Australia Spends Billions on Incentives for Fossil Fuels
"[Australian] taxpayers spend about 11 times more encouraging the use of fossil fuels than on climate change programs - and the sum is growing."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 03/01/2011
Australia & Oceania
75 Dead, Hundreds Missing in Christchurch, New Zealand, Quake
Rescuers struggled to reach victims trapped beneath rubble in the aftermath of a February 22 magnitude 6.3 earthquake that killed at least 75 people in Christchurch, New Zealand. Several hundred more are still missing.
Source: New Zealand Herald, 02/23/2011
"Climate Change And Faith Collide In Kiribati"
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is generally only 6.5 feet above sea level. That means 6.5 feet above oblivion as sea levels are predicted to rise up to 3 feet by the end of the century. But many islanders remember God's biblical promise to Noah that he would never send another flood.
Source: NPR, 02/16/2011
"Palm Oil Giant Vows To Spare Most Valuable Indonesian Rainforest"
"The world's second biggest palm oil company has agreed to halt deforestation in valuable areas of Indonesian forest, bowing to pressure from western food processors and conservationists."
Source: Guardian, 02/10/2011
Australia: "Mothballs Warning Sounded by Experts"
"A team of pediatricians has called for a ban on naphthalene, used in mothballs, after the death of a baby and catastrophic brain injuries to two others."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 02/08/2011
"Asia-Pacific At Risk From Climate Migration: Report"
"Governments in the Asia-Pacific region face the risk of unprecedented numbers of people displaced by floods, storms and other impacts of climate change, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 02/08/2011
"Cyclone May Be Tipping Point In Australia Climate Policy Debate"
"Australia has endured two of its deadliest summers on record, blamed in part on global warming, but record fires, floods and cyclones have not persuaded it to take strong action on climate change. But some experts hope that Wednesday's arrival of giant Cyclone Yasi on the coast of Queensland, already hit by massive floods last month, will help bring more of a sense of urgency to the political debate over climate policy."
Source: Reuters, 02/03/2011
"Australia Cyclone Upgraded To Top Threat Level"
"A huge cyclone barrelling towards Australia was Wednesday upgraded to the highest threat level as meteorologists warned it was shaping up to be the most life-threatening storm in generations."
Source: AFP, 02/02/2011
"Scientists See Climate Change Link To Australian Floods"
"Climate change has likely intensified the monsoon rains that have triggered record floods in Australia's Queensland state, scientists said on Wednesday, with several months of heavy rain and storms still to come."
Source: Reuters, 01/13/2011
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