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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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Election 2016: Coalition's $1 billion funding promise for Great Barrier Reef
2016-06-12 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The Turnbull government will establish a special $1 billion fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the ravages of climate change and declining water quality. The Reef Fund to be announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Queensland on Monday will invest in clean energy projects across the reef's catchment area in a bid to keep the World Heritage-listed icon healthy. Under the first major environmental policy announced by Mr Turnbull during the campaign, the money will be come...
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Coral reef tourism in danger as reefs struggle to adapt to warming
2016-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IPS: A recent UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on world heritage sites in danger from climate change received widespread media attention after the Australian government requested the removal of a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef. However the Great Barrier Reef is not the only coral reef at risk from climate change. The report described how coral reefs all around the world are being directly effected by warming waters and acidification associated with changes in...
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Ellen DeGeneres pleads Australians to help save the Great Barrier Reef
2016-06-08 11:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo!: The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's treasures, but is at risk due to coral bleaching as a result of climate change, and government inaction. It's led Ellen DeGeneres to urge the country to save the Great Barrier Reef, as part of a heavily Disney branded campaign called "Remember The Reef". It coincides with the release of the film Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo, which DeGeneres is a voice actor in. "I'm a big fan of your beautiful, great, wonderful Great Barrier Reef, which is...
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Ellen DeGeneres campaigns for Great Barrier Reef protection video
2016-06-08 03:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In a message for Australia, the actor and chatshow host says shes a big fan of your beautiful, great, wonderful Great Barrier Reef, which is home to my favourite fish, Dory. The video is part of the Remember the Reef campaign that coincides with the release of her latest film, Finding Dory. DeGeneres provides the voice of Dory in the sequel to 2003s critically acclaimed Finding Nemo. Disney will work with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef marine park authority to help...
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