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| UpdatedA major Hunter Valley mine expansion, Anglo American's Drayton South project, is rejected for the fourth time amid concerns it poses too many risks to the environment.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, mining-rural, environment, environmental-impact, singleton-2330, scone-2337, muswellbrook-2333
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| UpdatedElectricity retailers ERM Power and Alinta Energy opt to pay more than $130 million in penalties, rather than meeting their renewable energy obligations, raising fresh questions about the Renewable Energy Target.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, environment, climate-change, australia
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Solar energy is now cheaper in Australia than retail power prices in most capital cities after dropping 58 per cent in the past five years, the Climate Council says.
Topics: environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, nuclear-energy, solar-energy, science-and-technology, energy, coal, australia
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Feral pig populations in Western Australia's south-west are now in the "tens of thousands" with authorities fighting against the animals' ability to reproduce at a rapid rate.
Topics: environment, pests, pest-management, rural, boyup-brook-6244, wa
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| UpdatedBob Inglis was a Republican Congressman who once thought climate change was "nonsense" for the "other tribe". Now, he's on a mission in Australia to convince conservatives to fight for the environment.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, energy, australia, united-states
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Overeating is having a bigger impact than simply affecting waistlines — the world's population is consuming around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost 9 per cent is thrown away or left to spoil, a new study finds.
Topics: environment, food-processing, science-and-technology, research, scotland
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| UpdatedA desert site at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia is perfect for a pumped hydro venture, which would use sea water to make a power station of up to 200-megawatts, EnergyAustralia says.
Topics: alternative-energy, company-news, environment, hydro-energy, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, sa
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| UpdatedVolkswagen is accused of pressuring drivers to accept a software upgrade for vehicles implicated in the global emissions scandal, or face the possibility of no compensation.
Topics: consumer-protection, business-economics-and-finance, environment, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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The hunt is on for a new home for the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo, off Western Australia's south coast.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, conservation, environment, albany-6330
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| UpdatedA number of companies are vying for renewable energy funds for proposed projects in South Australia as national debate rages over the state's lack of power security.
Topics: hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, alternative-energy, environment, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, port-augusta-5700, tailem-bend-5260, roxby-downs-5725, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedAustralian scientists contribute to a world-first study using locally made cameras mounted on wild dolphins off the coast of Kaikoura in New Zealand.
Topics: animals, science-and-technology, animal-science, oceans-and-reefs, environment, the-university-of-sydney-2006, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe company behind a $100-million solar plant with battery storage says its project could solve South Australia's energy woes as the Federal Government announces a $445,000 investment into a pumped hydro-station for the state.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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There are fears Tasmania's giant kelp forests are almost extinct.
Topics: environment, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's giant kelp forests are almost extinct, a Senate inquiry into the impact of climate change on sea life is told.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, government-and-politics, climate-change, eaglehawk-neck-7179, tas, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedExploration could be about to take off with the Australian Antarctic Division investigating a new year-round runway site on the icy continent.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, research, engineering, environment, antarctica, australia
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| UpdatedWA's Kimberley is in the midst of one of its biggest wet seasons on record, causing headaches for emergency services, remote communities and cattle stations cut off by flooding, but it is not all bad news for the region.
Topics: weather, rainfall, environment, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedThe coal industry's multi-million-dollar advertising and lobbying campaign in the run-up to the last federal election was bankrolled by money deducted from state mining royalty payments and meant to fund research into "clean coal".
Topics: coal, environment, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, australia, qld, nsw
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| UpdatedThere are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe ABC obtains a raft of Cabinet briefing documents prepared for the Newman government's razor gang showing it axed Ecofund despite being told it was a "profitable, cash flow positive and standalone entity".
Topics: climate-change, environment, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government is considering lifting a ban on allowing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in carbon capture and storage, as well as low-emission coal-fired plants, but Labor says there will not be any support from the market.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, environmental-policy, environment, energy, climate-change
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government makes a pitch to the third of the state who fish, offering to create artificial reefs and invest more money boosting stocks if it wins re-election.
Topics: fish, elections, government-and-politics, rural, fishing-aquaculture, environment, wa
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About 100 people protest outside Glenside Hospital against plans to remove 83 trees as part of a new housing development in Adelaide's inner-south-east.
Topics: environment, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, glenside-5065, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAdelaide Hills resident Keith Bladon is working toward taking his property off the electricity grid and is keen to frame his final power bill.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedBob Brown recently helped inspire the creation of a brand new oboe concerto, premiering at the Sydney Opera House next week.
Topics: brown-bob, classical, music, arts-and-entertainment, environment, cygnet-7112, tas, australia