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Australia: Emissions for power sector jump as carbon tax ends
2015-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The carbon intensity of Australia's main electricity grid has surged since the end of the carbon tax, undermining the Abbott government's efforts to cut national emissions. On an annualised basis, emissions from the National Electricity Market serving eastern Australia have risen by 3.9 million tonnes since June, while the sector's emissions intensity has risen 11 per cent, according to the latest Cedex report, compiled by energy consultants Pitt & Sherry. The share of black and brown coal...
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Australia records third-warmest year in 2014
2015-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australia has recorded its third-warmest calendar year since national records began in 1910, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says. Frequent heatwaves and a marked reduction in cold weather characterised 2014, the Bureau said. Mean temperatures were 0.91C above the long-term average in 2014, the BOM said. The news comes as South Australia is facing some of the worst bushfires in the region in decades. Firefighters are battling to contain a major blaze in the hills behind the city of Adelaide...
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Australia: Climate change isn't just a Leftist cause
2015-01-06 19:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The climate debate has descended into an ideological battle of Left versus Right, with parties of the Left taking ownership of the moral necessity for climate action. It need not be so, writes Dale Hughes. I'm a Liberal voter and I'm passionate about action on climate change. Did that sentence seem strange? Under Tony Abbott's stewardship of the federal Liberal Party, the term "Liberal" has almost become synonymous with climate change denial. It need not be so. The climate debate has unfortunately...
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Australia: Australian businesses feel the heat as temperatures soar
2015-01-06 16:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australia has recorded its third-warmest calendar year since national records began in 1910. For farmers, adapting to the harsh conditions can be difficult, and many businesses are now being urged to start "heat-proofing" their operations.
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Australia battles to contain worst wildfires in 30 years
2015-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of firefighters were battling on Tuesday to contain Australia's worst wildfires in 30 years which have already swept across more than 12,000 hectares outside the southern city of Adelaide and destroyed at least 26 homes. The fires, which are burning across a 240-km (150-mile) perimeter in the state of South Australia, come as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology announced on Tuesday that 2014 had been the country's third warmest year on record. That has raised questions about whether...
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