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Australia: Direct Action climate fight all over at least until the real fight begins
2014-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been fighting about climate policy for almost 10 years. Most people wish the argument would go away. Investors just wish they knew the outcome. After repealing the carbon tax and winning parliamentary backing for its Direct Action scheme this week, the Coalition says we have an answer to last 20 years. But thats not true. The Abbott government has deferred the most controversial element of its own policy the bit likely to determine whether it can succeed, and the bit that...
Climate science triggers action from government, industry: UNEP
2014-11-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A growing body of scientific evidence has inspired governments and industries to respond to the threats posed by climate change, a senior UN official said. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)'s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, told Xinhua in an interview in Nairobi this week that policymakers and investors have relied on climate science to initiate mitigation and adaptation projects. "The latest assessment report is categorical that we are faced with a climate change threat and the...
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If we want to make climate action happen we need to hear about the solutions
2014-10-29 06:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Our efforts to cut carbon emissions arent working and no-one else cares. Give up. Its not a great thought to start the day, but thats the defeatist message Britain woke up to a couple of weeks ago, when the BBCs Today Programme interviewed newly-sacked climate-sceptic environment secretary, Owen Paterson. This climate defeatism also swirled around the rapturous reaction to Patersons argument from the usual suspects in the media. Having failed to undermine public acceptance of climate science...
Washington businesses push climate change action
2014-10-27 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Dozens of Washington state businesses such as REI, Microsoft Corp. and Virginia Mason on Monday signed a declaration supporting action to tackle climate change. At a news conference in Seattle, several executives said that businesses in Washington state can lead the way in finding innovative solutions to protect the region's natural resources and the economy. The businesses say they support cleaner fuels, energy efficiency, advancing renewable energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Palmer's softer line increases govt hopes on direct action climate change policy
2014-10-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Senior Abbott government members are increasingly confident a deal to pass its direct action climate change policy will be reached before Christmas after Clive Palmer appeared to soften his party's hardline position on the scheme. Australia has been without a climate change policy since July, when it became the first country to abolish a carbon price and key crossbench senators stressed their opposition to direct action on the grounds it was expensive and would fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions....
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