Category: Governments & Politics

Islanders fail to get rising sea aid.

A group of Torres Strait Islanders say they are disappointed to be leaving Canberra without the assurance of new

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UN urges recycling of rare metals

The UN's environment chief on Wednesday called for a global drive to recycle rare metals that have hit the

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BP should fund Gulf restoration, says report

President Barack Obama's pointman on restoring the Gulf coast in the wake of the oil spill disaster recommended Tuesday

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Climate change deal years away

The legally binding treaty which many had hoped would be achieved at last year's Copenhagen summit will not be

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Fresh food prices could soar

A food security summit in Brisbane is hearing prices are expected to increase by up to 50 per cent

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Over half of spilled oil still in Gulf

Over half the oil released from a busted BP well remains in the Gulf of Mexico, a presidential panel

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US commission probes Gulf oil spill

An independent commission set up by US President Barack Obama kicked off a two-day meeting in Washington Monday to

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Big brands and the eco-revolution

Poisonous pesticides, soil pollution and water waste: high-street fashion has a lot to answer for in the environmental game.

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Climate raises clothes prices

Bargain clothing chains like Primark, New Look and Peacocks may have to raise their prices to cope with a

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Frankenfish likely to be approved

A panel of scientific experts has begun two days of hearings in Washington to decide whether a genetically modified

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