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Day: December 18, 2013

Business
Abbott says RET pressures energy, manufacturing

Australia’s conservative Liberal-National Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he wants the country to be an affordable energy superpower. As a result Mr Abbott has

Business
EU reaches deal on super-warming F-gases

The European Union has reached a tentative deal on limiting the use in refrigerators and air-conditioners of fluorinated gases that have a global warming potential

Business
$1bn US wind power order rivals coal

United States investor Warren Buffett’s utility company has decided to order about $1 billion of wind turbines for projects in the US state of Iowa.

Business
UN plans for 2015 climate disaster risk deal

The United Nations hopes to seal a global agreement on reducing the risks from extreme weather events, earthquakes and tsunamis at a 2015 summit in

Business
Water scarcity worsening as climate changes

According to a leading German climate study institute climate change will increase the number of people at risk of absolute water scarcity by 40 per