Focus
environment
How Your Environment Shapes You in Powerful Ways
From the homes we live in to the books and news we read, external forces are at play in shaping who we are.
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Fishing Fleets Sinking Under the Weight of Green and Red Tape
Commercial fishermen open up about tough regulation and a sharply declining industry.
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NZ Government to ‘Fast Track’ 149 Resource and Energy Projects, Including 2 Coal Mines
The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.
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Australia Adds 20 More Species to Endangered List
More Australian plants and animals have been added to the government’s endangered lists or have had their urgency upgraded.
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Australia Post to Roll out 175 Electric Motorbikes for Mail Delivery
The bikes can reach 80 kilometres per hour, produce lower climate emissions, and make less noise.
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Major American Cities Facing a ‘Day Zero’ Water Crisis, Experts Say
Some experts believe that years of extreme drought and unchecked water usage have put U.S. cities at risk of critical shortages.
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Vineyard Wind Turbine Breaks Up, Littering Ocean and Nantucket Beaches
Debris comes ashore on Nantucket Island, closing south shore beaches during the height of summer tourism season.
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Logging Changes Leave Glider in Hot Water
‘The problem is it’s extremely hard to find timber that’s most attractive for logging, which is not also the habitat of a whole bunch of threatened species.’
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Queensland Premier Steven Miles Expects to Be Swept out of Power
The premier recently came under fire for chartering two private jets to an announcement just days after passing a law to cut climate emissions by 75 percent.
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Developers Walk Away From Huge Wetlands Project
The wetlands are home to at-risk loggerhead turtles and eastern curlews with 26,000 comments made on the development.
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As Community Runs Dry, Locals Fight New Water Source
Expert modelling says water is being drawn from the Uley South Basin, which provides three-quarters of the region’s drinking supply, at ‘unsustainable rates.’
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Partially Treated Sewage Spills Into Russian River in California
The Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant experienced a spill of secondary treated wastewater.
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‘World-First’ Recycling Tax in the Works for Australia
‘The more you recycle, the more you’ll have to pay the government.’
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How Your Environment Shapes You in Powerful Ways
From the homes we live in to the books and news we read, external forces are at play in shaping who we are.
|
Fishing Fleets Sinking Under the Weight of Green and Red Tape
Commercial fishermen open up about tough regulation and a sharply declining industry.
|
NZ Government to ‘Fast Track’ 149 Resource and Energy Projects, Including 2 Coal Mines
The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.
|
Australia Adds 20 More Species to Endangered List
More Australian plants and animals have been added to the government’s endangered lists or have had their urgency upgraded.
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Australia Post to Roll out 175 Electric Motorbikes for Mail Delivery
The bikes can reach 80 kilometres per hour, produce lower climate emissions, and make less noise.
|
Major American Cities Facing a ‘Day Zero’ Water Crisis, Experts Say
Some experts believe that years of extreme drought and unchecked water usage have put U.S. cities at risk of critical shortages.
|
Vineyard Wind Turbine Breaks Up, Littering Ocean and Nantucket Beaches
Debris comes ashore on Nantucket Island, closing south shore beaches during the height of summer tourism season.
|
Logging Changes Leave Glider in Hot Water
‘The problem is it’s extremely hard to find timber that’s most attractive for logging, which is not also the habitat of a whole bunch of threatened species.’
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Queensland Premier Steven Miles Expects to Be Swept out of Power
The premier recently came under fire for chartering two private jets to an announcement just days after passing a law to cut climate emissions by 75 percent.
|
Developers Walk Away From Huge Wetlands Project
The wetlands are home to at-risk loggerhead turtles and eastern curlews with 26,000 comments made on the development.
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As Community Runs Dry, Locals Fight New Water Source
Expert modelling says water is being drawn from the Uley South Basin, which provides three-quarters of the region’s drinking supply, at ‘unsustainable rates.’
|
Partially Treated Sewage Spills Into Russian River in California
The Russian River County Sanitation District Treatment Plant experienced a spill of secondary treated wastewater.
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‘World-First’ Recycling Tax in the Works for Australia
‘The more you recycle, the more you’ll have to pay the government.’
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