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Labour in 'fiscal credibility' promise
2016-03-10 20:47:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
After critics attacked the opposition over its spending plans, John McDonnell tells the BBC that any future Labour government will be economically disciplined and only borrow to invest.
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Australia starves green fund, denting climate credibility
2016-02-01 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Australia is choking off support for its main climate policy, casting doubt on Canberra`s green commitment. There are no plans to extend the A$2.55 billion (US$1.8bn) Emissions Reduction Fund after it runs out, expected to happen later this year. Finance minister Mathias Cormann told the Australian newspaper future budgets could support the scheme -- which offers incentives for businesses to invest in energy efficiency. The government will review its green arsenal in 2017, potentially introducing...
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With Keystone rebuff, Obama aims for more leverage and credibility in global climate talks
2015-11-07 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously fight global warming. Now that he's killed the project, Obama is holding it up as Exhibit A as he works to lock in his environmental legacy with a powerful international climate accord. Rejecting Keystone, the proposed 1,179-mile crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., was the latest in a long and growing list of steps Obama has taken...
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WHO Cancer Report Hurts Agency's Credibility
2015-11-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A food scientist with the University of Manitoba suggests a recent report by the cancer agency of the World Health Organization has hurt its credibility, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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CSIRO team study erodes credibility key soil carbon model
2015-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's method of measuring how much carbon is being stored in its soil is flawed, undermining the credibility of government programs to pay farmers to sequester the climate change inducing element, a new study by CSIRO researchers has found. The Carbon Farming Initiative begun by the Gillard government and the Abbott-Turnbull government's Direct Action climate policy have spent millions of dollars to encourage farmers to boost carbon levels in their soils to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions...