Government sets timeline to ban export of recyclable waste from Australia
CANBERRA, Australia: The Australian government has decided to ban the export of recyclable waste, phasing out the expensive and controversial practice starting in July next...
Environment
Renewable energy supply grows to meet over 50% of Australia’s electricity demand
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PERTH, Australia: Green energy sources — mostly solar and wind have met over 50% of supply for the first time for Australia’s national electricity market...
Australia battles with bush fire smoke, hottest October in 80 years
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SYDNEY, Australia: Residents have been warned to expect bushfire smoke to blanket Sydney for days, as Victoria and South Australia experiences the hottest October in...
Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic from the Pacific Ocean for the first time
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ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands: A nonprofit organization, the Ocean Cleanup, says its latest trash-collecting system prototype was able to clean up floating plastic in the Pacific...
315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
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AMERY, Antarctica: An iceberg, the size of urban Sydney, has broken off an ice shelf in Antarctica. The Amery Ice Shelf, the third largest ice...
“There’s no planet B”: over 300,000 strike in Australia over climate change
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MELBOURNE, Australia: The Global Climate Strike, which grew out of the School Strike 4 Climate movement founded by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, drew crowds of about...
Denmark becomes first country to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The government of Denmark has decided to ban PFAS chemicals, linked with cancer and infertility, in food packaging. Food Minister Mogens Jensen recently...
Eastern Australia battles over 130 wildfires as police investigate cause
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QUEENSLAND, Australia: Eastern Australian states battle over a hundred wildfires, while local police investigate possibility of malicious intent behind few blazes. Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll...