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Queensland pushes Tony Abbott for urgent approval of mining projects
2013-09-12 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Queensland premier Campbell Newman has urged Tony Abbott to approve massive new coal projects in the state "as soon as possible", despite a warning from the mining industry over the need to wind back developments. Newman said he had been called by the prime minister elect to discuss the "blockers" faced by the Queensland government. He said he told Abbott "to get out of the way and let this government get on with taking the state forward economically". "I said without any hesitation that we...
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Australia: World's largest carbon capture begins even as Abbott tax repeal looms
2013-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Prime minister-elect Tony Abbott has pledged to repeal the country's carbon tax to boost economic competitiveness, so it is ironic that Australia is about to host the world's most ambitious project for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground. Starting in 2014/15, Chevron will begin injecting 120 million tonnes of pressurised supercritical carbon dioxide 2.5 kilometres underground as part of its giant Gorgon LNG project. Raw gas from the Gorgon field contains about 14 per cent carbon...
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Australia: Abbott government begins process to repeal carbon tax
2013-09-08 21:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Abbott government is already piling pressure on the Labor Party to "honour" the new government's mandate to repeal the carbon tax. Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott yesterday instructed his department to begin drawing up the legislation to dump the carbon pricing scheme and says federal parliament will resume in late October or early November to deal with it. "My emphasis will be on being purposeful, methodical, calm, and conscientious," he told Fairfax radio. "And the last thing I want...
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Tony Abbott celebrates victory
2013-09-08 04:40:14| Electronics - Topix.net
''My friends,'' declared Tony Abbott, ''I can inform you the government of Australia has changed.'
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Rudd accuses Abbott of abandoning Australia's climate commitments
2013-09-03 06:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Kevin Rudd has accused Tony Abbott of "walking away" from Australia's international commitments on climate change after the Coalition leader said he would not increase funding for his Direct Action plan even if failed to deliver Australia's promised greenhouse gas reductions. Several attempts to model Direct Action have said it would require many billions more to meet Australia's minimum target to reduce emissions by 5% by 2020 compared with 2000 levels which has been accepted by all parties....
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