ABC Environment
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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How to increase the green spaces in our cities
A recent study has shown a drop in green vegetation and trees in urban centres. While governments look to plant more trees, could individual planting, everywhere, be part of the solution?
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WA gas fields new battlefront in climate wars
A new battle-front in the carbon wars is playing out in Western Australia as the state's Environmental Protection Authority prepares to re-open consultations over emission requirements for resource projects.
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Sydney to get water restrictions for first time in decade
Level One restrictions will come into effect from Saturday; with bans on using sprinklers and hosing down paths and driveways, along with restrictions on how you wash your car.
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Great Barrier Reef Special Envoy Warren Entsch will 'focus on plastics' to save reef
The Liberal MP said he would have to do more research to find out what poses the greatest environmental risk to the reef.
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Entsch will 'focus on plastics' as GBR envoy
The Liberal MP said he would have to do more research to find out what poses the greatest environmental risk to the reef.
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French company plans to build Australia's biggest wind farm
The turbines for the $1-billion project will be up to 270 metres high, and in a first for Australia, they'll operate above an industrial pine plantation
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Bitcoin mining
How much does it cost and how much energy is used to 'mine' bitcoin? According to a new report, co-authored by Max Krause the amount of energy required to mine one dollars worth of bitcoin is more than twice that is required to mine the same value of copper, gold or platinum.
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Turning rubbish into art and kindness of strangers feeding families in need
Backyard beekeepers microchipping bees, community using social media to connect families in need with kind strangers, artist turning beach rubbish into marine-themed sculptures, couple show off collection of antique sewing machines.
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Turning aircon into a climate fighter; Open-source seeds; Otlet; and the truth about tiny houses
Hear about a plan to turn the air-conditioners of the world into a network of carbon-sucking fuel producers. Learn about a new licencing system for open-source seeds. Get the low down on who really lives in “tiny houses” and why.
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Tasmanian forest fires leave people feeling threatened
The Tasmanian forest fires of 2019 fit a world pattern of more destructive forest fires as rainfall changes, temperatures rise, and weather patterns shift. Tasmania’s fires which burned for weeks have had their effect on people’s psychological well-being.
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A Big Country
Backyard beekeepers take part in citizen science program, community using social media to connect families in need with kind strangers, artist turning beach rubbish into marine-themed sculptures, couple show off collection of antique sewing machines.
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Rural News Highlights 25 May
Cattle company AACo blame extreme weather floods and droughts for $180m loss this year.
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Barbara York Main - Australia's spider woman
The reserve at North Bungulla is quiet all day until the winds of the evening make the trees creak in the falling light. The winds bring the news that Barbara York Main has died.
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Severe water shortages looming for central and western NSW towns
Regional centres including Dubbo and Tamworth are expected to face a water supply crisis within months.
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Productive ideas for the new government
What are some of the practical things the returned Morrison government could do to make Australia better?
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Eastern China still producing illegal ozone-depleting CFC gas
A mysterious rise in banned CFC-11 is used in polyurethane foams that insulate buildings and refrigerators, but its production was supposed to have been phased out by 2010 under the Montreal Protocol.
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Whitsundays Mayor says he can't wait for Adani mine to start operating
The Whitsundays Mayor wants to strike a balance between caring for the environment and the local economy, amid the debate over the Adani mine.
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A future world in 2040: Damon Gameau
Filmmaker Damon Gameau is challenging public perceptions about the environment with his new documentary, 2040.
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Regional towns are running dry
There's no end in sight to the severe drought gripping parts of New South Wales with unseasonably high temperatures and a forecast dry winter.
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Blue-winged parrot facing extinction
Its number have crashed by an estimated 40 per cent in the last decade and conservationists are warning climate change could drive it to extinction along Australia's Great Dividing Range over the next 60 years.
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