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King Island switches on 100% clean energy
It’s likely that eventually King Island, in Bass Strait between the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania, will be home to the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere but for the moment a...
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Australian algae fuels green oil hope
Despite the claims of some, commercially viable fuels from algae have not yet been developed. However, a Queensland scientist has found newly trialled native algae species provide real hope. Dr Evan...
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Study says Lib-Nat soil carbon plan not viable
Australia’s conservative Liberal-National opposition’s plan to store carbon dioxide in soil as a central plank of its climate policy has been thrown into further doubt by new research. The research...
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Lib-Nat G4 climate plan at odds with ‘axe the tax’
A proposal by the conservative Liberal-National opposition to use next year’s G20 meeting in Australia to negotiate a G4 deal on climate change has been criticised by a leading green group. The...
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IPCC leak: oceans store Earth’s excess heat
According to a leaked draft of the most comprehensive United Nations report to address climate science, the oceans are becoming a repository for almost all of Earth’s excess heat, driving up sea levels...
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Report: Lib-Nat direct action risks $35bn budget blowout
A report released today and prepared by energy and carbon emission analysts RepuTex shows the conservative Liberal-National opposition’s Direct Action plan for climate change could result in a $35...
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Pacific warns world on climate change
The Pacific Ocean nation of Marshall Islands has warned that the clock is ticking on climate change and the world needs to act urgently to stop low-lying island nations disappearing beneath the waves....
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Abbott says election is referendum on carbon price
Seeking to press his core election promise to scrap Australia’s price on carbon, conservative Liberal-National opposition leader Tony Abbott has said next Saturday’s federal election is a “referendum”...
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Warming sends crop pests towards poles
Aided by global warming and human transport, a new study shows that crop-damaging pests are moving towards the poles at a rate of more than 25 kilometres a decade, posing a potential threat to world...
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Kerry says climate science ‘alarming’ and ‘irrefutable’
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry has said the evidence for climate change was beyond dispute but it was not too late for international action to prevent its worst impacts. “The science...
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Climate institute: ‘Lib-Nat climate plan needs rethink’
Leading climate think tank the Climate Institute has strongly criticised the Liberal-National opposition leader Tony Abbott’s statement that there will be no extra funding for the coalition’s Direct...
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IPCC head: climate at five minutes to midnight
The head of the United Nations’ expert group of climate scientists has said humanity has pushed the world’s climate system to the brink, leaving itself only scant time to act. “We have five minutes...
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Forecasters turn up the heat on heatwaves
A new forecasting method that may help deal with heatwaves in future years has been revealed just as temperatures start to rise across much of Australia with the approach of summer. John Nairn, manager...
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World Bank climate battle targets air pollution
The World Bank has said it is planning “aggressive action” to help developing nations cut emissions of soot and other air pollutants blamed for causing climate change. The global lending institution’s...
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Pacific nations lead world on climate change
In a move that shows world leadership on the question of climate change leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) countries have adopted the Majuro Declaration. The Majuro Declaration for Climate...
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Abbott vows to press on with carbon price abolition
Australia’s conservative Liberal-National coalition Prime Minster-elect Tony Abbott has begun his first day in the job saying his top priorities are to abolish the country’s price on carbon emissions...
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Carbon traders want trial of global market system
According to their Geneva-based lobby group emissions traders want United Nations climate talks in November to set rules for a trial system of globally linked carbon markets. A market framework...
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Lib-Nat govt begins carbon price repeal process
Australia’s newly elected conservative Liberal-National coalition is already applying pressure on the defeated Australian Labor Party (ALP) to “honour” what it says is a mandate to repeal the carbon...
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US supports Pacific climate change pact
Officials have said a new Pacific regional pact calling for aggressive action to combat climate change has achieved a “major accomplishment” by gaining United States support. The Majuro Declaration,...
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IPCC more certain humans cause global warming
After so many leaked previews its was almost an anti-climax that leading scientists now say they are more certain than ever before that humans are the main culprits for climate change. At the same time...
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