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Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report.
Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet.
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Australia’s long-lasting climate wars offer three painful lessons we shouldn’t ignore this time around.
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Ecologists fear the widespread loss of native mistletoe due to drought could leave nectar-feeding birds even more vulnerable.
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Campaigners warn of ‘disturbing trend’ of proposed mines falling just below the threshold requiring environmental impact statement
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What does it take to bring an extinct species back from the dead? Well, sometimes — a Woman's Day magazine.
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More than a dozen years later, and after detailed studies following the 2009 fires and again after the 2019-2020 Black Summer fires, the science shows that logged forests always burn at greater severity than intact forests.
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We’ve known about the risk of floods to the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its impact. Indeed, recent urban development policies by the current NSW government will multiply the risk.
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SECRET documents reveal the NSW Water Minister has ignored the warnings of department staff about proposed changes to the state's floodplain harvesting rules, which may not be compliant with the state government's own Water Management Act.
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Professor Jamie Pittock says there are much better options to secure water for towns in the Lachlan Valley than raising Wyangala Dam.
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Scientists are urging major dam projects in NSW and Queensland be abandoned, warning of significant environmental and agricultural consequences.