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Some Worry Australia's Great Artesian Basin, Outback Water Supply, Being Drawn Too Fast
2013-04-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Public Radio International: Australia's Outback communities rely on the water in the Great Artesian Basin, deep underground, for their water supply. But some now worry the aquifer is being drawn down too quickly. If it ever went dry, it would leave a whole host of Outback communities without a nearby water supply. Winton, population 954, sits in the heart of Queensland. There is not much to the town -- just a crisscross of about a dozen streets in the vast Australian bush. But, in a way, Winton should not exist at all....
Australia's Graincorp Concedes to $3.4B Takeover Bid Offer of U.S.-based Archer Daniels Midland Co
2013-04-26 05:37:47| Agriculture - Topix.net
's largest listed grain trader and the last standing independent grains handler, has conceded to a $3.4 billion takeover bid offer of U.S.-based Archer Daniels Midland Co .
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CEO Bans Politics in Review of Australias Climate Ambitions
2013-04-25 21:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Australias first review of its emission-reduction targets will try to sidestep the political questions surrounding carbon markets, according to the head of the newly formed Climate Change Authority. Its been a long time since weve had a national discussion on what Australias target should be, Anthea Harris, chief executive officer of the climate authority, said in an interview from Melbourne. Weve lost sight of what is most important. Its time to refocus the national debate. Prime...
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Australia's Westfield Shopping Centers Deploy Morse Watchmans KeyWatcher® Systems to ...
2013-04-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
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Greenpeace Activists Board Ship in Protest of Australias Coal Export Boom
2013-04-24 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: At sunrise, the six activists left the Rainbow Warrior on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the MV Meister, a ship carrying thermal coal loaded at Abbot point in Queensland. Using steel ladders, they climbed the side of the ship and 18 hours later remain on the vessel. Greenpeace boarded the ship just after it left the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The six activists come from five countries in the Asia Pacific region where Greenpeace is campaigning to end the age of coal: Australia,...
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