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Climate deal won't stop Great Barrier Reef getting 'cooked Greens
2016-04-23 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias lack of follow-through on climate change will leave the Great Barrier Reef completely cooked despite it signing the Paris climate deal, the Greens say. The federal environmental minister, Greg Hunt, has joined leaders from 170 other countries in New York to sign the Paris Agreement to limit global warming by at least 2C. Hunt says Australia will beat its Kyoto emission reduction targets by 78m tonnes and meet a 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels....
Condamine River fire Greens MP lights bubbling methane gas blames fracking
2016-04-23 00:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Part of a Queensland river bubbling with methane gas has burst into flames after being ignited by a Greens MP, who blames nearby coal seam gas (CSG) operations for the "tragedy in the Murray-Darling Basin". Key points: Methane gas has been bubbling in the Condamine River since 2012 Vision shows Jeremy Buckingham setting the bubbling methane alight Origin Energy says it is monitoring the river New South Wales Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham has released vision of himself on a boat sparking...
Greens Cry Foul Over Circular on Ordinary Sand Mining
2016-03-06 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: Greens are crying foul over a recent circular issued by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, making Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) mandatory for mining or extraction of ordinary sand in the state. According to them, the circular is mute over sand mining from areas of less than 5 hectares and may miss the target which it desires to hit. As per the circular issued by the Environment Department dated February 9,...
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Wanted: Greens for Wreaths
2015-11-25 23:17:12| PortlandOnline
Australia: Greens propose new $500m renewable energy body
2015-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A new $500 million government authority would deliver a 15-year pipeline of clean energy projects through a combination of reverse auctions and direct investment under a Greens plan to boost renewable energy and close down coal-fired power stations. Federal Greens Leader Richard Di Natale will on Sunday announce RenewAustralia, a key element of the party's policy to make Australia's energy generation 90 per cent renewable by 2030. The new body would be tasked with planning and driving the transition...
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