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Australia Farmers Challenged by Climate Change
2015-03-19 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: From tasteless carrots to sunburned apples, a new report by two University of Melbourne researchers paints a challenging picture for Australia's agricultural sector and the impacts of climate change in the decades to come. Through the examination of 55 food commodities and a breakdown of the ways each of the country's multiple climate regions will be affected by climate change, the study concludes the quality of beef, chicken and even kangaroo will suffer. The biggest challenge to come from...
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Report Names Top Greenhouse Gas Emitters Australia
2015-03-19 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A report that shows power companies are the worst polluters underscores the need to retain the renewable energy target in its current form says Greens environment spokesperson Larissa Waters. AGL has emerged as Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitter after its purchase of NSW assets added to its fleet of brown coal-fired power stations in Victoria. According to data released by the Clean Energy Regulator and analysed in a report by the Australian Conservation Foundation, AGL narrowly trailed...
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Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines to keep trans-Pacific flight capacity steady
2015-03-18 09:08:25| Airlines - Topix.net
Alliance partners Virgin Australia Holdings and Delta Air Lines have indicated they have no plans to add capacity between Australia and the mainland United States, in a move that will benefit Qantas Airways due to its position as the dominant carrier on the trans-Pacific route. Virgin and Delta, which have a combined 25 per cent market share on the route compared with Qantas at 54 per cent and United Airlines at 21 per cent, have applied to the competition regulator to renew their alliance for a further 10 years.
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Australia spells out plans to protect Great Barrier Reef
2015-03-16 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia detailed on Monday how it will ban dumping of all dredge soil in the Great Barrier Reef as it looks to step up protection of the world's largest reef and avoid having it listed by UNESCO as "in danger". UNESCO's World Heritage Committee is due to decide in June whether to put the reef on its "in danger" list because its corals have been badly damaged and some of its animal species, including dugong and large green turtles, are threatened. Such a listing could lead to restrictions...
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Philippine Navy to receive two decommissioned LCH vessels from Australia
2015-03-16 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Philippine Navy is to receive two decommissioned Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft (LCH) vessels from Australia, strengthening its capacity to combat natural disasters.
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