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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Science in the Pub digs into hydrodynamic modelling

With half the Northern Rivers suddenly an expert on how water moves across the landscape, there will be a chance to hear from some real experts at the next Science in the Pub, to be held on Thursday 3 September at the Federal Hotel in Alstonville.
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Articles & ColumnsDr Will Tregoning, CEO of Unharm - 0

How to stop overdoses? Dr Will Tregoning has some thoughts

With International Overdose Awareness Day approaching on 31 August, NSW now has the evidence, the tools and record overdose deaths but lacks the will on permanent, community based pill testing.
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Byron EchoDoug Foskey, Tregeagle - 0

Local Land Services

Are people aware that NSW is the only state to tax farmers for Local Land Services? Other states must...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Climate science meets art at Lismore Gallery

Climate change conversations filled with graphs, reports and grim headlines can be enough to make even the hardiest soul want to hide under the doona. This Sunday, Lismore Regional Gallery is trying a different approach to discussing the issue.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Bangalow community rallying for the Bowlo

A major town rally for Bangalow is planned for Saturday, 19 September at 2pm as the next phase of action to have the Bowlo reopened and back in community hands.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Troubled Hastings Point sewage plant upgrade goes back to the community

A long-running battle over the future of the Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has entered another round, with Tweed Council putting its preferred upgrade option back before the community.
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Stories about "environmentalism":

The loneliness of the long distance activist

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 16
In Australia, it's not easy being green. There are no monuments to those who have risked their lives and liberty in the defence of Australia's unique and precious ecology.
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Planet Watch: Environmentally sound building

Planet Watch David Lowe - 1
Globally, buildings are responsible for a massive share of energy and material consumption. Sustainable building movements are trying to change this, some by going back to the past, and some by diving head-first into the future.
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Brick walls or rubber bands? The nature of ecological limits

Articles & Columns The Echo - 3
Every species has its own characteristic niche in an ecosystem, but in the age of the Anthropocene, the scale of our influence on the environment has come to dominate.
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Former midwife fined over climate action protest stunt

National News Mia Armitage - 13
Police also charged a 28-year-old Brisbane man, a 20-year-old NSW man and a 22-year-old NSW woman over their parts in the protest.
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Launching the sustainable soap box

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Interested in projects that are going on around the region that might reduce emissions, increase sustainability or just generally be good for the environment? Join in with Sustainability Drinks Byron Shire to find out more.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Local News

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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