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UK DfT seeks new proposals for future Island Line rail services
2015-09-14 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has set out initial proposals for the future of the Island Line as part of next South Western rail franchise.
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Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations
2015-09-11 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been overheard quipping about the plight of Pacific Island nations facing rising seas from climate change. Mr Dutton was involved in a conversation with Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who had just returned from lengthy talks focused on climate change with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Noting that today's meeting on Syrian refugees was running a bit late, Mr Dutton remarked that it was running to "Cape York time", to which Mr Abbott...
Pacific leaders call for coal mining shut down save island nations from effects of climate change
2015-09-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The leaders of some of the world's smallest nations have called for coal mining one of Australia's biggest industries to be shut down, in a bid to save their countries from the effects of climate change. The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), which includes Pacific Ocean countries like Tuvalu and Palau, said global warming was already harming their people. The AOSIS said it wanted a moratorium on new coal mines, but was realistic about its chances of convincing Australia to give up its...
Island Nations Make Joint Call Global Moratorium on Coal Mines
2015-09-08 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Morning Herald: Five island nations vulnerable to climate change have joined calls for a global moratorium on new coalmines. Leaders from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu demanded the world limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius and that countries uphold the principle of polluter pays. The declaration on climate change came ahead of a broader 16-nation Pacific Island Forum leaders summit and retreat which includes Australia and New Zealand later this week....
Climate Change and Island Species: How the Dodo Birds Went Extinct
2015-09-08 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The first recorded image of the extinct dodo bird appears in a rare, first-edition book published in 1601, about the second Dutch expedition of 1598 to Indonesia, say analysts at the Lyon and Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh, who recently auctioned off the book. According to a release from the auction house, during their exploration, the Dutch voyagers took note of their surroundings, including the dodos (Raphus cucullatus). The Dutch called these birds Walckvogel, which means disgusting bird....
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