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Mass coral bleaching now affecting half Australia Great Barrier Reef
2016-04-11 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The mass coral bleaching event smashing the Great Barrier Reef has severely affected more than half its length and caused patches of bleaching in most areas, according to scientists conducting an extensive aerial survey of the damage. The good news with my last flight is that I found 50 reefs that werent bleached, so that may be the southern boundary, said Terry Hughes from James Cook University. Hughes is the head of the national coral bleaching task force, which has been conducting flights...
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Singapore Airlines could buy Virgin Australia to block Chinese
2016-04-11 02:47:19| Airlines - Topix.net
Investment involved in Virgin's big push into the business market leaves its balance sheet in something of a weakened space. Singapore Airlines has the financial firepower to make a bid for the remainder of Virgin Australia, but it may not do so unless a Chinese rival makes an offer for Air New Zealand's 25.9 per cent stake, according to aviation experts.
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Sitas iBorders enables automated checking at Australia
2016-04-11 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection of Australia is conducting automated checks for passengers travelling to another country from any Australian airport.
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Clough to provide hook-up services for Inpexs Ichthys LNG project, Australia
2016-04-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Clough has been selected to provide hook-up services for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the Browse Basin, 220km offshore Western Australia.
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Australia could be world leader in solar-powered electric vehicles
2016-04-10 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Renew Economy: The shift from petrol cars to electric vehicles appears to be more than a consumer-driven, Tesla-inspired phenomenon. The big utilities are also getting on board. Origin Energy, one of country`s big three utilities, says Australia could a market leader in solar-powered electric vehicles, given the right incentives and policies that could encourage the uptake of renewable energy and force the closure of the most polluting brown coal power stations. "With an already high penetration of residential...
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