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Australia: Coalition will protect reef with $1bn fund, says Turnbull
2016-06-12 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Malcolm Turnbull has promised that a re-elected Coalition government will protect the Great Barrier Reef by tackling its two biggest challenges climate change and water quality. The prime minister will pledge to set up a new $1bn reef fund with $1bn - taken from the Clean Energy Finance Corporations $10bn special account - to invest in projects that will improve water quality, reduce emissions, and provide clean energy in the reef catchment region. The fund would deliver the $1bn over 10...
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull asserts there is no public funding for Adanis coal mining project
2016-06-03 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asserted that there is no public funding for Adani`s 21.7 billion dollars coal mine project. He made the comment to an environmental protester dressed in a fish costume. Turnbull said that he takes climate change "as seriously as you" as the protestor dressed as the clown fish from animated movie 'Finding Nemo` asked him to commit to no public funding for Indian mining giant`s controversial project. Adani`s plan to build one of the world`s biggest...
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Australia: Turnbull tells leaders' debate he will meet tough climate change targets
2016-05-29 13:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Malcolm Turnbull conceded bipartisanship on climate change was desirable and committed to meet higher targets if set by the global community in the second leaders debate of the Australian election campaign. But the prime minister failed to outline how Australia would reach the 2030 emission reduction targets agreed to in Paris. Bill Shorten, the Labor leader, baited Turnbull, asking: Whatever happened to the old Malcolm Turnbull on climate change? You were so impressive when you were leading...
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Farmer Ian Turnbull convicted of murder of NSW environment officer Glen Turner
2016-05-27 07:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An 81-year-old farmer farmer has been found guilty of the murder of a New South Wales environment officer he shot after a long-running dispute over land clearing. A jury found Ian Turnbull guilty in the NSW supreme court of murdering Office of Environment and Heritage compliance officer Glen Turner, 51, at his Croppa Creek property in the states north in July 2014. The five-week trial heard Turnbull shot Turner three times in July 2014 with a rifle used to kill vermin, after a lengthy legal...
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A big majority of Australians say Malcolm Turnbull is doing little or nothing about climate change
2016-05-24 06:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Herald: Climate change has featured little in federal election campaign so far but the new poll results point to widespread voter dissatisfaction with current policies. In Australia, just 4 per cent said the government was doing "a great deal" to address climate change and 19 per cent said it was doing "a fair amount." But more than half (52 per cent) said the government was doing not very much and 14 per cent nothing at all. The results were consistent across Australian age groups and income groups...