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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Faith and caring for the environment
This week, five Anglican archbishops urged world leaders to keep their promises ahead of climate summit in Bonn, Germany, next month.
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Why the environment matters to people of faith
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says climate change activism is like a post-Christian religion, but is he right according to his own Catholic faith?
Join our guests for a lively conversation about the role religion plays in environmental activism.
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A Big Country
We sharpen up the knives for a home butchering session; country kids become super sleuths at a science camp; and Lyn Wearing hand-rears poddy lambs on Elabe Station.
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Research Filter: Farting shellfish, bugs and vitamin K
RN Drive helps you sort fact from fiction with the latest from the world of science.
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NSW town aims for 100 per cent renewable energy
The New South Wales town of Tyalgum says there's no time to wait for the Federal Government to figure out what it's going to do about Australia's energy future, so it's going 'off grid'.
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Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy and life
He opened the Soviet Union and ended the Cold War, but lost the admiration of his people
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Federal Politics with Malcolm Farr
Fasten your seatbelts, we're heading into a big week of contested politics and policy.
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Cabinet meets to decide on energy policy
It's beginning to look like the Federal Government is walking away from the Clean Energy Target proposed by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel.
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Turning an orchard into an organic co-op and paddling the Darling River
An organic orchard turns itself into a farm co-op; a Swiss engineer makes boutique olive oil; the Australian Boys Choir sings in the outback; and we go paddling the Darling River.
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Aquatic worms hitch rides on the hulls of ships
Forensic investigation needed to identify newly found worms in South Australia’s Gulf St Vincent.
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Plastic an increasing problem along coast of Arnhem Land
A recent clean-up using volunteers collected 700Kg of plastic in just two hours. Plastic is ingested by many marine creatures blocking their intestines leading to death.
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The princely snow leopard and its poo
Preserving species that are both rare and elusive has led an Australian whale specialist to the Himalayas to search for big cat poo.
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The princely snow leopard and its poo
Preserving species that are both rare and elusive has led an Australian whale specialist to the Himalayas to search for big cat poo.
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A Big Country
An organic orchard turns itself into a farm co-op; a Swiss engineer makes boutique olive oil; the Australian Boys Choir sings in the outback; and we go paddling the Darling River.
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Can urban planning mitigate climate disasters?
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of storms, floods and fires.
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Leadbeater's Possum population crashes by two thirds in past 20 years: report
A new report from the ANU challenges claims the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum has staged a spectacular recovery in recent years.
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Liberal MP Craig Kelly defends Abbott climate speech
In a speech to a climate sceptic think tank in London, Mr Abbott repeated his claim that climate science was 'absolute crap'.
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Sniffer spaniels get the doggone weeds
A daisy which flowers in bursts of yellow and orange is threatening Australia's environment and agriculture. Luckily two spaniels stand in its way.
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Sense of Place: Charlie Veron's Great Barrier Reef
They call him the godfather of coral, and these days that's more a responsibility than a compliment.
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Sense of Place: Charlie Veron's Great Barrier Reef
They call him the godfather of coral, and these days that's more a responsibility than a compliment.
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