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Australian coal mining threatens CO2 target
2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: The forecast expansion of Australian coal mining and exports would be the world's second-largest contributor of new carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels if fully realised, research by Greenpeace International has found. An analysis of the planet's 14 largest proposed, coal, oil and gas developments - to be released on Wednesday by Greenpeace - finds if Australian coal production expands as projected, the mining, production and burning of the extra resources would by 2020 result in 759 million...
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MapMechanics Helps Australian Producer Achieve Major Logistics Savings
2013-01-21 20:36:35| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
MapMechanics helps Australian producer achieve major logistics savings - Goodman Fielder enhances bakery distribution with UK-developed package
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177 Troy Ounce Gold Nugget Discovered by Australian Prospector
2013-01-20 23:59:56| About Metals
For those of us who thought that modern gold prospecting required drill holes, assay analyses and millions of dollars of investment, an amateur Australian prospector has proven otherwise. Media stories from the past week have been telling the story of a prospector who unearthed a 177 troy ounce (5.5kg) gold nugget using just a metal detector....Read Full Post
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Australian inferno previews fire-prone future
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: CLIMATE change is ramping up fire risk around the world. In Australia, home to some of the most fire-prone regions on Earth, the bush fires raging now could be a taster of what's to come. Parts of the world where the fire risk is rising can learn from Australia's experience, says John Handmer, director of the Centre for Risk and Community at RMIT University in Melbourne. A good place to start would be "uninhabitable zones" - places where the fire risk is so high no homes should be built. Such...
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Australian wildfires spare observatory, uncover bush drug lab
2013-01-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Raging wildfires destroyed at least another 28 homes and licked at Australia's leading optical space observatory on Monday, officials said, but spared giant telescopes that have mapped far-away galaxies and discovered new planets. Less fortunate were a father and son who police arrested after a fire was lit deliberately to destroy illegal drug laboratories they were alleged to be running in dense bushland. Police were closing in on the drug labs when the fire was lit. More than 140 fires are...
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