Tuesday October 31st 2006, 10:00 pm
Australian Prime Minister John Howard Wednesday pledged 60 million Australian dollars for projects to cut greenhouse emissions, amid mounting pressure on the government to fight global warming.
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Australia pledges new funds to cut greenhouse gases.
World seeks way to fight warming.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 10:00 pm
UN climate talks in Kenya next week will hunt for new ways to fight global warming.
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Australia rejects British climate report.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Australia said on Tuesday it would not let down workers and accept a hard-hitting British report on climate change as critics branded the country an environmental "renegade".
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Corals get climate survival guide.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Strategies to help vulnerable marine ecosystems survive the impact of climate change have been published by conservationists.
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How much will it cost to save the world?
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Just as arguments about the validity of climate science are dying down, it seems that a new battle is looming over how much the world should spend to tackle climate change.
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A sunshade for planet earth.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
One astronomer has come up with a radical plan to save the planet from global warming: launch trillions of feather-light discs into space, where they would form a vast cloud that would block the sun's rays.
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Canada climate-change stand spurs election talk.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Canada's minority Conservative government could face a confidence motion over its climate-change policy this week but political strategists said it was unlikely the country would be thrown into a quick election over the issue.
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City casts its cold eye on global warming.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Sir Nicholas Stern could not have been clearer: there will be winners and losers in the shift to a low-carbon economy.
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Flat screen televisions ‘will add to global warming.’
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
The domestic boom in flatscreen televisions could pump hundreds of thousands of tonnes of extra carbon into the atmosphere each, hampering Britain's attempts to cut emissions.
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Global warming could cool oil prices in long run: analysts.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
Climate change, the subject of a key independent report published this week, could push oil prices lower in the long term as warmer air reduces demand for heating fuel, analysts said on Tuesday.
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A new Kyoto but let’s not exaggerate: PM.
Tuesday October 31st 2006, 8:00 pm
John Howard will announce today $60 million in spending on 42 projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases as he seeks to combat Labor accusations that the Government has dragged its feet on global warming.
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