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Day: October 9, 2013

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Call for 25 per cent total solar power by 2030

Two British scientists have proposed an ambitious plan to tackle the problem graphically described by the latest United Nations report on climate change. Their solution is

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IMF: carbon price key to climate change efforts

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has urged the world’s finance ministers to focus on two elements to tackle climate change: setting the “right price”

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Japan carbon emissions rise without nuclear

Japan’s greenhouse-gas emissions climbed to their second-highest level on record in the last financial year, mainly because the country used more fossil fuels to make

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Hunt silent on carbon price repeal tactics

Australia’s new Environment Minister Greg Hunt, will not be drawn on whether the conservative Liberal-National government, will call a double dissolution election if it does

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Obama’s top climate change adviser leaving

The top White House adviser on energy and climate change, Heather Zichal, is leaving the administration of President Barack Obama after five years. “Heather will