Malcolm Turnbull rejects Tony Abbott's call for subsidy to keep Hazelwood open.
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The CommBank contradiction: Support for cricket and fossil fuels.
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Changes to flight paths could reduce aircraft effect on climate.
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Halve carbon emissions each decade to combat warming.
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Australian Industry Group calls for 'emergency intervention' to keep Hazelwood open.
A leading national business group has called on Canberra and Victoria to consider an unprecedented "emergency intervention" to keep the Hazelwood coal power plant...
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