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Australia normally experiences temperatures of 86F (30C) at this time of year, but the chances of a rare white Christmas have increased after plunging temperatures and snow swept across the east of the country. Bonnie Malkin Telegraph Freezing winds from Antarctica, blown up to Australia by a low-pressure system in the Southern Ocean, gave the country a taste of the conditions that are causing havoc across Europe. Some 11 inches of snow fell at the ski fields in New South Wales, raising the prospect that parts of the country could experience a white Christmas.
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WikiLeaks: Canadian Climate Change Coverup
Daphne Wysham: WikiLeaks cables reveals Canadian government covering up tar sands info 2010-12-16 16:38:09 Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to the Real News Network Webathon.
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Life on this Earth Just Changed: The North Atlantic Current is Gone
ExxonMobil says demand for power will increase by nearly 40% in the next 20 years, lifting emissions by around 0.9% a year at least until 2030. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, expects global carbon emissions to rise by nearly 25% in the next 20 years, in effect dismissing hopes that runaway climate change can be arrested and massive loss of life prevented.
