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Australia backs out of climate science cuts but the damage may be done

2016-08-04 08:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yahoo: Australian scientists may be suffering from a case of whiplash. After deep funding cuts to the country's peak science body provoked international outcry in early 2016, the first move of the new science minister appears to be something of a reversal. On Thursday, Minister Greg Hunt appeared to encourage the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to renew its focus on climate science. "Climate science is important, it's significant, it's critical to our long-term...

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Australia boosts climate science research in u-turn

2016-08-04 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Australia made an abrupt climate change u-turn Thursday, with the issue set to again become a key focus of the national science agency just months after it saw hundreds of jobs cut in a heavily criticised move. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull -- a former environment minister -- has long been seen as a supporter of action on climate change but his government oversaw bitterly opposed cuts to national science body CSIRO earlier this year. But following the government's narrow re-election last month,...

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MEO secures approvals for Tassie Shoal projects offshore Australia

2016-08-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

MEO Australia has secured environmental approvals for its Tassie Shoal liquefied natural gas (TSLNG) project in the Timor Sea, located offshore Northern Australia.

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Australia: Queensland farmers bulldoze thousands of hectares of native vegetation

2016-08-01 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Queensland farmers campaigning against stronger tree clearing regulations and who have said farmers are the countrys greatest environmentalists have bulldozed thousands of hectares of native vegetation. Under the previous LNP government, regulations were relaxed to allow farmers to clear large areas. The environmental group WWF said the clearing of almost all immature trees on one property in central Queensland Corntop appeared to go beyond what even the current regulations allowed. ...

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Montage Australia

2016-07-28 14:19:00| Naval Technology

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