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Nuclear waste lasts longer than politicians 26 Aug 2013 | 08:51 am
Opponents to the planned nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Station are taking their case to the Federal Court to address unresolved issues of ownership and consent, writes Dave Sweeney. Amid the busy new...
Energy and carbon prosperity 21 Aug 2013 | 10:20 am
A narrow focus on workplace reform prevents us from tackling other important elements of productivity, such as energy and carbon, increasingly relevant to 21st century economies. Maximising the value...
Lost in the federal election zoo 20 Aug 2013 | 10:59 am
It's like the economy and the environment are being kept in separate cages of a zoo in this year's election, says ACF's Director of Environmental Campaigns, Paul Sinclair. Our politicians can't seem t...
Beer tastes better low carbon 20 Aug 2013 | 10:25 am
Beer, now with reduced carbon! It works for thirsty Australians. Australia’s efforts to tackle pollution are paying off in ways we didn’t even know about. And one of those ways is that the beer that ...
Who gives a flick? 15 Aug 2013 | 11:25 am
The Environmental Film Festival Melbourne entertains with groundbreaking films, traversing the relationship between humans and their environments, challenging the way people think about the natural wo...
Small islands, big targets 6 Aug 2013 | 08:44 am
In the global effort to tackle climate change, there are some surprising leaders. So what are other countries doing? The US is cutting is cutting its pollution by 17%. Europe is on track to a target ...
Giving a voice to nature 25 Jul 2013 | 11:09 am
By the third time you are asked to tell of your holiday coastline camping trip to Tassie you’ve lost all interest in sharing truly how extraordinary your transformation and connectedness to those pris...
An auto motive: the trouble with car tax breaks 24 Jul 2013 | 09:48 am
By making this argument, the industry appears to agree with what environmentalists have been saying for years: the fringe benefits tax concession artificially props up demand for cars. The Federal Ch...
Wild about nature 23 Jul 2013 | 07:18 am
The dramatic benefits of nature on our wellbeing do not stop at the view reports ACF's social & cultural change manager Angela Rutter. Near where I live there’s a national park with a popular walking...
Highways and flyways 19 Jul 2013 | 07:47 am
The mirrored migration of minerals and mammals
