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Australia: Shares end 10-session run of gains, await c.bank meeting
2013-08-05 06:12:17| Agriculture - Topix.net
Defensives dragged on the market. Blood products maker CSL Ltd tumbled 1.4 per cent while food retailers Woolworths Ltd and Wesfarmers Ltd fell 0.7 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively.
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Australia Faces Bigger Health Risks from Climate Change
2013-08-05 02:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been warned of the rising threat of dengue fever and heat stroke deaths in the wake of a study that found climate change is aiding the spread of infectious diseases around the world. The report, part-funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and published in Science, found that climate change is already abetting diseases in wildlife and agriculture, with humans at heightened risk from dengue fever, malaria and cholera. Wealthy countries will do much better at predicting and tackling...
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Australia OKs Biggest Solar Project in Southern Hemisphere
2013-08-03 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Australia will start construction in January on the largest solar power station in the Southern Hemisphere, which will meet the electricity needs of over 50,000 average Australian homes. Approval came on July 29 when financial agreement was reached among the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments and AGL Energy Ltd, Australia`s largest private owner, operator and developer of renewable generation assets. Australian Minister for Climate Change Mark Butler says the solar project will be...
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Leaked Climate Change Authority report calls on Australia to triple 2020 carbon emissions cuts target
2013-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: One of the Government's key advisory bodies on climate change says Australia should triple its 2020 target for cutting carbon emissions. A leaked report to the Government from the independent Climate Change Authority says Australia should aim to cut emissions by 15 per cent of 2000 levels by 2020. That is up from the 5 per cent figure agreed to as a target by both sides of politics. The report says the cuts should ramp up to 40 per cent cut by 2030, and 90 per cent by 2050. The Gillard government...
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Australia faces increased risk of disease from climate change
2013-08-02 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been warned of the rising threat of dengue fever and heat stroke deaths in the wake of a study that found climate change is aiding the spread of infectious diseases around the world. The report, part-funded by the US National Science Foundation and published in Science, found that climate change is already abetting diseases in wildlife and agriculture, with humans at heightened risk from dengue fever, malaria and cholera. Wealthy countries will do much better at predicting and tackling...
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