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The Science Show and Ockham's Razor have always brought us commentary on the environment and climate change. Now Off Track takes us out to feel the breeze. Special features can also be found on Background Briefing and our other current affairs regulars: Breakfast, RN Drive, and the weekend Extras.
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World's nations gather to tackle wildlife extinction crisis

Tue, 2019-08-20 06:49
Endangered animals such as giraffes, sharks, and elephants may get boosted protection at a UN wildlife summit meeting in Geneva this week.
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The good oil?

Mon, 2019-08-19 16:05
How can individuals and nations protect their data and is information the new oil? Is banning single use plastic bags really going to help clear our oceans of plastic? It's your shout! I'll have a beer with a bit of a history chaser please.
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Australia under pressure following Pacific leaders meeting

Mon, 2019-08-19 07:37
Scott Morrison's approach to climate change during last week's Pacific Forum has been described as "very insulting and condescending."
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Report shows the lower Darling River is drying out

Mon, 2019-08-19 06:35
A report has found the lower Darling River is slowly drying out and is at risk of suffering ecological collapse due to poor water management.
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With nature against climate change

Sun, 2019-08-18 10:30
Nature Based Solutions is an environmental approach that seeks to counter the negative effects of climate change by working with nature.
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Malcom Turnbull on Scott Morrison's Pacific Islands Forum

Fri, 2019-08-16 18:06
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken a keen interest in the Pacific Islands Forum talks in Tuvalu, tweeting that climate action was a key priority of Australia's Pacific Step Up plan which he launched in 2016.
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Scott Morrison challenges climate change at Pacific Islands meeting

Fri, 2019-08-16 08:05
A meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders saw the 18-member countries and territories meet in Tuvalu, with a communique and separate statement on climate change to be released after midnight.
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Commonwealth on 'high alert' for possible repeat of Murray-Darling

Fri, 2019-08-16 06:35
About one million native fish died in the lower Darling River and Menindee Lakes in western New South Wales as water bodies dried up and record temperatures triggered algal blooms.
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Mourning the death of Iceland's first glacier like 'a dear friend'

Thu, 2019-08-15 19:10
Iceland commemorates the 'death' of the Okjökull Glacier, its first glacier lost to climate change.
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What Alan Jones got wrong

Thu, 2019-08-15 18:25
Offense aside, how accurate was Alan Jones' rant against Jacinda Ardern?
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Australia's changing relationship with Pacific island nations

Thu, 2019-08-15 18:15
How do Pacific Islands make meaningful progress in the fight against climate change?
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Australia's changing relationship with Pacific island nations

Thu, 2019-08-15 18:15
How do Pacific Islands make meaningful progress in the fight against climate change?
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Leaders delay communiqué from Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu

Thu, 2019-08-15 18:06
The Pacific Island Forum's climate change negotiations are testing the region's relationship with Australia.
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Leaders delay communiqué from Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu

Thu, 2019-08-15 18:06
The Pacific Island Forum's climate change negotiations are testing the region's relationship with Australia.
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Te Molimau: The story of a Pacific nation lost to rising sea levels

Thu, 2019-08-15 08:52
A group of Tokelauan artists have brought to life their Pacific nation's impending climate disaster in a stage production currently playing at Sydney's Belvoir Theatre.
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Stoush over toxic PFAS contamination in Mackay

Thu, 2019-08-15 08:19
Airservices Australia is refusing to obey a State Government order to erect warning signs at a popular fishing spot contaminated with the toxic chemical PFAS.
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NZ caught between Australia, Pacific in calls for climate action

Thu, 2019-08-15 07:36
NZ Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters discusses New Zealand's position on calls from Pacific nations for Australia to take stronger climate action.
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Nervous Pacific leaders meet in Tuvalu

Wed, 2019-08-14 22:05
This afternoon Prime Minister Scott Morrison flew into a country which may not exist by the end of the century, Tuvalu, for the Pacific Islands Forum.
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PM Scott Morrison attends Pacific Islands Forum

Wed, 2019-08-14 19:10
Australian PM Scott Morrison has arrived in Tuvalu for a two-day visit to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
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PM Scott Morrison attends Pacific Islands Forum

Wed, 2019-08-14 19:10
Australian PM Scott Morrison has arrived in Tuvalu for a two-day visit to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
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