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Pike Floodplain projects to breathe life into environment
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Further works to restore floodplains and wetlands often described as the "kidneys of the Murray", begin in South Australia's Riverland.
Topics: rural, water, water-management, environment, renmark-5341, paringa-5340, sa
More 'underwater forests' to be restored off Sydney's iconic beaches
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A program to reintroduce crayweed forests to waters off Sydney's most famous beaches will now cover 16 locations, as part of plan to rejuvenate the underwater eco-systems there.
Topics: environmental-impact, earth-sciences, environment, sydney-2000, nsw
Indonesia refuses palm oil permits in anti-haze push
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Indonesia rejects applications from scores of companies for new palm oil operations, an official says, as it cracks down on an industry whose expansion has been blamed for fuelling haze-belching forest fires.
Topics: forests, environment, indonesia, asia
New fences installed to stop Tasmanian devils becoming roadkill
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A new fencing program is rolled out in a bid to prevent Tasmanian devils ending up as roadkill, after it is revealed almost 40 per cent of the newly-released animals have been run over since late last year.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, animal-behaviour, science-and-technology, human-interest, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, tas
One dead after boat capsizes off north Queensland
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One person is dead and two others are injured after a boat capsized near Bowen, in north Queensland.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, environment, oceans-and-reefs, bowen-4805, qld
El Nino over, so BoM on La Nina watch
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The latest El Nino cycle is over, which could lead to a wet winter, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Topics: weather, rainfall, environment, drought, rural, australia, qld
NSW ranked worst state for renewable energy in Climate Council report
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New South Wales is again ranked as the worst performing state for the supply of renewable electricity in the Climate Council's latest report card, but the State Government says it is strongly committed to growing the sector.
Topics: climate-change, environment, solar-energy, wind-energy, energy, nsw
Poland begins logging primeval forest despite activist pleas
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Poland begins a logging project it says is aimed at protecting the ancient Bialowieza forest, which includes some of Europe's last primeval woodland, despite protests from environmental groups, scientists and the EU.
Topics: forests, environment, poland
Animals to light up Taronga Zoo for Sydney's Vivid festival
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Giant illuminated animals will light up Sydney's zoo to form the centrepiece of this year's Vivid festival and raise awareness about the threats to the survival of endangered species.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, animals, human-interest, environment, mosman-2088, sydney-2000, chatswood-2067, nsw
Fox report by Minister investigated 'while nothing done on other sightings'
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Biosecurity Tasmania threw its resources at an investigation into a fox-sighting report lodged by the Primary Industries Minister while other reports were not followed up due to a lack of resources, documents show.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, animals, animals-and-nature, pests, environment, pest-management, rural, tas
Insect poo is turning the Taj Mahal green
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India's most popular tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal, appears to be turning green in places, triggering alarm as the famed white marble of the monument to love comes under attack from insect poo.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-health, water-pollution, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, tourism, india
Sewage from research bases contaminating Antarctic waters: researchers
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Australia is set to send a world-first treatment plant to help protect the pristine ocean off Antarctica's coast, which is being contaminated with raw sewage from research bases.
Topics: water-pollution, pollution, environment, marine-biology, antarctica, australia
Calls to protect animals from drones
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A University of Adelaide researcher wants a code of practice to protect wildlife such as birds from research drones until any negative effects are fully understood.
Topics: conservation, environmental-management, environment, birds, adelaide-5000, sa
'Queensland is shut for business': Linc Energy founder slams Government's clean-up laws
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The Queensland Government vows to press ahead with the criminal prosecution of oil and gas firm Linc Energy for the alleged contamination of farmland in the state's south-east, despite the company being placed into liquidation.
Topics: government-and-politics, environmental-impact, environment, business-economics-and-finance, chinchilla-4413, qld
Audit picks up mistakes in Daly River water modelling
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The NT Government reduces the likelihood that farmers will get all of the water they have been promised under their water licences, after an audit picks up mistakes in Daly River flow modelling.
Topics: water-management, environment, water-supply, government-and-politics, daly-river-0822, katherine-0850
Linc Energy to go into liquidation
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Troubled oil and gas company Linc Energy is to be wound up after creditors unanimously voted to place it into liquidation.
Topics: oil-and-gas, mining-rural, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, company-news, mining-industry, environment, environmental-impact, chinchilla-4413, toowoomba-4350
Rare swim with whale shark in south-east Queensland (video)
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Divers off south-east Queensland's North Stradbroke Island capture on video a rare and spectacular sighting of a five-metre whale shark.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, environment, shark, qld
Protesters rally against BP's Great Australian Bight drilling plans
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Protesters create a fake oil spill on Glenelg Beach in South Australia to draw attention to BP's proposal to drill for oil in the waters off the Great Australian Bight.
Topics: environment, environmental-management, activism-and-lobbying, glenelg-5045, port-lincoln-5606, kingscote-5223, adelaide-5000, sa
'Market implications' as electricity monopoly eyes household batteries
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An early entry into household batteries by South Australia's monopoly electricity distributor could have long-term implications for the home storage market, according to the Alternative Technology Association.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, community-and-society, salisbury-5108, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
Dumping, noise concerns tackled in tougher SA environment laws
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Laws dealing with illegal dumping and other environmental concerns such as urban noise are toughened in South Australia.
Topics: environmental-policy, environment, government-and-politics, local-government, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
Government seeks to have Brown's anti-protest law challenge ditched
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The Tasmanian Government seeks to have a challenge to state laws that penalise people who protest at workplaces thrown out of the High Court.
Topics: environment, law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, hobart-7000
Adelaide suburb to trial power-storage batteries to prevent network upgrade
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Electricity utility SA Power Networks hopes it can prevent a $3 million network upgrade by largely removing some customers from the grid.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, community-and-society, salisbury-5108, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
Melting East Antarctic glacier 'could lift sea levels by 2 metres'
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The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica has an unstable area that could collapse and contribute to more than two metres of sea level rise beyond what is generally predicted if climate change remains unchecked, researchers say.
Topics: science-and-technology, climate-change, environment, environmental-impact, antarctica
Bob Brown challenge to anti-protest laws 'free to proceed'
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The former Greens leader is told his High Court challenge against the Tasmanian Government's anti-protest laws can go ahead.
Topics: laws, states-and-territories, forests, environment, brown-bob, tas
Curious Campaign: What are our leaders really thinking about climate change?
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Climate change, and the policies to slow its impact, has barely rated a mention at the start of this election campaign. So what do our leaders really think about climate change?
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, environment, federal-elections, alp, liberals, australia, canberra-2600, act
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