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Australia: Climate change to blame for summer of extreme heat and damaging floods, report says
2013-03-03 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: CATASTROPHIC bushfires, damaging rain and the most intense heatwave on record this summer are just a taste of what climate change will bring, a new report says. Climate Commissioner Will Steffen said the extreme weather of 2012/13 was climate change in action, and more events are on the way. In his Climate Commission report, Angry Summer, released today, Prof Steffen also said Queensland's one-in-100-year flood was one part of a "very, very unusual summer". "We've been storing extra heat...
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Chinese smog is choking my creativity, says film-maker
2013-03-03 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some say success is the enemy of creativity; others have blamed the pram in the hall. But one of China's best-known film directors has found a new culprit: smog. "Cornered by the terrible weather, I have nowhere to go I am unable to focus on my artistic creation," said Chen Kaige, who won the Palme d'Or for his 1993 film Farewell My Concubine. His comments reflect growing public concern about China's environmental record, exacerbated by the severe air pollution in Beijing and other areas...
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United Kingdom: We must adapt to climate change, Scottish secretary says
2013-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
icLanarkshire: Scotland must find ways of adapting to a new and challenging climate, Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has said. The country's climate has changed over the last few decades. Weather is more severe and wetter, with 2011 seeing around a third more rain than the average annual amount between 1961 to 1990. A number of key bodies are to discuss how Scotland could be better prepared for extreme weather at a summit on Monday. Representatives from the Met Office, the Scottish Environment...
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News Ltd selling New Zealand Sky TV stake, newspaper says
2013-03-03 12:19:37| Telecom - Topix.net
News Ltd is believed to have sold its 44 percent stake in New Zealand's dominant television operator, Sky Network Television Ltd , the Australian Financial Review reported on its website on Sunday.
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Money not an issue in pothole work, contractor says
2013-03-03 03:38:39| Paper - Topix.net
When TME Enterprises Inc. bid five years ago for the right to maintain South Hampton Roads' interstates, its offer blew away the competition.
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