NSW’s Lake Oberon for the past month.

Research shows crown-of-thorns starfish thrive in the coral devastation they create.

Most of the world’s population will see new rainfall extremes in the next 20 years, experts say.

New technology could use PFAS to make better batteries.

A NSW dam has been shut down after PFAS chemicals were found in its water.

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is collaborating with state governments to enhance river modelling expertise ...

Victoria’s Barwon Water has transitioned all its operations to net-zero emissions electricity.

A new offshore wind zone has been declared off WA.

Australia’s new environmental watchdog could end up baring blunt teeth.

Queensland is cracking down on crocodile encounters with tougher penalties.

Rookwood Weir is now delivering water to Central Queensland.

The Australian Government has announced the appointment of Kaylene Dale as the new CEO of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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