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Massive Current And Future Climate Impacts For Australia
Posted by CleanTechnica: None Given on January 29th, 2015
CleanTechnica: A new report from Australia`s CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology has found massive current and future climate impacts for the country, and highlights the need for ambitious post-2020 pollution reduction targets - targets that are sorely missing in the current national political climate. According to Australia`s Climate Institute, "the report highlights the need for ambitious post 2020 pollution reduction targets, a transition plan to decarbonise our economy, and far greater integration of climate resilience...
US Coal Companies Reap Windfall From Australian Climate Catastrophe
Posted by CleanTechnica: None Given on February 15th, 2011
CleanTechnica: How ironic! The effects of climate change might turn out to create a windfall for some of the very same fossil energy companies that are essentially also causing climate change. US coal companies have seen record profits, higher exports and soaring prices as Australian coal companies have had their production curtailed by the floods that inundated an area the size of Texas, which included some key coal mining regions. (Australia`s Catastrophic Floods Shut Down Coal Exports)
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