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Australia still 'constructive' climate talks, despite Julie Bishop's rhetoric
2014-12-11 03:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Australian governments rhetoric to its domestic audience about international climate talks is harder line than the positions it is taking in the actual negotiations, according to long-term observers of the process. In many areas the actual negotiating position of the current government is much the same as the former government, the real difference is in their rhetoric and their posturing, said the deputy director of the Climate Institute, Erwin Jackson. Their rhetoric is definitely tougher...
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Jumbo to install subsea structures for Wheatstone Project, offshore Australia
2014-12-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Jumbo has won a contract from Technip Oceania to install 13 subsea structures for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project, Western Australia.
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Coca-Cola Co hits back as PepsiCo wins Australia bottle feud
2014-12-10 16:35:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Coca-Cola Co has branded an Australian court's decision to side with PepsiCo in a battle over a disputed glass bottle design as "extremely disappointing".
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Australia pledges US$165m to UN Green Climate Fund
2014-12-09 17:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agen: Australia on Wednesday pledged A$200 million (US$165 million) to the UN-backed Green Climate Fund to mitigate the impact of global warming on poor countries, bowing to international pressure. With its use of coal-fired power and relatively small population of 23 million, Australia is one of the world's worst per capita greenhouse gas polluters and has been increasingly isolated over its perceived reluctance to do more to tackle the climate threat. It follows the world's most powerful economies last...
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United by inaction: climate bromance links Canada, Australia
2014-12-09 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: When the United States and China agreed to a joint climate change initiative four weeks ago, it left the leaders of two of their major trading partners in an awkward position. For Australia, its strong growth of recent years has depended on China's voracious appetite for coal and other resources. For Canada, the US is its largest energy market, and it has sought to keep its climate policies in close alignment. Neither Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott nor Canada's Stephen Harper have ever...
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