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Australia: Greens move block clean energy cuts sets up double dissolution trigger
2014-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The Greens leader, Christine Milne, said she would move, this week, that the Senate should vote on the government's bill, which faces certain defeat because Labor also opposes scrapping the $10bn renewable energy initiative. A vote on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013 will be taken before the July changeover of the Senate, when the Greens and Labor lose control of the upper house. The Senate has already rejected the legislation, but in March the government rushed it...
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Complaints about air pollution in China's capital double in five months
2014-06-14 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Complaints about air pollution in the Chinese capital of Beijing more than doubled in the first five months of 2014, the city environment authority said, a sign of rising public anger about the cost of rapid economic growth. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Bureau revealed late on Friday that 12,599 formal complaints about smog were lodged by members of the public from January to May, 124 percent higher than the same period of last year. Beijing, routinely shrouded in hazardous smog, has been...
Mediterranean Sea facing double threat of warming and acidification
2014-06-13 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The marine species of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the livelihoods and lifestyles of millions of people that depend on them, are being threatened by a manmade combination of global warming and ocean acidification. In a new study, coordinated by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), researchers warn that the sea is both warming and acidifying at unprecedented rates, with carbon dioxide emissions to blame. "We knew next to nothing about the combined effects of warming and acidification...
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Saab to deploy Double Eagle system on Polish Navys Kormoran II vessel
2014-06-12 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Saab has been awarded a contract by the Polish Navy to deploy its Double Eagle system on the Kormoran II mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV).
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Warren Buffett could double renewable energy investment to $30bn
2014-06-11 17:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Warren Buffett has said his Berkshire Hathaway holding company could invest a further $15 billion (8.9 billion) in solar and wind projects in the US. At a Las Vegas conference this week, the worlds third wealthiest man was reminded by his deputy Greg Abel of the companys current $15 billion investment in the sectors. Buffett swiftly declared that the same figure should be committed again, describing the overall potential of sustainable energy as an expanding market. Bloomberg said Buffett...
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