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The Impact of Microplastics on Us and Our Environment

December 1, 2025November 30, 2025 By Laura Bacha

What are microplastics and why do we need to be careful with them? Microplastics are ‘small pieces of plastic, less than 5 mm

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Global Economic Disturbance Dictates Political Will for Environmental Sustainability

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 By Emma James

Economic hardships push advancements in environmental legislation further down the political agenda. This tendency is rooted in the belief that environmental protection is

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Opinion: How Climate Change is Destroying Southern California

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025 By Gracie Machell

Southern California has been plagued with fires for the past 2 weeks, the biggest and most horrific being the Palisades and Eaton fires,

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Implications of COP29, who should pay?

December 16, 2024January 18, 2025 By Ruby Fry

The COP29 conference held in Azerbaijan proved divisive, and highlighted the unwillingness of developed countries to commit to helping poor nations mitigate the effects of climate change. There was a walkout

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Opinion: COP29 – Azerbaijan’s Rollercoaster Climate Conference

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 By Emma James

COP29, the annual UN Climate Change Conference, has concluded in Baku this week. Azerbaijan hosted delegates from the 11th to the 22nd of

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Opinion: Without a Green Plan, the Working Class is Stuck Paying for the Climate Crisis

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 By Ethan Stringer

Although it is now four years into the 2020s, what do we really have to show for it? Temperatures soared to 40°C, the

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COP28 Host UAE Reveals Controversial Plan to Increase Oil Production

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 By Maya Perera

This weekend, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the host country for the upcoming COP28, announced that it is planning on significantly increasing its

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Opinion: Australia’s Proposal to Grant Tuvaluan Citizens Permanent Residency in the Face of Climate Change – Kind or Calculated?

November 15, 2023November 17, 2023 By Maya Perera

Australia and Tuvalu have announced a treaty centred around Tuvalu’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change. The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty features

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Climate Change:  Are We Being Let Down by Government Mismanagement?

October 27, 2023October 29, 2023 By Charlotte Aspinall

The government’s new NetZero plan and revisions to previous Green strategies have been described to be drastically in conflict with its previous projection

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Opinion: Rewind, Revert, Rewild – The Strange New Obsession

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

There is, in our society and others, a deep interest in the preservation and protection of our common environment from the predations of

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