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ENVIRONMENT

Five-yearly environmental stocktake highlights the conflict between economy and nature

The human footprint on Australia’s environment is evident in areas such as land use change. Ryan Francis/State of the Environment 2016 Australia’s population growth...

How climate change threatens to make our bread less tasty

Increasing carbon dioxide is impacting some of our favourite foods The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is increasing. Everything else being equal,...

How do we keep gardening in the face of a changing climate?

Keep the climate in mind when you’re choosing what to plant Since 1880, the average global temperature has increased by 0.8℃, with large changes...

Australia’s 2016 environment scorecard: rains return but in some cases too late

Green shoots: a mangrove in Cairns enjoys the wet. Not all of Australia was so lucky After several dry years, vegetation across much of...

Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave

Emergency crews tackle a bushfire at Boggabri, one of dozens across NSW during the heatwave The heatwave that engulfed southeastern Australia at the end...

The environmental costs of Trump’s wall

So just how do we really measure the cost? It looks like Donald Trump’s “great, great wall” is actually going to happen. Its likely...

Droughts and flooding rains already more likely as climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather

Climate change is already delivering more extremes of wet and dry to the Pacific region Global warming has already increased the risk of major...

Crisis, what crisis? How smart solar can protect our vulnerable power grids

Solar panels can be both a headache and an opportunity for network companies Some commentators seem to be worried that our electricity networks are...

Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive

Firefighters fight forest fire in Indonesia, triggered in part by El Nino You’ve probably heard about El Niño, the climate system that brings dry...

New coal plants wouldn’t be clean, and would cost billions in taxpayer subsidies

Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year Following a campaign by the coal industry,...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.