Tag: Australia
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Nissan cuts LEAF price by $15,000 in Australia
The international pricing of various products can sometimes be very weird...
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New discovery allows low-grade silicon to be turned into high-efficiency solar panels
Some technical breakthroughs are great because they push back the limits of what we can do, bringing us to new summits, while other are great because they allow us to do more with what we already have.
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Confused koala discovers his home has been cut down (Photos)
Although the logging operation was approved by the forestry service, judging by the koala's confused expression, not everyone got the memo.
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Bride marries in $36 wedding dress made of upcycled bread bag clips
How one woman saved money and found a way to recycle a huge collection of plastic bread bag clips.
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Australia can go 100% renewable energy by 2030
Australia is a big producer and user of coal. Black and brown coal represented over 75% of the country's electric power generation in 2008-2009, and vast quantities of the black stuff is exported out of the country, mostly to China.
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Tallest timber apartment building opens in Australia
When it comes to construction, the 21st Century belongs to Cross-Laminated Timber. Here is a great example of how to build a green building out of wood.
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Australian man gathers snakes, uses them to catch invasive rabbits
This brazen conservationist is proving that firepower, traps, and toxic chemicals aren't the only way to bag problem bunnies.
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Australian TV reporter rescues a stranded dolphin
Thanks to a recent act of mammalian solidarity caught on film, reporter Paul Burt now finds himself as the subject of the story.
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"Windfarm sickness" caused by propaganda, not windfarms
A new study of Australian communities near wind turbines has found the sickness correlates to alarmism spread by anti-wind activists.
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Climate change is top threat, says US Navy commander
Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the US Pacific Command says that the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region is climate change.
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House-eating invasive species of giant snail found in Australian port
File this one under "we think we've just dodged a bullet". Invasive species are a huge problem in general, but even moreso in ecosystems that are isolated.
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Off the Charts: Australia So Hot, New Colors Added to Weather Map
It's official, 2012 was a record year for heat in the US, and 2013 is already turning out to be historic for Australia, a country that is used to extreme heat, but nothing quite like what they're getting now.
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Wild Dolphins Observed Bringing Gifts to Humans
While it's already well-known that dolphins rank among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, new research is suggesting that they just might be one of the most magnanimous too.
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Largest Supermarket Chains in Australia Saying No to Factory Farmed Animal Products
By the middle of next year Coles and Woolworths will have phased out pork and eggs from animals raised on factory farms.
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50 Forgotten Bird Songs Play in a Sydney Alley
An art installation in Australia reminds us of the destructive force of urbanization.
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Recycled Plastic Dolls Become Creepy Sculpture
Barbie and Ken have become something very sinister.
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Australian Blue Whales are Moving to Antarctica
New research shows that the Australia and Antarctica sub-species are merging and that human activity is likely the cause.
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Cyclist Fights Helmet Laws in Court. Loses Drivers License.
One cyclist is so adamantly opposed to helmet laws, she's willing to have her bikes confiscated. Should the law just let her be?
