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Australia's bushfires inflame climate change debate
2013-10-22 04:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Australia's bushfires have such a long and destructive history there's almost no day of the week that hasn't been dubbed "black" or "ash" to mark a major conflagration. There was Black Thursday in Victoria in 1851, which destroyed five million hectares and claimed 12 lives -- the first large-scale bushfire in the history of white settlement in Australia. Since then there's been Red Tuesday in 1898 in Victoria, which consumed 2,000 buildings, Black Friday in Victoria in 1938 that killed 71 and...
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Fires linked to climate change? 'Absolutely' says UN - video
2013-10-22 03:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Bushfires are becoming more common due to climate change, says the United Nation's climate change chief Christiana Figueres.
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Australia: Clear link between climate change & bushfires: UN adviser warns Tony Abbott
2013-10-22 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: A senior United Nations climate change official says there is ''absolutely'' a link between climate change and bushfires and has warned that the Coalition government will pay a high political and financial price for its decision to scrap carbon pricing. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday, the head of the UN's climate change negotiations, Christiana Figueres, said there was a clear link between climate change and bushfires such as those raging in New South Wales. She noted...
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The shale-gas boom wont do much for climate change. But it will make us a bit richer.
2013-10-21 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The shale-gas boom in the United States won't do much to cut U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions or tackle global warming. That's because, in addition to killing off coal-fired plants, cheap gas will also edge out cleaner energy sources like wind, solar, and nuclear. On the other hand, the glut of natural gas from fracking will make the country a bit wealthier and clean up other air pollutants in the decades ahead. Those are the conclusions of a big new report from Stanford's Energy Modeling Forum,...
Australia: NSW government accused of climate change research cutbacks
2013-10-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELEANOR HALL: As some question whether the extreme weather that's fuelling the Blue Mountains fires is linked to climate change, the New South Wales Government is being accused of dismantling the state's ability to investigate the issue. A climate change scientist who was employed by the state government says the cuts have been deepest in a group assigned to investigate and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Katie Hamann has our report. KATIE HAMANN: When Greens MP Adam Bandt tweeted...
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