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Climate policy is dominating Australian election
2013-07-16 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The land down under has its political priorities the right way up. While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney avoided discussing climate change during the 2012 U.S. presidential race, a federal election campaign in Australia is being dominated by debate over climate policy. From The Australian newspaper: The 2013 election now may come down to policy differences rather than popularity, or the lack of it. And it seems two of the three issues that have dominated Australian politics for 15 years will once...
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Australia election threatens shape of $34 billion broadband plan
2013-07-16 05:45:21| Telecom - Topix.net
The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia's far-flung inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country's history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election.
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Australia: Rudd Seeks to Ditch Carbon Tax With Eye on Election Campaign
2013-07-14 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd plans to accelerate Australias move to emissions trading, scrapping predecessor Julia Gillards clean-energy policy thats left the nation with the worlds highest carbon price. Rudd seeks to bring forward by a year to 2014 the move to a floating price on carbon, Treasurer Chris Bowen said yesterday in an interview with Channel Tens Meet The Press. Australias fixed carbon price is four times higher than Europes. The move came as the ruling Labor party drew even...
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NEWS RELEASE 5/13/13: Portland Fire & Rescue Investigates Powder Substance at County Election Facility
2013-07-09 23:55:48| PortlandOnline
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US government pledges US$9.7 million for Maldives climate change adaptation, election preparations
2013-07-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minivan: The United States government has pledged US$9.7 million (MVR 149 million) to the Maldives as technical assistance for climate change adaptation and election preparations. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two nations was signed yesterday afternoon (July 7) by the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-large Abdul Azeez Yoosuf and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director Todd Sorenson. The United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and...
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