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Australia: October blew away heat records for any month of any year: Bureau of Meteorology
Posted by Morning Herald: None Given on November 3rd, 2015
Morning Herald: The red-hot start to October barely let up, setting Australia up for its most abnormally warm month in records going back to 1910, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
The arrival of summer-like conditions several months early has combined with on-going dry conditions in many southern parts of the country to create dangerous fire conditions, authorities say.
Nationally, maximum temperatures were 3.44 degrees above average for October, eclipsing the previous record deviation of 3.41 degrees set in...
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Australia given more $4 billion foreign subsidies for coal projects: Report
Posted by Morning Herald: None Given on June 2nd, 2015
Morning Herald: Australia has received more than $4 billion in money from foreign governments to fund coal projects since 2007, according to a new report highlighting the extent to which wealthy countries are still financing fossil fuels.
And Australian taxpayers have subsidised coal mines and power plants around the world to the tune of $1.4 billion through the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, a government bank that helps finance Australian projects in other countries.
Government-owned finance institutions...