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UN climate chief Christiana Figueres calls for global action amid NSW bushfires
2013-10-22 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The United Nations says the New South Wales bushfires are an example of "the doom and gloom" the world may be facing without vigorous action on climate change. The executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, says the fires prove the world is "already paying the price of carbon". "The World Meteorological Organisation has not established the direct link between this wildfire and climate change yet, but what is absolutely clear is that the science...
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Australia: NSW government accused of climate change research cutbacks
2013-10-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELEANOR HALL: As some question whether the extreme weather that's fuelling the Blue Mountains fires is linked to climate change, the New South Wales Government is being accused of dismantling the state's ability to investigate the issue. A climate change scientist who was employed by the state government says the cuts have been deepest in a group assigned to investigate and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Katie Hamann has our report. KATIE HAMANN: When Greens MP Adam Bandt tweeted...
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Australia: As NSW burns, it's time to talk about climate change
2013-10-21 07:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bribane Times: When is the right time to raise concerns about climate change? Apparently not during what every firefighter, commentator and journalist I have heard is calling the most sudden, rapidly spreading and ferocious fires they have encountered. Of course Adam Bandt and others should be making the connection between climate change and these fires. And they should be doing this now when the evidence is before our eyes. This is not showing disrespect or callousness. It is not making political capital...
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NSW Government initiates contract process of CSELR project
2013-10-15 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has initiated the contract process of the $1.6bn CBD and South East Light Rail (CSELR) project that is expected to transform the transportation facility in Sydney.
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Newcastle Light Rail project in NSW moves ahead
2013-09-26 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Newcastle Light Rail project in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has moved a step forward as the government awarded local firm GHD a contract for early scoping studies for the scheme.
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