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Sara Phillips 11 Mar 2015

With environmentalists concerns about dredge spoil having largely been addressed, they will need a new strategy to keep the public interested. More Comments (19 comments)

Sara Phillips 19 Feb 2015

Predator-proof fences have long been thought of as a way to save our most vulnerable species from extinction. But the fences have a dark side. More Comments (14 comments)

Sara Phillips 31 Dec 2014

As the year sighs to a close, I take a look back at which environment stories fired your passions and your neurons this year. More Comments (0 comments)

Sara Phillips 28 Nov 2014

Sometimes I see really great science stories pass across my desk that I don't find enough hours in the day to get to. Rather than letting them fade into obscurity, I've done a little run-down of the week's most exciting envir… More Comments (3 comments)

Sara Phillips 14 Nov 2014

The world is on-track to increase its energy use by 37 per cent by 2040. And Australia is well placed to play a starring role in all energy sources. More Comments (20 comments)

Sara Phillips 21 Oct 2014

The problem of feral cats seems insurmountable. Yet to do nothing seems shameful. It's a quandary Australians need to get used to. More Comments (28 comments)

Sara Phillips 16 Sep 2014

As a body established to look at a scientific approach to whaling, the International Whaling Commission's scientific credibility is sorely lacking. More Comments (12 comments)

Sara Phillips 29 Aug 2014

The recent review of the Renewable Energy Target does not reflect the Government's repeated statements in favour of renewable energy. More Comments (14 comments)

Sara Phillips 4 Aug 2014

Earth Overshoot Day is that day of the year when we have spend our annual salary and start paying the global food, energy and water bills on credit. More Comments (29 comments)

Sara Phillips 16 Jul 2014

Cobbled together from the parts of dead climate policies, Australia's now-dead carbon tax got about as much love as a horror movie monster. More Comments (47 comments)

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Former head of Greenpeace Canada, turned lobbyist, Patrick Moore, claimed on French TV that Round Up weed killer is safe to drink. But he terminated the interview when offered a glass.
Figures from the China Electricity Council (CEC) indicate that non-fossil fuel sources of energy accounted for more than a quarter of the country's electricity generation in 2014.

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Sara Phillips

Sara Phillips

Sara Phillips has been an environment journalist and editor for eleven years. Learning the trade on environmental trade publications, she went on to be deputy editor of 'Cosmos' magazine and editor of 'G', a green lifestyle magazine. She has won several awards for her work including the 2006 Reuters/IUCN award for excellence in environmental reporting and the 2008 Bell Award for editor of the year.

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