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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High levels of pollution have been found in the deep sea
Scientists previously believed these remote areas of the sea were untouched by human contamination.
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Mass beaching of whales at NZ beach
A mass beaching of whales at Golden Bay in New Zealand has seen a total of 700 whales caught in the shallows over the past few days.
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Senior Republicans push for climate change action
Republicans who support climate change action are undeterred by their president's apparent climate scepticism.
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Solar farms lead renewables boom
2017 is shaping up as a watershed year in Australia's embrace of renewable energy with more than 20 large scale wind and solar projects worth $5bn under construction.
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Technical advance won't save us
We tend to assume that some of the serious problems facing the world can be solved by technical wizardry. According to Ted Trainer, our assumptions are wrong.
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Banana box frog rescue service
Unwittingly shipped almost 3000km across the continent in a hand of bananas, this small frog has no way to return home. Luckily, Arthur White is here to help.
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A secure future for our food supplies
Food security is an issue for all of us.
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Hunters to protectors: The Maasai Olympics
A conservation project that supports people and conservation.
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When things don't go to plan
How an adaptive management approach can produce better outcomes.
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Battle lines drawn in new round of the 'forest wars'
As regional forest agreements come up for renewal starting later this year in Tasmania, forest biodiversity continues to decline while jobs and the timber resource are still far from secure.
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Do our ethical convictions need to go on holiday when we do?
Is tourism just the latest manifestation of the colonial impulse?
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Is it possible take an ethical holiday?
What are holidays for? What ethical considerations ought to constrain trips to remote and overseas communities? What of resorts – are they irredeemably unethical? Can the promise of supporting local economies be realised, or is tourism just the latest manifestation of the colonial impulse?
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Restoring Lake Pedder
Is the restoration of Tasmania's Lake Pedder a big idea worth considering?
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Tasmanian east coast changing fast
Gustaaf Hallegraeff has embarked on a program collecting sediment cores from along the Australian east coast, including Tasmania. The information will help interpret the recent large changes to aquatic ecosystems.
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On the snail trail
How do you rid your gardens of those pesky creatures- the common garden snail?
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The madhouse effect: climate politics in the US
If the US shifts course on climate change policy, what are the implications for the rest of the world?
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'Clean coal' not a factor in future energy mix: new report
A new report points to a global decline in coal generation as solar PV and electric vehicles gain market share.
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Nukes in Trumpland
The two greatest existential threats to humanity today are climate change and nuclear weapons, so why does the nuclear threat not get the same sort of traction?
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Barnaby Joyce: we won't 'salami slice' company tax cuts bill
Can the government convince the Senate cross bench to pass company tax cut measures in full?
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Volunteers receive award for work removing invasive species
When keen bushwalker Jon Marsden-Smedley first started telling people of his plan to rid southwest Tasmania's coast of sea spurge—an invasive weed—he was told he was dreaming.
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