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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Election Spotlight - What will the election result mean for our everyday lives?
There were many promises made in the lead up to the election, but which of those policies will be achievable and how will they affect Australian lives over the next three years?
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Dark fibres and the frozen north
If data is the new oil, are data centres the new oil rigs?
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Nuclear and renewables or nuclear or renewables?
There are 55 nuclear power plants being built today. Some countries are embracing nuclear. Others are shutting down their nuclear facilities. We assess the future of nuclear power.
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Country Breakfast Features
This week how climate is shifting what and where we grow our food; and farmers in Tasmania argue burning off could have prevented the extent of the devastating summer fires.
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Water finds a way
All around us and within, water is an intimate, essential part of our lives. What would we do if water lost her way?
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Chemical recycling plant to open in Timor-Leste
Australian researchers have developed a chemical process that can break down all plastics in 20 minutes and that technology will now be deployed at a new $40-million chemical plant in Timor Leste.
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Federal election result will have global impact on climate change, Al Gore says
"I trust that Australian voters will choose the right path... It will certainly have a tremendous global impact whatever the choice Australians make."
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'Green nomad', Bob Brown, in conversation
Ex-Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown, in conversation. He discusses why the environment is our most pressing concern, the impact of big money - and the Murdoch press - on politics, and more.
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Foreign Policy Panel: Richard McGregor & Andrew Phillips
While tensions on the domestic political front have become increasingly febrile, global politics have been peaking too.
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Greens condemn Labor's $1.5 billion gas plan
Environmentalists are sounding alarm bells over Labor's $1.5 billion proposal to open up potentially massive gas reserves in Northern Australia.
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When Water Lost Her Way
Listen to the audio book version of the Australian Children's book 'When Water Lost Her Way' by Meg Humphrys.
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Australia a contender for "economic superpower" in a post-carbon economy
Economist Ross Garnaut says Australia could be a world leader if it makes the transition away from fossil fuels.
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Nationals Senator John Williams on the "nasty" election campaign
The federal election campaign, already less civil than usual, is getting uglier as the finish line nears.
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Beetaloo Basin gas project emissions could dwarf Adani, experts warn
Both sides of politics promise to underwrite multi-billion dollar gas pipeline development in northern Australia but experts say it will have big implications for Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.
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UN Chief on tour of Pacific islands with climate change warning
UN Chief Antonio Guterres will begin a historic trip to the Pacific intended to focus on the looming threat of climate change.
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Torres Strait islanders file UN complaint against Australia
The shallow graves of Masig Islanders are being washed away by rising sea levels.
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Ugly stability
In the late 1990's a new term was used to describe the situation between the two nuclear powers of India and Pakistan. That term is ugly stability. Aakriti Bachhawat explains what that is and if it is enough to keep peace in the region.
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Election Spotlight – Has Australia reached a tipping point when it comes to climate change action?
Social researcher Rebecca Huntley and economist Matthew Warren say Australians have come to realise that it's time to act on climate change.
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Climate change and the election, disability and relationships, learning about Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Proxy war: The outsiders campaigning for the major parties
This election campaign has involved more than political candidates and parties on the hustings.
We’ve seen grassroots community groups, political activist organisations and social media players getting involved too.
But, just how influential are they? And is there enough scrutiny on them? Katherine Gregory investigates.
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