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[1 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Tourism: environmental limbo for Santorini

Beneath the natural wonder of Santorini’s cliff tops and lagoon, the villages are being covered in plastic bottles and waste as the Greek government fails to implement a central recycling scheme.

Biodiversity, GEJI, News, Pollution »

[5 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Can the congestion crisis be solved?

Josh Kenworthy investigates the growing problems of congestion on Australian roads and whether anything can be done.

Climate Change, GEJI, Pollution »

[28 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Gippsland unions ‘happy’ with White Paper

Gippsland unions see victory as Victorian Government announces plans to close Hazelwood power station. Josh Kenworthy reports.

Biodiversity, News, Pollution »

[26 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Plastic bottle boat sails into Sydney

Despite being made of plastic bottles and recycled materials, the Plastiki catamaran survived its four-month ocean voyage to land in Sydney with a rousing call to end plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, Nick Evershed reports.

News, Pollution »

[10 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Industry experts say CDS ‘waste of taxpayer’s money’

Jess Black reports on the mixed responses to the proposed national container deposit scheme.

Audio, News, Pollution »

[9 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Protesters slime offices on the “Nuclear scumbags tour of Adelaide”

Hundreds of students have protested outside the offices of the big players from Australia’s uranium industry.

Climate Change, Energy, GEJI, Mining, Photo gallery, Pollution »

[2 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
The grimy valley struggles on

Environmentalists want to see a quick closure of Australia’s dirtiest power station by 2012. But workers in the area fear that Gippsland could collapse once more if the government turns its back on them.

Audio, Biodiversity, News, Pollution »

[8 Jun 2010 | One Comment | ]
Lack of recycling regulations in Australia

Almost 90 per cent of Australian homes have access to recycling but many don’t know what symbols stand for. Sarah Michael reports.

GEJI, News, Pollution, Reports »

[26 May 2010 | 4 Comments | ]
Consumer awareness crucial in solving e-waste problems

Experts believe that consumers need to know more about what to do with electronic waste writes Kirsten Brogaard.

Audio, Climate Change, Pollution »

[21 May 2010 | No Comment | ]

According to a new report published in Nature magazine by a team of international scientists, the global ocean’s upper layer is definitely warming up. Sophie Perri talks to CSIRO Climate modeller Tony Hirst about climate change, and the state of our oceans.