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7.30 19 Jun 2012

Electricity prices are on their way up around the country, but how much of that is the carbon tax and how much is due to other factors? More

Bianca Nogrady 19 Jun 2012
Radio National Breakfast 20 Jun 2012
Radio National Breakfast 20 Jun 2012
Sara Phillips 21 Jun 2012

The United Nations is slow, methodical and incremental. As such, its the wrong forum to be attempting to address the emergency that is climate change. More

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Luc Gnacadja 19 Jun 2012
Elinor Ostrom 14 Jun 2012
News Online 20 Jun 2012
News Online 20 Jun 2012
News Online 20 Jun 2012
Lateline 19 Jun 2012
AM 20 Jun 2012
Rachel Sullivan 12 Jun 2012
PM 15 Jun 2012
Science Online 15 Jun 2012
Ockham's Razor 17 Jun 2012
ABC Sydney 21 Jun 2012

NSW fire fighters will go on strike afternoon for the first time in 56 years if the NSW government doesn't meet their demands. More

ABC North Coast NSW 21 Jun 2012

About 100 coal seam gas opponents are back at a Metgasco work site near Casino More

Listen: Rio Tinto set to make hay

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Rural Online 20 Jun 2012

Mining giant Rio Tinto is planning to produce 30,000 tonnes of hay a year in WA's remote Pilbara region. More

ABC South West Vic 20 Jun 2012

CEO of Australian Fisheries Management Authority, James Findlay, dismisses concerns that the Dutch-owned FV Margiris will threaten lo… More

ABC Adelaide 20 Jun 2012

Researchers from the Flinders University and SARDI have undertaken experiments at Neptune Island to discover what responses Great Whi… More

ABC North Coast NSW 20 Jun 2012

A man has tethered himself to a bulldozer at a Metgasco pond construction site near Casino More

On the Wider Web

Former editor-in-chief of The Age, Andrew Jaspan, on Gina Rinehart's bid for control of the Fairfax board, and what it means for climate change coverage in Australia.

"Earthbook"

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If the Earth were on Facebook, would it unfriend humans?

How big was it

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From the BBC, some perspective on how big famous environmental disasters really were.

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