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Australia: Global cooling: climate scientists keen meet Tony Abbott's business adviser
2014-08-15 05:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbotts top business adviser, Maurice Newman, has been invited to meet climate scientists following his assertion that the world is in fact in danger of cooling, rather than warming. Newman used an opinion piece in the Australian newspaper on Thursday to say the world was ill prepared for a period of global cooling, accusing governments of being hostage to warming propaganda from climate scientists. On Friday Tim Flannery, head of the Climate Council, told Guardian Australia he was...
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Australia: Abbott's climate stance is 'reckless' and 'deeply shaming', senior UK Tory says
2014-07-09 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott doesnt take climate science seriously and the repeal of the carbon price is reckless and deeply shaming, according to a former UK Conservative party environment minister. Lord Deben, who served in Margaret Thatchers government as John Gummer, told Guardian Australia the Australian government was out of step with centre-right politicians from around the world on the urgency of tackling climate change. I havent met an Australian who is not deeply ashamed of this government,...
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New Zealand and UK Not Joining Tony Abbott's Alliance to Block Global Climate Change Agenda
2014-06-12 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: After Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott expressed his intentions of seeking an alliance with "like-minded" nations to counter U.S. President Barack Obama's climate change agenda, the conservative climate and energy minister of the UK has rejected the idea. Greg Barker said the UK government is unlikely to side with Australia in opposing carbon price and challenge a push by Pres. Obama to create stronger international regulations to address climate change. New Zealand Prime Minister John...
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Australia: Tony Abbott's Budget Cuts on Research a Declaration of War on Science
2014-04-17 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Australia's scientists have found one common enemy in the person of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Since Mr Abbott won the September 2013 election, some of the country's brilliant researchers have complained that their funding has been cut. The scientists claim their "expertise" is constantly overlooked in favour of deniers and skeptics. The scientific community in Australia is speaking out to express their fears as the Abbott government's first annual budget will have more cuts for research in world-class...
Western Australian senate election is repudiation, not validation, of Abbott's climate policy
2014-04-09 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott declared the Western Australia half-senate election to be a "referendum" on the carbon price in his first major door-stop as prime minister in Perth last year If there is a new election it will be another opportunity for the people of Australia to say no to the carbon tax and frankly I welcome another opportunity for the people to participate in a referendum on the carbon tax. While the idea of elections in general and this by-election specifically being referendums is utter nonsense,...
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