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Labor says Australia must 'tell story of Pacific to world' at Paris climate talks
2015-11-01 02:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia should tell the story of the Pacific to the world when global leaders sit down to climate change talks in Paris at the end of this month, Labor has said. The impact of climate change on the nations of the Pacific is a focus for both the government and opposition ahead of COP21, where governments of more than 190 nations will gather to discuss a possible new global climate accord. The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, accompanied by foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek and...
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Australia: Julie Bishop wants to co-chair Green Climate Fund derided by Tony Abbott
2015-10-31 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Foreign minister Julie Bishop has launched a bid to co-chair the Green Climate Fund once dubbed by Tony Abbott as the Bob Brown bank. Abbott had resisted making a contribution until Bishop announced at the Lima Climate Summit last year Australia would provide funding of $200m over four years in a total pool of $10bn. Australia is represented on the funds board by a senior representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs. It is seen as critical to the success of this Decembers climate...
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Wool Prices in Australia, China, South Africa and New Zealand (Weekly Report)
2015-10-30 14:03:54| EmergingTextiles.com
Wool prices have continued surging this week in Australia, over a low level in offer and a sharp rebound in demand. Our report delivers a comprehensive view of wool prices in Australia, with a long list of micron types in A$, US$ and euro terms. Historical charts are also available, such as downloadable historical data. The China's Nanjing market is covered whereas links to weekly New Zealand and South African markets are provided.
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Apache wraps up $US6b exit from Australia with fertiliser unit sale
2015-10-30 02:08:19| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
US oil and gas player Apache Corporation has wrapped up its $US6 billion exit from Australia with the $US391 million sale of its stake in a fertiliser plant in Western Australia's Pilbara region to its joint venture partner, Norway's Yara International. The sale of Apache's 49 per cent interest in Yara Pilbara Holdings was the third deal involved with the US company's withdrawal from Australia following the $US3.75 billion sale of LNG interests to Woodside Petroleum and the $US1.9 billion sale of gas assets to Brookfield Asset Management and Macquarie Capital.
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Australia PM Turnbull stands by coal amid moratorium calls
2015-10-28 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: When Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as prime minister last month, climate watchers were hopeful he would reverse Australias coal-friendly stance. There was some sign of that this week, as newly appointed chief science advisor Alan Finkel envisioned a world free of fossil fuels. Yet it has been business as usual for the country`s bullish mine expansion plans, which threaten international climate goals. That is despite 61 prominent Australians, from rugby player David Pocock to Nobel laureate...
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