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Pacific nations 'very disappointed' by Tony Abbott's climate scepticism
2013-10-24 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott is risking the future of Australia's Pacific island neighbours by "burying his head in the sand" over climate change, according to Tony de Brum, the minister assisting the president of the Marshall Islands. De Brum told Guardian Australia that the Marshall Islands and other Pacific nations had been "very disappointed" with the new Coalition government's decision to scrap carbon pricing and abolish bodies such as the Climate Commission. On Wednesday, Abbott said that Christiana Figueres,...
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Australia: Al Gore attacks Tony Abbott's refusal to link bushfires with climate change
2013-10-24 01:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Tony Abbott's insistence that bushfires aren't linked to climate change is like the tobacco industry claiming smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, Nobel laureate Al Gore says. In light of the New South Wales bushfire disaster, the former US vice-president says the prime minister's comment that bushfires are a function of life in Australia and nothing to do with climate change reminds him of politicians in the US who received support from tobacco companies, and who then publicly argued the companies'...
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Tony Abbott: Australian bushfires not linked to climate change - video
2013-10-23 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australian prime minister Tony Abbott rubbishes a suggestion by the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, that there is a link between global warming and bushfires, as the fire danger-level in regions of New South Wales was raised on Wednesday amid worsening weather conditions
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Australia: Clear link between climate change & bushfires: UN adviser warns Tony Abbott
2013-10-22 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A senior United Nations climate change official says there is ''absolutely'' a link between climate change and bushfires and has warned that the Coalition government will pay a high political and financial price for its decision to scrap carbon pricing. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, Christiana Figueres, said there was a clear link between climate change and bushfires such as those raging in New South Wales. She noted...
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Australia: Tony Abbott on carbon tax repeal legislation video
2013-10-15 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott announced today the first bill to be considered by parliament will be a bill to repeal the carbon tax. The Australian prime minister claims the legislation will bring down the average electricity bill by $200 a year, meaning an average household will be $550 better off
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