Environment
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Gen Z
‘The media uses it to scare people’: Survey detects climate change scepticism in young people
While young people are overwhelmingly concerned about climate change, a report has detected an increase in doubt among teenagers.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Melbourne’s green heart, the Royal Botanic Gardens, is 175 this year
The gardens, established by the river by Governor Gipps in 1846, have celebrations and surprises in store for visitors this year
- by Patricia Maunder
National weather forecast for Saturday May 8, 2021
National weather forecast for Saturday May 8, 2021
Bitcoin’s dirty little secret: It’s not easy being green
Bitcoin provokes intense debate but one thing everyone agrees on is that it has become a staggering producer of climate wrecking carbon dioxide.
- by Nick O'Malley and Chris Zappone
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Biodiversity
Mission to save Sydney’s rarest eucalyptus species from extinction
When Steve Douglas drove by a neighbourhood street corner, he spotted a new and rare species of eucalyptus tree. After 25 years, more than a hundred of these trees are being planted in a secret location in a national park.
- by Peter Hannam
NSW government cops water policy blow as another setback looms
The upper house has rejected the scheme to license irrigators’ extraction during floods while a federal agency has dismissed the government’s river plans.
- by Peter Hannam
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Emissions
It stores pollution 30 times faster than forest. What is blue carbon?
Shy dugongs, sea turtles and ancient microbes are all found among our seagrasses and mangroves. Why are politicians interested in these ocean meadows now?
- by Emma Young
National weather forecast for Thursday May 6, 2021
National weather forecast for Thursday May 6, 2021
Hunter coal miners don’t have enough funds for land rehabilitation
A report by the Australia Institute has found filling in the region’s 23 mine voids would cost between $11.5 billion and $25.3 billion.
- by Peter Hannam