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Showing posts with label Greg Hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greg Hunt. Show all posts
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Bandaids for an unmitigated reef catastrophe #ReefElection

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Image: Malcolm Turnbull, Greg Hunt, Ewen Jones travelling to Magnetic Island. Photo: Greg Hunt/twitter . Article first published using sto...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Australian Government censors UNESCO report on Great Barrier Reef #ReefGate

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A UNESCO report identifies World Heritage sites at risk from climate change, but there is no mention of Australian sites in the report. Th...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

ERF auction spends big for just 7 per cent #climate emissions reduction for 2030

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This article was originally published at nofibs.com.au Results from the third Direct Action Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction for e...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

As Greg Hunt signs #ParisAgreement, I am still ashamed of Australia's abysmally low climate targets

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A Record 176 nations signed the Paris Agreement at a UN ceremony in New York, Australia among them. But Australia was also snubbed by not ...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Coral Bleaching prompts Australian Environment Ministers: Strong and urgent action needed on climate change

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This article was originally published at nofibs.com.au In a late night conference call on Wednesday night 20 April 2016 between Federal ...
Monday, April 11, 2016

Attenborough on the Great Barrier Reef, sea level rise and climate change

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Did you watch the first part of David Attenborough's documentary on the Great Barrier Reef? This is a remarkable documentary with film...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Burying the bad news at Christmas: Australian Greenhouse Gas emissions rising

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First published at nofibs.com.au Australia's Quarterly Update of Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory to June 2015 was ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Australia's #climate stance for Paris #COP21

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It seems that Australia has flexibility in negotiating for a global climate agreement in Paris. Minister Hunt even expressed that there is...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Can a leopard change it's spots? Australia's schizophrenic #climate diplomacy

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This article originally appeared at nofibs.com.au It seems Ministers from 62 nations were won over by Australian Environment Minister G...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Canada welcomed at Paris #PreCOP #climate Ministerial meeting

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Original article published at nofibs.com.au A high level informal Ministerial pre-summit climate conference is currently under way in Pa...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Aussie Environment Minister Greg Hunt rebranded as #MinisterForCoal

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On Friday the #Ministerforcoal hashtag was trending in Melbourne and then in Australia on Twitter. Activists had decided to inject some hon...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Climate Guardians in Environment Minister roof protest over Adani coal mine approval

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Melbourne's climate Guardian Angels have descended on top of Environment Minister Greg Hunt's electoral office in Hastings in a ro...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Will Lisa Neville MP move fast enough on #GFNP to save Leadbeater’s possum from #extinction?

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Leadbeater's Possum, also known as Victoria's fairy possum, is one of those species fighting for survival against the odds and agai...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19 percent says Australia's Climate Change Authority

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The Australian Climate change Authority has released its final assessment on what Australia's climate emissions reduction target should...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Whitehaven coal mine offsets not compatible with threatened ecosystems being destroyed

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The Whitehaven coal mine at Maule's Creek near Boggabri in north Western NSW involves the destruction of a substantial part of the Leard...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Coal barons and climate change driving Great Barrier Reef destruction

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Let's get this straight. Australian politicians are allowing some of the richest Australian billionaires combined with Chinese and Indi...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Australia earns first rebuke by civil society at UN climate change talks

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Australia had the dubious priveledge of earning the first Fossil of the Day award at the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw, Poland. Ci...