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Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal needs EU inquiry: French minister
2015-09-22 14:51:13| Automakers - Topix.net
PARIS: A European Union-level inquiry is needed into the emissions-cheating scandal at German carmaker Volkswagen AG and the probe should be extended to French carmakers too, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday. "It has to be done at a European level," he told Europe 1 radio in an interview.
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Australia's new Prime Minister actually understands climate change
2015-09-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Malcolm Turnbull has replaced climate change doubter and coal industry booster Tony Abbott as Australian Prime Minister This means that one of the world's least enthusiastic backers of a new climate treaty has just been removed from the global stage -- less than three months before a crucial round of climate talks. While vowing to retain the party's policies on climate and other matters for now, Turnbull holds views more aligned with mainstream science than his predecessor did. Abbott has been...
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Australia swears in new prime minister Turnbull
2015-09-14 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Multi-millionaire former banker Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Tuesday, just hours after masterminding a coup against conservative leader Tony Abbott, and pledging a new style of leadership. Turnbull is the country's fourth prime minister in just over two years, a recent Australian political tradition the deposed Abbott slammed as a "revolving door" that was not good for the country. "This is the most exciting time to be an Australian," Turnbull told reporters...
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Australia's incoming prime minister seen moving cautiously on climate policy
2015-09-14 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's incoming prime minister Malcolm Turnbull may seek to reposition greater action to fight climate change as an economic booster, analysts and academics said on Tuesday, but will move slowly to avoid losing the support of his colleagues. Turnbull is set to become Australia's fourth prime minister in two years when he is sworn in later on Tuesday after securing the leadership of the Liberal Party, the senior partner in the ruling conservative coalition, in a vote on Monday. Australia...
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Will Australia's new prime minister do better on climate change?
2015-09-14 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: Australia's controversial prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been ousted from office by his own party, the center-right Liberals. He has been replaced with Malcolm Turnbull, a former lawyer and journalist, who has promised voters a "thoroughly Liberal' government, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, replete with "new economic vision committed to freedom, the individual, and the market.' Those are troubling words for anyone familiar with Australia's policy on climate change in recent years. The...
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