Opinion

Monkey Wrench

Can the Chaser crew stay out of trouble?

Posted: 08 Dec 11 | A mining commercial revoiced by The Chaser comedy team's Charles Firth has been pulled to avoid legal action. |

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Celebrity brainstorming

Posted: 23 Nov 11 | An oxymoron? Not when there’s top talent in room. |

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Give the gift of nothing.......

Posted: 23 Nov 11 | Counting down the shopping weeks to Christmas? Here’s a stress-free alternative to consider. |

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Hats off to cheeky greens

Posted: 01 Jul 11 | Canadian green groups commission fossil fuel fascinators for the Duchess of Cambridge's visit. |

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Getting ready to take the heat

Posted: 25 May 11 | While Australia's federal politicians are still sniping over the science of climate change, cities like Chicago are getting down to the practicalities of climate adaptation |

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Greens actor in climate pitch

Posted: 24 May 11 | NSW Greens councillor and "Underbelly'' actor Alan Cinis plays the polluter in a new GetUp ad to be aired on television this week. |

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Climate report overload

Posted: 23 May 11 | Does the Australian taxpayer need yet another government report on the science of climate change? |

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Posted: 22 Apr 11 | A year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States Environment Protection Authority is facing a lawsuit over the use of chemical oil dispersants. |

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Junk food subsidy?

Posted: 09 Mar 11 | Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged the Obama administration to be to "be bold" in pursuing economic reform and trade liberalisation. |

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Ain't no bunny, honey!

Posted: 28 Feb 11 | An Australian company has withdrawn a $299 rabbit fur vest from sale after discovering it was made from....dog. |

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FAIRTRADE FLAIR: Oscars green glamour

Posted: 28 Feb 11 | Livia Firth scores a double shot of green-cred on the red carpet with fairtrade gold and a multi-recycled gown. |

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Xenophon puts live exports on notice

Posted: 21 Feb 11 | Always one to watch during a Senate estimates hearing, South Australian independent Senator Nick Xenophon raised several interesting questions today about Australia's controversial live export trade. |

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What's that Skip? Wicked!

Posted: 17 Feb 11 | An Australian campervan hire company has changed a controversial road safety sticker after it provoked the wrath of animal rights activists. |

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Is that a boa in your baggage, sir?

Posted: 11 Feb 11 | A man has been detained by Thai airport authorities after hundreds of animals, including the world's rarest tortoise, were found stuffed into three suitcases. |

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Koalas online

Posted: 09 Feb 11 | Read all about it, as the first submissions to a national koala inquiry go online. |

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Obama home brew

Posted: 09 Feb 11 | A presidential Super Bowl party with a difference |

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Remembering Reagan

Posted: 09 Feb 11 | Environmental news blog Grist celebrates former US president Ronald Reagan’s centenary |

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Is green the new boring?

Posted: 09 Feb 11 | Sustainability suggests "a flatlining of human ambition" and is draining the sexiness from design, writes Julian McGuirk in his latest acerbic column for The Guardian. |

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Libs should send for the doctor

Posted: 11 Aug 09 | Sharman Stone might be seen by the electorate as representing real change, Rosslyn Beeby writes. |

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Capital happy to buck green trends

Posted: 09 Jun 09 | There's a certain irony in the future of Australia's emissions trading scheme being debated in a city that has one of the biggest ecological footprints on the planet. |

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