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Australia: Climate sceptic Maurice Newman not reappointed as government adviser
2015-09-28 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Outspoken climate sceptic Maurice Newmans term as chairman of the prime ministers business advisory council expired last week and he has not been reappointed, a spokesman for prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed. Former prime minister Tony Abbott appointed Newman as one of his first acts after winning government in 2013. Newman has used a weekly column in the Australian to expound private views on climate change, including that the world was ill-prepared for a period of global cooling...
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Climate sceptic Lord Monckton told he's not member of House of Lords
2014-11-24 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The House of Lords has taken the unprecedented step of publishing a "cease and desist" letter on its website demanding that Lord Christopher Monckton, a prominent climate sceptic and the UK Independence party's head of research, should stop claiming to be a member of the upper house. The move follows a testy interview given by Monckton to an Australian radio station earlier this month in which he repeated his long-stated belief that he is a member of the House of Lords. When asked by ABC Sydney's...
Is Narendra Modi a climate sceptic?
2014-09-09 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Indias prime minister, Narendra Modi, reportedly will be a no-show at the United Nations climate summit this month. Could it be because he does not accept the science behind climate change? Modi used to be a supporter for climate action. But in public remarks on two occasions in the last week, the leader of one of the fastest growing and biggest emitting economies appeared to express doubt about whether climate change was even occurring. Climate has not changed. We have changed. Our habits...
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Climate sceptic to lead review of Australia's renewable energy target
2014-02-17 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government has appointed a self-professed climate sceptic to head an extensive review of the renewable energy target. Dick Warburton, a veteran industrialist and current chairman of the Westfield Retail Trust, described his views on climate science in a 2011 interview on ABC. Well I am a sceptic. Ive never moved away from that. Ive always believed sceptical, he said. But a sceptic is a different person than a denier. I say the science is not settled. Im not saying its wrong....
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Australia: Climate sceptic to head Abbott review into renewable energy target
2014-02-17 06:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Advocate: The Abbott government has launched a formal review of Australia's 20 per cent renewable energy target, choosing senior business figure and climate change sceptic Dick Warburton to head it. Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Energy Minister Ian Macfarlane launched the review on Monday afternoon, saying it would focus on the targets impacts on electricity prices, the renewable energy sector, manufacturing and households. Among other things, the review will also advise on whether the size of...
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