je.st
news
Tag: australias
Australia's Direct Action climate policy challenged by US, China and Brazil at the UN
2015-04-20 04:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been been asked to defend the credibility of its Direct Action climate change policy at the UN after several countries submitted questions to the Abbott government querying how the policy would reduce carbon emissions. The US, China and Brazil all large emitters have joined other countries in challenging Australia on its emissions reduction target and commitment to renewables. The questions were submitted to the UN framework convention on climate change. Australia has not...
Rand issues new report on Australia's naval shipbuilding industrial base
2015-04-16 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The $2.5m Australian Department of Defence (DoD) sponsored report on the country's naval shipbuilding industrial base has been published by Rand Corporation.
Tags: report
issues
base
industrial
Australia's renewable energy investment grinds to a halt
2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's large-scale renewable energy industry has entered an investment freeze, with just one project securing finance in the past six months amid political uncertainty, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The lone venture in the first three months of 2015 was worth just $6.6 million and following a complete drought during the December quarter, BNEF said. The project was a floating solar photovoltaic (PV) plant being developed in Jamestown, South Australia, by Infratech Industries....
Tags: energy
investment
halt
renewable
ISIS hacks website of Australias Hobart International Airport
2015-04-13 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The website of Australias Hobart International Airport had to be shut down after being hacked by pro-Islamic State hackers who published messages supporting the militant group.
Tags: international
website
airport
hacks
Universities should keep leading Australia's push to divest from fossil fuels
2015-04-09 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In the UK, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has demanded that his alma mater Kings College London sell off its fossil fuel shares and Oxfords former finance director threw his weight behind calls for divestment by helping to take over a university administration building. In the US, Harvard alumni including Star Wars actress Natalie Portman have backed student calls for civil disobedience later this month. At historic Swarthmore College near Philadelphia, 44 students have been occupying the presidents...
Tags: leading
push
universities
fossil
Sites : [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] next »