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A large pipe emitting water into a dirty water source.
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koalas at risk of extinction

Koalas could be extinct within 30 years. Could the Blue Mountains hold the key to their survival?

Conservationist Dr Kellie Leigh says that unexpected discoveries within the World Heritage area offer clues for saving koalas from extinction.
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What very muscular horses teach us about climate change

You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.
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The question that haunts climate advocates

The economics of renewable energy drive the cost and feasibility of climate policy - and they have dramatically shifted for the better. But the Democratic Party still faces the same coalition issues that doomed its effort more than a decade ago.

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