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Swift parrot hatchlings on Bruny Island bring hope for endangered birds
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Scientists working to save the critically endangered swift parrot are making other discoveries along the way, including how fast they can fly.
Topics: birds, conservation, environment, hobart-7000
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Q&A: Australia 'raising middle finger to the world' on climate change
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Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein hits out at Australia's climate change policy on Q&A, while also comparing the Government's proposed refugee policies to Donald Trump.
Topics: climate-change, environment, community-and-society, immigration, australia
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SA nuclear decision process 'cannot be compared to speed limits'
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Business SA criticises the report into whether the state should store nuclear waste, saying it was an "extraordinarily complex undertaking" that a citizens' jury with limited time had no way of making an informed decision about.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa
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Record-breaking temperatures will be new normal by 2030 Opinion
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Global temperatures like 2015 will be normal by 2030, and Australia's record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
Topics: weather, climate-change, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-management, science-and-technology, australia
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With a less confrontational approach to whaling, more whales could be saved Opinion
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Recent legal and diplomatic wins over Japan's whaling stance have done little to help the whales themselves while threatening to strain relations between pro-and anti-whaling nations.
Topics: whaling, conservation, environment, japan, slovenia, pacific, new-zealand, australia
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Climate change activists organise dinners to save the planet
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Katerina Gaita takes inspiration from the Tupperware party model and brings people together to talk about fighting climate change.
Topics: climate-change, environment, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, community-organisations, melbourne-3000
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The young climate scientists aboard the RV Investigator
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Meet the scientists on board the CSIRO research ship the RV Investigator. The scientists reveal their passions, fears, and all you need to know about the future of climate science.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, climate-change, environment, australia
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South Australia's citizens' jury votes against storing nuclear waste
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Two thirds of a citizens' jury deliberating the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission findings does not want South Australia to store high-level nuclear waste "under any circumstances".
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, parliament, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, sa
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'Ambitious' deadline for SA nuclear citizen's jury looms
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South Australia's nuclear citizen's jury report is being rushed through without time for fact checking or clarity, one juror warns.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
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Rare giant goannas caught on camera in Canberra
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Photos of a pair of rare giant goannas show the proud parents of a batch of hatchlings acting amorously near Canberra's city centre.
Topics: animals, endangered-and-protected-species, environment, ainslie-2602, canberra-2600, act
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Seven experts on the Paris climate treaty entering into force Opinion (photos)
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Seven eminent international scientists agree that a new era for climate policy is here. But the hard work starts now.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-parliament, world-politics, climate-change, environment, community-and-society, australia
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WA town braces for fruit fly influx
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A long hot summer with an abundance of Mediterranean fruit fly awaits the people of Harvey, a fruit-growing town in the WA's south west.
Topics: rural, pests, environment, harvey-6220
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Rice growers in NSW assist with bird conservation
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It may not look like much now, but within months rice paddocks filled with water will be transformed into a jungle for some important critters.
Topics: rice, environment, coleambally-2707
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Your best pictures from the week gallery
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Here is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, visual-art, community-and-society, environment, rural, regional, australia
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Wind farms 'hung out to dry' by energy market operator
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The organisation that manages the national electricity market is accused of hanging the wind industry out to dry to protect its own reputation after the recent statewide blackout in South Australia.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, sa, australia
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Logging near Three Capes Track ruled out after maps reveal forestry coupes
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The Tasmanian Government is forced to rule out logging near one of the state's most popular tourism walks, the Three Capes Track.
Topics: environment, timber, environmental-impact, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, port-arthur-7182, tas
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Indigenous groups call for action on Darwin land lease
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As developers eye a key piece of Darwin coastal land, Indigenous and other stakeholder groups call on the Northern Territory Government to make its intentions clear.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environment, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, ludmilla-0820, coconut-grove-0810
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A native dusky rat image
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A bar graph shows a huge recovery of dusky rat populations in 2016 image
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Topics: rural, environment, adelaide-river-0846
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Dusky rat returns to Top End floodplain in huge numbers
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Native dusky rats return to the Adelaide River floodplain after being wiped out by floods several years ago.
Topics: environment, animal-science, adelaide-river-0846
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What will happen when the Hazelwood power plant closes? (photos)
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The closure of Australia's "dirtiest" coal-fired power plant has been expected for a long time, but how will it affect locals, power prices, the environment and Victoria's energy supply?
Topics: health, environment, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, morwell-3840, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Australia needs to 'step up' on emissions targets: climate council chief
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Australian action on climate change has not kept pace with global momentum, climate groups say, with the Federal Parliament yet to ratify the Paris Agreement just a week before the first global meeting on the issue since the deal was made.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-parliament, world-politics, climate-change, environment, community-and-society, australia
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Ruling to allow mine wastewater into NSW catchment appealed
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A conservation group launches an appeal against a NSW court decision that allows a coal mine near Lithgow to release wastewater into Sydney's drinking catchment.
Topics: water-pollution, coal, industry, mining-industry, water-management, pollution, environment, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
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Menindee grape grower reports crop damage after water shortage
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One of a shrinking number of table grape growers at Menindee in far west New South Wales says his crop is showing signs of damage from poor-quality water.
Topics: fruit, food-and-cooking, rural, environment, food-processing, menindee-2879
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How 'dry diving' the Barrier Reef could help save it
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Virtual reality helps researchers and the public "dry dive" the Great Barrier Reef to explore and collect data on the natural wonder.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-technology, science-and-technology, internet-technology, human-interest, brisbane-4000, cairns-4870
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