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Australia: Direct Action climate fight all over at least until the real fight begins
2014-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been fighting about climate policy for almost 10 years. Most people wish the argument would go away. Investors just wish they knew the outcome. After repealing the carbon tax and winning parliamentary backing for its Direct Action scheme this week, the Coalition says we have an answer to last 20 years. But thats not true. The Abbott government has deferred the most controversial element of its own policy the bit likely to determine whether it can succeed, and the bit that...
Australia: Direct Action is a mickey mouse scheme says former Howard adviser
2014-11-02 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Direct Action is a "Mickey Mouse" scheme that falls short of the "real leadership" needed to tackle climate change, a former adviser to John Howard says. The president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Geoff Cousins, has slammed the Abbott government's Direct Action policy, which was approved by the Senate last week, following a surprise deal between the Coalition and the Palmer United Party. The program will set up a $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund, designed to help Australia...
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Australia: Clive Palmer spectacular end to climate change saga
2014-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Even by the outsized standards of Clive Palmer, it was a breathtaking display of chutzpah. After endorsing the government's Direct Action climate change policy, which he had previously debunked as a "waste of money" and "token gesture", the mining magnate luxuriated in self-praise. Palmer United Party had achieved great things for the environment, he reasoned. He was, indeed, the saviour of the emissions trading scheme, the economy-wide system of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by putting...
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Australia confident of Antarctic marine reserve in 2015
2014-11-01 03:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australia said on Saturday it was confident its plans for a marine reserve to protect biodiversity in East Antarctica would succeed next year, after international talks in Hobart failed to agree on the measure. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting closed late Friday with the 25 members unable to reach consensus on two Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Australia's joint proposal with France and the European Union for reserves in East Antarctic...
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As China's real estate market cools, the nation's new property moguls look to Australia
2014-11-01 01:24:31| Real Estate - Topix.net
Chinese home prices fell for a fifth straight month in September: a night view of residential buildings in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Reuters Beijing: To set foot in a real estate expo in China is to run a frantic gauntlet of sales staff thrusting glossy pamphlets into every open hand they can find.
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