By JAMES WOODFORD
Phil Watson says 9.50 am on January 12 will be a preview of the state’s sea level future.
Watson is the Team Leader of the Department of Environment and Climate Change’s Coastal Unit and for the first time has launched a program to document the flooding impacts of the highest tide visible during daylight […]

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This  Week’s Environmental News in Three Minutes…. 
This is an era that calls for tough talk and Real Dirt wishes there were more tough talkers around, which is a pity that a little Australian with a name befitting a wharfie pub brawler faces extinction. The Aussie in question is the Growling Grass Frog and by all […]

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Kimberley wilderness property, Marion Downs - purchase announced this week by Australian Wildlife Conservancy (story below)
It’s hard not to feel sorry for the baby whale in Pittwater, north of Sydney, but it is also a really striking example of how confused our priorities can get when it comes to animals.
The story – by far the most covered environmental […]

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