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'Our little brown rat': first climate change-caused mammal extinctionThe Morrison government has this week formally recognised the extinction of a tiny island rodent, the Bramble Cay melomys - the first known demise of a mammal because of human-induced climate change | p_hannam
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Govt 'struggling to get the numbers' to fix medivac loophole: Porter | Sky News AustraliaA senior government minister has admitted the Coalition doesn't have the numbers to amend a legal loophole in the controversial medivac legislation.\n\nIt has been revealed that the Labor-backed legislation offers no legal grounds that would force for refugees and asylum seekers to return to Manus Island or Nauru following a medivac transfer.\n\nAttorney-General Christian Porter concedes the government is 'struggling to get the numbers' to enact legislation that the Coalition believes is 'in the best interest' of the Australian people.\n\n\n
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Australia's largest coal miner to cap future production over climate changeGlencore announces it will limit its future coal activities broadly to current levels in response to the increasing risks posed by climate change.
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Climate change is ‘a religion’ that comes with a cost | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Peta Credlin says climate change is ‘a religion’, and that ‘anything other than slavish adherence to the doctrine of global warming is an open invitation to activist attack’.\n\nMs Credlin says the energy sector has an issue with less affordable and less reliable power in the system.\n\n‘It's a huge problem and it's going to get worse, much worse, the longer people pretend that environmental gestures come at no cost.’
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Australia needs to lead the way on climate change action: Adam Bandt | Sky News AustraliaFederal Greens MP Adam Bandt says Australia could become a beacon for global climate change action if it curtails its use of coal. \n\nSpeaking with Sky News Political Editor David Speers, Mr Bandt says poorer countries question why they should stop using coal when a 'rich, developed country with the capacity to get out of it' doesn't. \n\nThe Member for Melbourne's remarks come after Glencore, Australia’s largest coal producer, announced it will cap its global production of the fossil fuel at 2019 levels. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n
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Mining giant Glencore to cap production over climate change concerns | Sky News AustraliaAustralia's largest coal producer Glencore has announced production will be frozen at current levels to help address investors climate change concerns.\n\nThe Swiss-based company says it will be 'resilient' to all risks related to climate change following climate talks with a group of investors which controls around $45 trillion worth of assets worldwide.\n\nGlencore also says it will abandon the pursuit of large coal acquisitions in the future.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
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'Very disappointed': Ministers berate coal miner over climate change commitmentThe Coalition has reprimanded Australia's largest coal miner for capping its coal production, accusing 'latte sipping Greens' of forcing the multinational corporation's hand
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'Very disappointed': Ministers berate coal miner over climate change commitment'My colleagues have given companies like Glencore a lot of support and I think it's a kick in the guts for us,' Coalition MP Michelle Landry said.
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Climate change-related litigation was once seen as joke, but it could soon become business realityANALYSIS: Climate change-related litigation was once seen as joke, but it could soon become business reality
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