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January 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, that it will dump more than half a billion dollars in thermal coal shares from all of its actively managed portfolios, might not seem like big news. Announcements ... <a title="BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/blackrock-is-the-canary-in-the-coalmine-its-decision-to-dump-coal-signals-whats-next-129972/" aria-label="Read more about BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine. Its decision to dump coal signals what’s next">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University Human beings have a surprisingly long relationship with the concept of swimwear. After all, the first heated swimming pool is believed to have been built by Gaius Maecenas of Rome in the 1st century BC. Before the early 1800s, it was ... <a title="The erotic theatre of the pool edge: a short history of female swimwear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/the-erotic-theatre-of-the-pool-edge-a-short-history-of-female-swimwear-127902/" aria-label="Read more about The erotic theatre of the pool edge: a short history of female swimwear">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Review: Lady Tabouli, directed by Dino Dimitriadis, National Theatre of Parramatta for Sydney Festival In Australia in 2020, it’s hard to think homosexuality is still viewed as a sin and a lifestyle choice, but it is. ... <a title="Lady Tabouli review: a hilarious comedy about suffocating expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/lady-tabouli-review-a-hilarious-comedy-about-suffocating-expectations-129692/" aria-label="Read more about Lady Tabouli review: a hilarious comedy about suffocating expectations">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
By David Robie in Manila Operating out of a modest three-roomed rooftop suite overlooking the local marketplace in the rice-producing Bicol township of Vinzons, a tiny Filipino community radio startup is quietly making its mark. Radyo Katabang 107.7FM only began broadcasting two years ago out of a studio lined with egg-container acoustic buffers in the ... <a title="Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/radio-storytelling-and-community-empowerment-in-vinzons/" aria-label="Read more about Radio storytelling and community empowerment in Vinzons">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University When Formula 1 announced late last year that the sport would be carbon neutral by 2030, the organisation’s chief technical officer spoke of the transition to a lower carbon world: F1 could play a huge role in this ... <a title="Formula 1 says it’s going carbon neutral but fans must demand greater detail on how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/formula-1-says-its-going-carbon-neutral-but-fans-must-demand-greater-detail-on-how-127328/" aria-label="Read more about Formula 1 says it’s going carbon neutral but fans must demand greater detail on how">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Schmid, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology As we continue to contend with smoke haze in various parts of the country, many Australians may find themselves with watery, burning, irritated or red eyes. Data from countries with consistently poor air quality suggest there could also be ... <a title="Bushfire smoke is bad for your eyes, too. Here’s how you can protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/bushfire-smoke-is-bad-for-your-eyes-too-heres-how-you-can-protect-them-129898/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfire smoke is bad for your eyes, too. Here’s how you can protect them">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Jenkins, Professor, Respiratory Medicine, UNSW Sydney and Uni of Sydney; Head, Respiratory Group, The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney As bushfire smoke continues to pollute the air of large parts of Australia’s eastern states, some people have experienced throat irritation, coughing and breathing ... <a title="I’m struggling to breathe with all the bushfire smoke – could I have undiagnosed asthma?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/im-struggling-to-breathe-with-all-the-bushfire-smoke-could-i-have-undiagnosed-asthma-129903/" aria-label="Read more about I’m struggling to breathe with all the bushfire smoke – could I have undiagnosed asthma?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University “He [God] does not play dice”, quipped Albert Einstein, but for mortals chance is part of life. We cannot experience, measure and predict with absolute certainty. We may win a prize in a Christmas raffle. There’s also ... <a title="From election upsets to climate chaos, rolling the dice helps us appreciate the odds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/from-election-upsets-to-climate-chaos-rolling-the-dice-helps-us-appreciate-the-odds-124996/" aria-label="Read more about From election upsets to climate chaos, rolling the dice helps us appreciate the odds">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University This summer’s bushfire apocalypse has caused many Australians to express their fury at a federal government they feel is either in denial about the impact of climate change or failing to address it sufficiently. To many, the fact the ... <a title="I’ve won cases against the government before. Here’s why I doubt a climate change class action would succeed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/ive-won-cases-against-the-government-before-heres-why-i-doubt-a-climate-change-class-action-would-succeed-129707/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve won cases against the government before. Here’s why I doubt a climate change class action would succeed">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Charlson, Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland You’re scrolling through your phone and transfixed by yet more images of streets reduced to burnt debris, injured wildlife, and maps showing the scale of the fires continuing to burn. On the television in the background, ... <a title="You’re not the only one feeling helpless. Eco-anxiety can reach far beyond bushfire communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/youre-not-the-only-one-feeling-helpless-eco-anxiety-can-reach-far-beyond-bushfire-communities-129453/" aria-label="Read more about You’re not the only one feeling helpless. Eco-anxiety can reach far beyond bushfire communities">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel da Silva, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne As bushfire smoke blankets large parts of Australia, it’s time to examine what this complex chemical mixture is made of, to better understand what it’s doing to both our bodies and the planet. I research the ... <a title="Bushfire smoke is everywhere in our cities. Here’s exactly what you are inhaling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/bushfire-smoke-is-everywhere-in-our-cities-heres-exactly-what-you-are-inhaling-129772/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfire smoke is everywhere in our cities. Here’s exactly what you are inhaling">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Nimmo, Associate professor/ARC DECRA fellow, Charles Sturt University If you’ve been following the bushfire crisis on social media and elsewhere, you may have seen reports of benevolent wombats herding other animals to shelter into their fire-proof burrows. These stories went quickly viral – probably reflecting the ... <a title="Tales of wombat ‘heroes’ have gone viral. Unfortunately, they’re not true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/15/tales-of-wombat-heroes-have-gone-viral-unfortunately-theyre-not-true-129891/" aria-label="Read more about Tales of wombat ‘heroes’ have gone viral. Unfortunately, they’re not true">Read more</a>
