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| - | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-01-16 Australian heatwave.jpg|right|150px]] Australia experienced an [[Australian heatwave January 2014|extreme heatwave during January 2014]] with maximum temperatures in excess of 40C were experienced on successive days.}} | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2015 Peoples Climate March Melbourne DSC 2253.JPG|right|150px]] 785,000+ people attended 2300+ Peoples Climate Change events in 175+ countries in November 2015 just prior to the [[COP21]] conference. Over 60,000 people attended the [[Peoples Climate Marches November 2015]] in Melbourne}} |
| - | Australia experienced an [[Australian heatwave January 2014|extreme heatwave during January 2014]] with maximum temperatures in excess of 40C were experienced on successive days. | + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-09-21 Peoples Climate March Melbourne 600 0584.JPG|right|150px]] Over 30,000 people attended the [[Peoples Climate March September 2014]] in Melbourne}} |
| + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-08-10-Anglesea-Coal-Mine-Rally-600 9497.JPG|right|150px]] Over 500 people attended a rally demanding the closure of the [[Alcoa Anglesea brown coal mine and power station]]}} | ||
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| + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-06 Solar Power global.jpg|right|150px]] Top 10 countries for solar PV capacity in 2012}} | ||
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| + | {{News box item|[[Image:AntarcticaTemps 1957-2006.jpg|right|150px]] The '''[[West Antarctic ice sheet]]''' is collapsing due to global warming, three studies have concluded. Sea levels predicted to rise 3m in 100 years.}} | ||
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| + | {{News box item|[[Image:2014-01-16 Australian heatwave.jpg|right|150px]] Australia experienced an '''[[Australian heatwave January 2014|extreme heatwave during January 2014]]''' with maximum temperatures in excess of 40C were experienced on 4 successive days.}} | ||
| {{News box item|[[Image:Solana Power Plant.jpg|right|150px]] The '''[[Solana solar power plant]]''' was commissioned in October 2013. The plant in Arizona features arrays of solar mirrors and energy storage using hot salt.}} | {{News box item|[[Image:Solana Power Plant.jpg|right|150px]] The '''[[Solana solar power plant]]''' was commissioned in October 2013. The plant in Arizona features arrays of solar mirrors and energy storage using hot salt.}} | ||
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| {{News box item|[[Image:2013-03 Australian Solar Power.jpg|100px|right]] Australia's solar era dawns with over 1.5 million rooftop power stations - equivalent to three medium sized coal-fired power plants.}} | {{News box item|[[Image:2013-03 Australian Solar Power.jpg|100px|right]] Australia's solar era dawns with over 1.5 million rooftop power stations - equivalent to three medium sized coal-fired power plants.}} | ||
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| - | {{News box item|Torrential rain of an intensity not seen in decades causes '''[[Athens floods February 2013|floods in Athens]]''' on Friday 22 February 2013}} | ||
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| - | {{News box item|'''[[2012 Was Hottest Year Ever in United States]]''' with the previous record for temperature differences between years, set in 1998, exceeded by a full degree Fahrenheit.}} | ||
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| - | {{News box item|The United Nations Environment Program released a report in November 2012 indicating that the '''[[Permafrost melting|world's permafrost is beginning to thaw]]''', bringing with it the threat of a big increase in global warming by 2100.}} | ||
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| - | {{News box item|'''[[Hurricane Sandy]]''' formed over the Caribbean and tracked north, making landfall on the New Jersey south coast at Atlantic City, south of New York at approximately 20:00 (8pm) Monday 29 October 2012 EDT. Although downgraded to a tropical storm, Sandy is estimated to have caused $45b damage across 9 States.}} | ||
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| - | {{News box item|The world's human population reached '''[[World population reaches 7 billion|7 billion people in 2012]]'''. The challenges of curbing population growth and supplying food for everyone are key issues for the current millennium.}} | ||
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