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Australia: Tony Abbott is no action man on climate change
2014-06-13 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony conservationist Abbott has been telling the Americans his government supports strong action on climate change. Sadly, every piece of available evidence says the opposite. First, his policy is a competitive government grants scheme in which participation by polluters is voluntary. As veteran US lawmaker Henry Waxman told the ABC this week: That never worked anywhere. Actually, we didnt really need a US politician to tell us that. It was the advice of the 2007 Shergold report to the...
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Australia to 'Fail' in Achieving Carbon Emission Reduction Targets Due to Shortfall
2014-06-13 04:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Prime Minister Tony Abbott is attempting to undo what his predecessors have done to reduce carbon emissions. The Abbott government is moving to abolish the carbon tax and replace it with the Direct Action plan. Reputex, a major carbon market analysis firm in Australia, said the Abbott government's proposed Emissions Reduction Fund is not enough to meet the country's target of cutting emissions to 5 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020. When Australia misses its mark, it will also fail to meet its...
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Australia: Saving Tasmania's forests
2014-06-12 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Imagine the uproar if the Grand Canyon was dug up for mining. The protests if the bells of Notre Dame were melted down for car parts. There are not many places in the world precious enough for World Heritage listing, so many countries covet this lucrative international recognition. These natural and cultural places are so significant, so exceptional that to deprive the world and future generations of them would be a tragedy. Tasmania's old-growth forests have been included on the World Heritage...
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Senior Democrat hopes Australia doesn't turn back on climate change 'leadership'
2014-06-11 13:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Democrat Congressman Henry Waxman has been one of the biggest players in US climate policy for decades. He steered landmark clean air bills through Congress and in 2009 almost secured a national emissions trading scheme for the US, a bill that was narrowly defeated by House Republicans. His home state of California, the eighth largest economy in the world, has had its own emissions trading scheme in operation for 12 months. He's also famous for securing the testimony...
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Australia selects Fugros survey vessel for flight MH370 search
2014-06-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Dutch multinational technical consultancy Fugro has been awarded a contract by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to deploy its Fugro Equator vessel in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370).
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