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The article discusses international trade in coal and its projected growth, showing a map of importing and exporting countries. The World Bank is noted for fostering a part of the coal trade through its financing of coal-fired power plants in India, South Africa, and Botswana. Japan is characterized as the world's biggest importer of coal while Australia is said to be the biggest exporter.

The article discusses the characteristics of a blobfish which can be actively found in the seas of Australia and New Zealand.

The article reports on the role of global warming and climate changes on the 2007 elections in Australia. It states that the six-year drought in Australia has turned the attention towards climate change. The economic policies of former Australian prime minister John Howard, who claimed to boost the Australian economy, resulted in the rise of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientists have forecasted that the temperature of the interior of Australia will increase upto 7 to 9 degrees by 2070. The government of Kevin Rudd, prime minister of Australia elected in 2007 aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Australia and is signing the Kyoto treaty at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia.