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Tougher environmental policies can create economic winners
Ou Yang | June 4, 2021There seems to be a working assumption that if Australia adopts tougher environmental policies, then economic growth will be undermined but new research finds the opposite is true.
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Business and social change
Andrew Gaines | August 11, 2020Solving the environmental problems faced by society today will require a new order of collaboration between business, government, and civil society which transcends traditional politics.
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Putting the environment first
Ian Dunlop | July 15, 2020The ongoing independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act offers Australia an opportunity to reset the dial and prioritise environmental custodianship over profit-led destruction.
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Save the world to save ourselves
Rebekah Brown | June 29, 2020When we disrupt the natural environmental systems people depend on, when populations collide with exotic wild animals in a wet market, we find ourselves confronted with a global pandemic.
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Facing our environmental crisis head on
Ee Ling Ng | May 26, 2019Going beyond climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and chemical pollution, overconsumption may be the single greatest cause of our environmental challenge.
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The environmental picture looks bleak, but change is still possible
Pedro Fidelman | April 16, 2019The world is on the brink of creating irreversible damage to the environment if better policy isn’t rolled out, but while there’s a lot of bad news in the UN Global Environment Outlook, a sustainable future is still possible.
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2018 was an environmental disaster
Shoshana Rapley | April 7, 2019Environmental news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially worrying, with a succession of problems threatening our health and livelihoods as well as Mother Nature.
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How extreme weather events batter wildlife populations
Open Forum | December 22, 2018A third of Australia’s spectacled flying foxes died in an extreme heatwave north of Cairns in November and new research has shed more light on the devastating effect such weather events can have on wildlife populations.
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We need an ecological civilization before it’s too late
Jeremy Lent | November 24, 2018One way or another, humanity is headed for the third great transformation in its history: either in the form of global collapse or a metamorphosis to a new foundation for sustainable living.
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Unearthing the secret life of wombats
Open Forum | September 16, 2018The most significant wombat conference in 20 years will bring experts from around the world to South Australia.
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How the ‘yeah-but’ mentality stalls progress on bag bans and other green issues
Anne Lane | July 25, 2018Meet the ‘Yeah-buts’ – those who know plastic is bad for the environment, but can’t get behind the bag ban because it affects their own convenience. This mindset can stall the best-laid green plans to help save the planet.
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Good in parts – Science and the Federal Budget
Open Forum | May 9, 2018Australian academics and scientists analyse the budget’s impact on research, health, infrastructure, education and the environment.