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Australia's conservative leaders have defied calls for urgent climate action, boasting they will sell coal for as long as anyone is buying. When dozens of countries, meeting at COP26 talks in Glasgow, recently agreed to phase out coal, Australia baulked."We are not closing coal mines and we are not closing coal-fired power stations," said resource minister Keith Pitt, using the opportunity to boast about the quality of Australian coal and 300,000 Australian jobs linked to the sector.
The Australian government said Monday that the country would keep producing and exporting coal "well beyond 2030," despite a stark warning from a top UN climate official that failing to scrap the fossil fuel will "wreak havoc" on the economy. FRANCE 24's Richelle Harrison-Plesse tells us more.
Australia, Jul 23 (EFE).- The Unesco World Heritage Committee has decided not to include the Great Barrier Reef, for the time being , on the List of World Heritage in Danger.FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE, FOR INFORMATION USE ONLY. DO NOT USE WITHOUT WATERMARK.
Australia will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" over its deterioration caused by climate change, the government said Tuesday. The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef's World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline. of the Great Barrier Reef
A "massive" coral reef measuring approximately 1,600 feet has been discovered in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. According to CNN, the newly found reef system is taller than some of the world's highest skyscrapers. Scientists found the detached reef in waters off North Queensland while on an expedition. The reef system is the first to be discovered in more than 120 years. Robin Beaman, who led the expedition, said he was "surprised" by the discovery.
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