When worried communities talk to authorities about forever chemicals, officials often seek to explain and clarify. But this isn’t what people actually want.
- Professor of Environment & Society, UNSW
Cannabis growers in the capital report many obstacles, from laws banning the purchase of seeds and artificial lights to the lack of information on growing conditions.
The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate.
A striking feature of the report is the relatively brief treatment of ‘green’ technologies.
COVID-19 presents a social as well as a medical crisis, and we will need many different kinds of expertise to survive it
Since the 1960s, environmentalism in Australia has largely focused on defending “wilderness”. However, protected areas in themselves are not stemming the destruction of biodiversity.
An independent review of an Australian federal government science communication initiative – made public in November – found that educational and information materials lacked balance and fairness, and…
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