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Peabody's Australian mines in jeopardy despite minister's advice, says lawyer
2016-06-02 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Josh Frydenberg should revisit reassurances he gave workers at Peabodys Australian coalmines after the company filed financial statements revealing a dire financial position, an environmental lawyer who has studied the documents says. When the worlds biggest coalminer, Peabody Energy, sought bankruptcy protection in the United States in April, the federal resources minister said he had been reassured none of the companys 3,500 Australian workers would be losing their jobs. My primary...
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Engie considering closure or sale of Australian coal plant
2016-05-26 14:07:01| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: French gas and power group Engie said it is considering the closure or sale of its Hazelwood coal-fired plant in Australia as part of its strategy to exit the fossil fuel. Chief Executive Isabelle Kocher told a French Senate committee on Wednesday that following the sale of two coal plants in Indonesia and India, coal would represent about 10 percent of its energy mix and that the utility planned a gradual exit from coal in the coming years. "For the Hazelwood plant, we are studying all possible...
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Strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years ends: Australian weather bureau
2016-05-24 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years, which damaged crop production in Asia and caused food shortages, has ended, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said on Tuesday. Climate indicators associated with El Nino, which emerged in 2015, have now returned to neutral levels, the BOM said. El Nino sees in a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific which can lead to scorching weather across Asia and east Africa, but heavy rains and floods in South America. The latest El Nino...
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Why has climate change disappeared from the Australian election radar?
2016-05-23 04:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation AU: Two weeks into a protracted election campaign, it is looking ever-more likely that climate change is to be placed way down the order of business at least for the major parties. The contest over climate change that characterised the previous three elections seems to have disappeared off the political radar despite the issue being more urgent than ever. Since the Paris climate summit, global average temperatures continue to break month-on-month records. Just a few weeks after the summit, the...
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Between a rock and a hard place: drilling the Great Australian Bight
2016-05-17 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
BPs plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight are meeting with ever-growing opposition from both the government and conservationists. Elly Earls finds out whether their concerns are warranted.
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