Australia’s carbon laws face delay, poll possible »
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s key policy to fight global warming limped closer to defeat on Monday with parliament set to delay or reject the government’s carbon emissions trade scheme, raising the chances of an early election.
Dalai Lama says climate change needs global action »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tibet’s exiled Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama entered the climate change debate on Monday, urging governments to take serious action and put global interests ahead of domestic concerns.
Australian climate row highlights Copenhagen rifts »
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s major rivers are shrinking and farms are gripped by drought as scientists warn of climate change, but that has not convinced some skeptical politicians to back carbon-trade laws.
Workers at Indian plant probed on radioactive leak »
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) – Investigators into the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an Indian atomic plant have questioned several employees, officials said on Monday. The government has said the contamination was deliberate.
Warmer weather attracts more sharks »
SHARKS are expected to be a regular feature at beaches around Australia as climate change takes a grip on what is expected to be the hottest summer on record.
A 4.1m tiger shark was spotted in Queensland as the state’s biggest ever shark recently.
There have been more shark attacks in the past three years in the country [...]
Climate change continues »
CLIMATE change continues to be in full swing with most Australian capital cities posting their hottest November on record.
Melbourne has had a strange month of weather that has produced above-average rainfall but still record temperatures.
The city’s average maximum temperature was 27.6 degrees to Saturday, besting the 1862 record of 25.5 degrees for the whole of November.
While the [...]
Australian wildfire scheme said model to cut CO2 »
OSLO (Reuters) – An Australian project tapping Aborigines’ knowledge to avert devastating wildfires that stoke climate change is the world’s best example of linking indigenous peoples to carbon markets, the U.N. University said on Sunday.
Radioactive leak probed at Indian atomic plant »
BANGALORE, India (Reuters) – Indian officials are investigating the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant in the south of the country, they said on Sunday.
Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal »
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world’s population threw their weight on Saturday behind accelerating efforts to clinch an “operationally binding” U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month.
Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests »
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar’s poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said.