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Australia: Queensland is a state of extreme weather, and there will be more on the horizon
2013-02-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sunday Mail: BARELY a week ago all the talk was of fires, cattle dying in the thousands and Queensland slipping into the deadly grip of drought. Wouldn't you know it, days later large slabs of the nation's east coast were in flood, some record-breaking. Since the Millennium Drought that took up much of the 2000s, Queensland's weather has seesawed between floods, fires covering millions of hectares, cyclones and even a tremendous dust storm. The latest shattering event ex-Cyclone Oswald was deemed remarkable...
Completion of Substation Project Secures Powerful Future for Gladstone, Queensland
2013-01-30 22:17:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Powerlink Queensland, Australia, has recently completed work on a substation project that ensures a reliable supply of high voltage electricity is maintained to the Gladstone region.
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Queensland sugar cane industry suffers from floods
2013-01-30 12:35:10| Sugar Industry News
Sugar cane farms in the Bundaberg area and beyond have now been underwater for several days, causing serious damage to crops.
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Queensland farmers say a State Government draft agriculture strategy ignores possible effects of climate change
2013-01-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Courier-Mail: FARMERS have accused the State Government of ignoring the impact of climate change on farms in a draft strategy paper on how to double agriculture by 2040. In a submission to the State Government, the Queensland Farmers Federation said the need for agriculture to mitigate the drivers of climate change and to adapt to a changing climate was missing from the agriculture strategy. "Over the next 30 years, there is likely to be significant changes to temperatures and rainfall over Queensland that...
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Comet Ridge drills Mira 5 well in Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia
2013-01-14 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Australia-based coal seam gas explorer Comet Ridge has drilled the Mira 5 well at its ATP 337P Mahalo asset in Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia.
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