The first automated e-recycling plant in southern hemisphere opened in Sydney.

Animal rights activists intend ramping up their campaign against Aussie wool.

Decisions on genetically modified (GM) crops should be made on a case-by-case basis, the federal government says.

New figures show wind-generated energy use is growing, together with the use of natural gas.

Fresh research appears to challenge the notion that taking fast action on climate change would not cost more.

Cane toads have more than halved the number of freshwater crocodiles in some Northern Territory waterways.

The kangaroo is far more closely related to humans than previously thought, Australian researchers say.

A Sydney factory which makes solar panels is to close, leaving 200 people out of work.

Lifting the ban on new uranium mines in Western Australia will prove a positive step for the cause of nuclear energy.

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has denied rushing through a $4 million anti-whaling package.

The opposition has accused the government of using a research package to deflect attention from Japan's whale hunt.

Twenty tortoises will be released into artificial wetlands at Goolwa, south of Adelaide, after being rescued.

Australia's planning to spend $6 million on whale research to show the Japanese you don't have to kill whales to study them.

Greenpeace says, the whaling season has begun with a Japanese hunting vessel leaving port for the Southern Ocean.