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Australia: Al Gore attacks Tony Abbott's refusal to link bushfires with climate change
2013-10-24 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Tony Abbott's insistence that bushfires aren't linked to climate change is like the tobacco industry claiming smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, Nobel laureate Al Gore says. In light of the New South Wales bushfire disaster, the former US vice-president says the prime minister's comment that bushfires are a function of life in Australia and nothing to do with climate change reminds him of politicians in the US who received support from tobacco companies, and who then publicly argued the companies'...
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Australian PM denies climate change link to bushfires
2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Prime Minister Tony Abbott denied Wednesday that devastating bushfires in Australia were linked to climate change, accusing the United Nations climate chief of "talking through her hat" on the issue. UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said Tuesday that while the latest fires raging west of Sydney could not yet be linked to global warming, there was "absolutely" a connection between wildfires and rising temperatures. "The official in question is talking through her hat," Abbott told radio station...
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Kuala Lumpu-Singapore High-Speed Link Plan Draws Global Interest
2013-10-22 21:35:27| ENR.com: Headline News
Global firms eye planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail link
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Absolutely a link between climate change and wildfires, U.N. climate chief Figueres tells Amanpour
2013-10-22 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: There is absolutely a link between climate change and wildfires, U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres told CNNs Christiane Amanpour on Monday. Wildfires are raging in a ring around Sydney, Australia, as that country experiences its hottest year on record. The World Meteorological Organization has not established a direct link between this wildfire and climate change yet, Figueres said. But what is absolutely clear is the science is telling us that there are increasing heat waves in...
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Australia: Clear link between climate change & bushfires: UN adviser warns Tony Abbott
2013-10-22 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A senior United Nations climate change official says there is ''absolutely'' a link between climate change and bushfires and has warned that the Coalition government will pay a high political and financial price for its decision to scrap carbon pricing. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, Christiana Figueres, said there was a clear link between climate change and bushfires such as those raging in New South Wales. She noted...
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