The nonpartisan United States Congressional Budget Office has said a tax on carbon dioxide emissions could help the US mitigate climate change while significantly increasing government revenue. President Barack Obama supports plans to price carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, …

Solar Impulse, the European built experimental solar aircraft has landed safely in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. Developers of Solar Impulse eventually plan to …

In a move likely to please Australia’s farmers, who have long called for regulation in the sector to be slashed, the Productivity Commission will review red tape across the food supply chain. The review will form part of the federal …

Queensland’s conservative Liberal National Party state government has said water will be released from more flooded  mines into rivers because a pilot program showed there were no environmental concerns. LNP deputy premier Jeff Seeney said water releases from four mines …

Australia’s Labor government and its conservative Liberal-National opposition are at odds over how to save the manufacturing industry, after Ford announced 1200 jobs would go when it shuts down its car building in Australia. Ford Australia president and chief executive …