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Australia: Abbott government hints could reduce Australia's emissions target
2013-11-10 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government appears to be reconsidering its longstanding policy to reduce Australia's emissions by between 5% and 25% of 2000 levels by 2020 a crucial and internationally-scrutinised goal which had retained bipartisan support since 2009, throughout Australia's tumultuous political debate over climate policy. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, and the environment minister, Greg Hunt, have regularly repeated the Coalition's commitment to increasing Australia's emissions reduction target...
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Australia on track for warmest ever year
2013-11-10 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia is "on track" for its warmest ever calendar year, temperatures in October 1.43C above the long-term average and more than 100 heat-related records broken in the past 12 months, according to a new report. The Climate Council study, called Off the Charts, says that the country has just had its warmest ever 12-month period, from 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013. This is the third month in a row that this 12-month temperature record has been broken. The report, drawn from Bureau of...
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Australia: Tony Abbott attempts to shift focus to carbon tax as new parliament opens
2013-11-10 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott will use the opening of the new 44th parliament to focus attention back on his planned repeal of Labor's carbon price after weeks of controversy over MPs perks, strained relations with Indonesia over asylum arrivals and regional surveillance, and displays of internal division over foreign investment and industry policy. The new parliament will sit in Canberra on Tuesday for the first time since the September election, and Abbott took to YouTube and social media on Sunday night with...
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Australia: World's burning, but mind how you feel
2013-11-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: It's liberating, throwing caution to the wind. From now on, I'm going to live my life based on how I ''instinctively feel''. And I'm in good company. Former prime minister John Howard set the mark last week in London, when he told the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a gathering of climate ''agnostics'' and ''sceptics'', that the ''high tide of public support for over-zealous action on global warming has passed''. ''My suspicion is that most people in countries like ours have settled into...
Wool Prices Mostly Unchanged in Australia (Weekly Report)
2013-11-08 22:35:00| EmergingTextiles.com
Fine fiber prices surged this week in Sydney while superfine and medium micron categories were not moving. 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 Chinese, New Zealand and South African markets is provided.
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