The uranium mine in the heart of Kakadu needs a better cleanup plan
Can a uranium mine be rehabilitated to the environmental standards of a national park and World Heritage site?
Environment
May 7, 2019
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Reducing water consumption in mining
Water is a vital resource on which many industries rely and which should be used more sparingly. An example is the beneficiation of mineral ores. Taking the raw material fluorite as their example, researchers at Helmholtz ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2019
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Cleaning up abandoned mines means we all pay the price
The fate of abandoned mines are a familiar problem for those living in communal spaces, with common rooms and shared kitchens: "Who is going to clean up this mess?" and "Who is going to pay for the damages?"
Environment
Feb 1, 2019
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Fossil fuel era is ending, but the lawsuits are just beginning
"Coal is dead."
Environment
Jan 18, 2019
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Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel that are beneath public lands.
Environment
Dec 13, 2018
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Looking for rocket science in unexpected places
You don't have to leave Australia to be a rocket scientist. In fact, you might not even have to leave your job.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2018
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Getting clean drinking water into remote Indigenous communities means overcoming city thinking
Many people in Australia do not have access to safe drinking water. It's particularly difficult in Indigenous communities because they are small, remote and challenged by additional issues to secure essential power and water ...
Environment
Nov 21, 2018
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Climate change: Nauru's life on the frontlines
International perceptions of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru are dominated by two interrelated stories. Until the turn of the century, it was the dramatic boom and bust of Nauru's phosphate mine, and the mismanagement ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2018
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Why global environmentalists are silent on Venezuela's mining crisis
Venezuela is on a path towards environmental devastation.
Environment
Jun 26, 2018
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