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Western Australia's shark cull faces legal challenge from conservationists
2014-01-20 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Greens and animal welfare groups are formulating a legal challenge to the Western Australian government's shark cull, claiming the move would fall foul of state, federal and international obligations. Lawyers for a loose-knit coalition of groups, including the Greens, the Conservation Council and Western Australians for Shark Conservation, are looking at whether the plan to trap and kill large sharks is legally possible. At a state level, the cull policy could run contrary to the Wildlife...
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Heatwave: Australia's grape growers watch their fortunes wither
2014-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Rod Gribble looks at his horror harvest through the haze of another 40-plus degree day. He's been up working since the early hours to beat the heat, only to be mauled by mosquitoes. Sunburnt grapes are shrivelled and brown on his farm on Savage Road at Bilbul, near Griffith in the state's south west. This season's yield of chardonnay grapes is so poor it's cheaper to let them rot on the vine than harvest what remains. ''No matter how much you water, the heat just dries them up,'' Mr Gribble,...
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Heatwave puts Australia's electricity supply under pressure
2014-01-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SCOTT BEVAN: The heat wave in South Australia as well as Victoria is putting the national electricity supply under extreme pressure not seen since the hot spell of summer 2009. The Australian Energy Market Operator says it hasn't had to shed any load as yet but the situation is "touch and go". Load shedding is needed when electricity demand and supply is out of balance and threatens the entire national network. It means customers are without power for defined periods. Industry and business...
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The blackouts during Australia's heatwave didn't happen by accident
2014-01-17 09:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia is experiencing the most extreme heatwave since, well, the last one in 2013 and 2009. Earth wind map shows Australia as hottest place on planet #climate #heatwave #connectthedots pic.twitter.com/AJGCoitnVc -- Alexander White (@alexanderwhite) January 17, 2014 While the sunburned country is used to hot weather, our infrastructure was not built to cope with several days of above 40°C temperatures. Now Victoria has now seen 4 consecutive days above 41°C, breaking records that have...
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Vegetable growers can prosper in Australia's sweltering heat
2014-01-17 03:39:59| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: After 20 years of trying to keep a vegetable garden, I have given up. The lettuce always gets bitter and eaten out by slugs, the coriander shoots to seed within weeks and the tomatoes spread and end up sitting on the ground, a big red target for insects and worms. Never, in my horrible history, have I delivered a fully-formed corn cob to the pot. And the melons? Well they never even make it to fertilisation. I have failed Earth Mother 101. Were I to rely on my own brown-fingered resources,...
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