Filipino super-typhoon an ominous warning of climate change impact Philippines is having to adapt and adjust to rapidly deteriorating climatic trends at a great cost to its economy Share36 inShare.2 Email Simon Tisdall The Guardian, Sunday 17 February 2013 16.27 GMT Thousands of banana trees toppled by Bopha in New Bataan, Philippines. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Continue Reading →
Gillard brushes off poll slump as Abbott surges By chief political correspondent Simon Cullen Updated 8 minutes ago Video: Abbott overtakes Gillard as preferred PM (ABC News) Related Story: Miners criticise Gillard’s jobs package Related Story: Gillard unveils $1 billion jobs plan Related Story: Abbott hopes to model his government on Barnett’s Related Story: Rudd Continue Reading →
Sydney’s rail network is running 25 years behind London’s Underground says new rail boss Howard Collins ANDREW CLENNELL STATE POLITICAL EDITOR The Daily Telegraph February 18, 201312:00AM 19 comments Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share 1 The London Underground is 25 years ahead of Sydney’s rail network. Picture: AP Photo/Adam Butler Source: Continue Reading →
For Gillard, the bad news comes in threes Date February 17, 2013 Category Opinion 397 reading now Comments 152 Vote Read later Peter Hartcher Sydney Morning Herald political and international editor View more articles from Peter Hartcher inShare. Pin It submit to reddit Email article Print Reprints & permissions . COMMENT . Rudd denies leadership Continue Reading →
East Coast Sea Level Rise Tied to Slowing of Gulf Stream February 15, 2013 Posted by Neville underUncategorized No Comments East Coast Sea Level Rise Tied to Slowing of Gulf Stream By Tom Yulsman | February 14, 2013 9:09 pm Sea level rise has been accelerating along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, and Continue Reading →
Red Cross celebrates 150th anniversary The work of the ICRC, in some of the most dangerous places in the world Continue reading the main story Related Stories Red Cross ‘cannot cope’ in Syria Profile: International Committee of the Red Cross As it turns 150, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it faces Continue Reading →