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Australia: Christine Milne offers to pass Direct Action if renewable energy target stays
2014-09-18 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Christine Milne has said the Greens will help put spine and rigour into the Coalitions Direct Action climate plan and allow it to become law, in return for an assurance that the renewable energy target will not be wound back. Milne called Direct Action a pathetic ill-defined excuse for climate action but said the Greens would negotiate with the government to improve it on condition the RET remained unchanged. The Greens leader said the government had put jobs at risk by repealing carbon...
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Australia not prepared for effects of climate change
2014-09-17 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: A report on the effects of climate change on Australia's infrastructure calls coastal flooding the sleeping giant of risk to future prosperity. And the Climate Council of Australia says so-called "once-in-a-lifetime natural disasters" could become regular occurrences. Hamish Fitzsimmons reports. HAMISH FITZSIMMONS, REPORTER: More than three-quarters of the population lives near the coast but Australia's love affair with the beach will come at a future cost. That's...
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Australia: Renewable energy target: Coalition and Labor no closer compromise
2014-09-17 09:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The two major parties appear no closer to a compromise on the future of the renewable energy target, amid a push by Coalition backbenchers to strip away the mechanism for large-scale wind and solar projects. The government has repeatedly called on Labor to compromise over the RET, which requires that 41,000 gigawatt hours of Australias energy comes from renewable sources by 2020. The scheme is made up of the large-scale RET, aimed at wind and solar farms, and the small-scale renewable energy scheme,...
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Penske Automotive To Expand Presence In Australia
2014-09-16 00:01:13| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
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Martlet-1 exploration well in Australia intersects oil pay in Namur Sandstone
2014-09-15 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
The Martlet-1 exploration well in Australia has intersected 6m of net oil pay in the Namur Sandstone.
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