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Indonesia haze: Why do forests keep burning? A smoky haze has blanketed the region, an annual phenomenon that affects millions of people.
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Nationals MPs snub launch of farming group's climate change report Australias agricultural production will fall and food insecurity will rise without a climate strategy, report warnsNationals MPs have snubbed a farmers group launching a major climate change report that warns the Australian agricultural sector faces signi
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ACT plans far-reaching electrification of vehicles and homes in drive to reduce emissions Territory government says it will phase out natural gas and pursue electrification of buses and private carsThe Australian Capital Territory plans to phase out natural gas, electrify its bus fleets and public school buildings, and introduce incentives for
The Guardian | 6 hours, 1 minute ago | comment? | recommend

NSW government faces crunch call on water rights as drought deepens New South Wales cabinet set to debate preventing irrigators from taking water from the Barwon-Darling river system during low-flow eventsThe New South Wales cabinet will this week consider whether to restrict irrigators in the Barwon-Darling from accessin
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Is Jordan running out of water? Jordan is one of the countries most affected by rising temperatures and its predicted to get worse.
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86 tigers rescued from infamous temple in Thailand have died, local media report Over half of the 147 tigers confiscated from theTiger Temple - a tourist attraction where visitors could take selfies with the bigcats - have died in captivity within the last three years, local media reported.
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Cyclist dies after crashing while under attack by swooping magpie Seventy-six-year-old suffered head injuries when he veered off a bike path and hit a fence post in WollongongA man has died of head injuries after he was startled by a magpie and crashed his bicycle in Wollongong.The 76-year-old was riding a pushbike on a
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SESAME synchrotron sheds new light on Middle Eastern science, history and politics GeekWire's Alan Boyle reports on a $90 million science project with a diplomatic twist in Jordan, one of the stops on this summer's Middle East science tour. ALLAN, Jordan For Israeli researchers, SESAME could open up a path for finding out exactl
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3,000-year-old tin ingots from Cornwall found in Israel reveal island's ancient trade routes New evidence has surfaced suggesting that the British Isles had developed maritime trade routes with the rest of the world as early as the Bronze Age.
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Collapse of PNG deep-sea mining venture sparks calls for moratorium Papua New Guinea out of pocket $157m from failed attempt at mining material from deep-sea vents as opponents point to environmental riskThe total failure of PNGs controversial deep sea mining project Solwara 1 has spurred calls for a Pacific-wide moratori
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