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Renewable investment dives Australia, bucking global trend
2015-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: Investments in renewable energy rose to record levels globally in 2014 but fell sharply in Australia because of uncertainty triggered by the Abbott government's review of the industry, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Worldwide investment in wind farms, solar photovoltaics and other clean energy sources jumped 16 per cent last year to $US310 billion ($383 billion), or more than five times the tally of a decade earlier. Solar investments accounted for almost half the total. China led the way,...
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Australia: Climate change: Why some of us won't believe it's getting hotter
2015-01-10 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: What is it about the temperature that some of us find so hard to accept? The year just ended was one of the hottest on record. In NSW it was the absolute hottest, in Victoria the second-hottest, and in Australia the third hottest. The first step in getting people to at least agree that its getting hotter is to stop talking about how to prevent it. Muddying the two, as we do all the time, gets peoples backs up. The measure is compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology. It dates back to 1910....
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Wool Prices in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand (Weekly Report)
2015-01-09 14:21:30| EmergingTextiles.com
Wool prices remained relatively stable in A$ terms, back from a 3-week recess in Australia, however falling in US$ terms, in line with the drop of the Australian currency. Our weekly report delivers a comprehensive view of wool prices in Australia, with a long list of micron types in A$, US$ and euro terms. Historical charts are also available, such as downloadable historical data. A glimpse on the New Zealand and South African markets is provided.
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Austal launches sixth Cape-class patrol boat for Australia
2015-01-09 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Austal has launched Cape Leveque, the sixth of eight Cape-class patrol boats (CCPB) for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS), at the company's Australian defence facility in Henderson, Western Australia.
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Australia: Firefighting hardly changed century. But bushfires certainly have
2015-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Innovation in firefighting methods only go so far. To keep up with climate change and more extreme fires, we need a larger, more professional fire service and a change of attitude Right now its the Adelaide Hills. In 2013 it was the Blue Mountains, in NSW. In 2009 it was the terrible Black Saturday fires in Victoria. While bushfires have always been a part of Australia, the behaviour of fires is changing on the back of increasing extreme weather incidents. For our continent, extreme weather...
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