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United Kingdom: The Greenest Government Ever?
2013-01-22 18:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Opinions might be divided over the Coalition's austerity packages - not to mention David Cameron's decision to hold a referendum over EU membership - but there can be no doubts about the Government's quest (and election promises) to be the "greenest ever." It is failing. Worse than that, critics claim the Coalition is actually heading in the opposite direction. According to Friends of the Earth, George Osborne (who is said to have described green lobbyists as the "environmental Taliban")...
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Government hypocrisy on major projects will lock in climate chaos
2013-01-22 13:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Government hypocrisy on major energy projects is fueling climate change and placing populations at risk, Greenpeace International said as it released a new report revealing the alarming threat posed by a planned massive global increase in emissions from coal, oil and gas projects. The 14 carbon intensive projects highlighted in the Point of No Return report range from massive coal expansion in Australia, China, the US and Indonesia, to oil expansion in the tar sands of Canada, the Arctic and Brazil...
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VIDEO: Japan government favours weak yen
2013-01-22 02:54:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Japanese government is pressing the central bank for fresh measures to boost the economy, including a strategy to weaken the yen currency.
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Mexico government to seek telecoms reform next
2013-01-21 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Country aims to increase competition and lower costs to consumers in all areas from mobile phones to media.
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Queensland farmers say a State Government draft agriculture strategy ignores possible effects of climate change
2013-01-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Mail: FARMERS have accused the State Government of ignoring the impact of climate change on farms in a draft strategy paper on how to double agriculture by 2040. In a submission to the State Government, the Queensland Farmers Federation said the need for agriculture to mitigate the drivers of climate change and to adapt to a changing climate was missing from the agriculture strategy. "Over the next 30 years, there is likely to be significant changes to temperatures and rainfall over Queensland that...
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