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Navigating through the Pyrocene future of climate heating and peak oil. #climatevoter
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After a few years of record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events… climate scientists — who once refrained from entering the public fray — are now using strident language to describe the warming planet. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Why many scientists are now saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’
Scientists used to avoid phrases like “climate emergency” and “climate crisis.” No longer.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2023 at 8:24 PM
BP posts profits of $3.3bn as oil prices rise again
BP posts profits of $3.3bn as oil prices rise again
The oil giant's profits were down from 2022 but up on the previous quarter due to higher refining margins.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2023 at 9:18 AM
China snaps up Australian, French wheat as crop damage spurs buying spree
Exclusive: China snaps up Australian, French wheat as crop damage spurs buying spree | Reuters
China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources say, with rain damage to its crop and worries over dry weather in exporting nations fuelling Beijing's appetite to buy while p...
www.reuters.com
October 31, 2023 at 6:43 PM
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"The endgame is to make offshore windfarms and even an upgraded power grid objects of local pride."

Very good, data-driven, advice from veteran pollster and strategist Peter Lewis on countering right-wing opposition to clean energy.
The right is firing misinformation bullets in its climate war on renewables – here’s a way to fi...
In the disinformation age it’s not enough for us to shake our heads about the lies the other side perpetrates
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2023 at 2:49 AM

Rooftop PV take a bite out ofeveryone's lunch as minimum
demand records tumble again
Rooftop PV take a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again
Rooftop PV sets new records for share of generation, and sends minimum demand levels to new low, taking a bigger bite out of the fossil fuel lunch, and that of large scale solar farms.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 29, 2023 at 6:33 AM
Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero
Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and 'green tariffs' to get Austra...
30 of the 50 economists surveyed want a carbon price of the kind introduced by Julia Gillard in 2012 and abolished by Tony Abbott in 2014. Several say there’s little “time left to act seriously”...
theconversation.com
October 29, 2023 at 4:49 AM
Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products
Negative prices: A “gift” to industry to shift demand and make new products
Telstra energy boss says negative prices are a “gift” to encourage big energy users to produce at low cost, and turn megawatt hours into petaflops, and other useful things.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 27, 2023 at 7:08 PM
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I agree with you that, of course, avoiding deforestation is a good thing. It makes sense to keep accountability and encourage these schemes to take place. But they shouldn't give any license to emit more. That's also what Kevin Anderson says: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_57O...
Let's Talk Climate: Carbon offsetting with professors Kevin Anderson and Mat Paterson
Let's Talk Climate: Professors Kevin Anderson and Mat Paterson discuss carbon offsetting and if it's helping or hindering climate action. Kevin's research an...
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax
‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax
‘We need … to maintain our roads in a way that’s fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport’, says Monique Ryan
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2023 at 7:50 PM
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix

www.afr.com/politics/fed...
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix
What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?
www.afr.com
October 19, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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Watch this become an increasing narrative by govt and industry. Australia's fossil fuels are apparently key to global peace. Heck, we're pretty much declaring war if we don't keep opening up new gas basins!
(from the govt's Future Gas Strategy Consultation paper).
#climate #auspol
October 10, 2023 at 9:57 AM
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To decarbonise industry, we must decarbonise heat.

About half of all industry process heat is below 200C.

Industrial heat pumps using waste heat are well-placed to provide heat at this temperature saving energy and reducing carbon emissions.
October 16, 2023 at 12:06 PM
Five times stronger than steel: Japan's new 'wood'
New material promises to help decarbonize manufacturing

asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...
Five times stronger than steel: Japan's new 'wood'
New material promises to help decarbonize manufacturing
asia.nikkei.com
October 16, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Japan has serious work cut out with carbon cutting ambitions
By Gavin Maguire
October 13, 20234:59 PM GMT+11Updated 2 days

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Japan has serious work cut out with carbon cutting ambitions | Reuters
Japan rolled out a carbon credit trading scheme this week as part of efforts to cut emissions and tackle climate change, but likely faces a tougher challenge than most peers when it comes to transitio...
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2023 at 7:13 AM
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Here's today's minute of peace and quiet, if you're looking for one. Taken straight from Nagambie Lakes on the Goulburn River.
A minute of peace and quiet at Nagambie Lakes on the Goulburn River. Don't mind the frogs.
youtu.be
October 14, 2023 at 5:54 AM
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Reflecting the 2021-22 data that was released the other week, here's an infographic demonstrating the destination of gas produced in Australia in that year.

Much more gas was burned at gas facilities to process gas for export than in any other sector of the economy.

There's still no shortage. 🧪
October 13, 2023 at 6:37 AM
A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand more flexible?
A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand m...
Rather than paying ageing power stations to stay open in the transition to renewable energy, demand flexibility is cheaper and cleaner way to ensure the system has enough capacity.
theconversation.com
October 11, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Network muscles in on smart meters as regulator grants “trial waiver”

reneweconomy.com.au/network-musc...
Network muscles in on smart meters as regulator grants “trial waiver”
NSW distribution network company to roll out 5,600 smart meters to customers after being granted a “trial waiver” from the Australian Energy Regulator.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 11, 2023 at 6:42 PM
If you live in NSW and use or have ideas on Buses, feel free to contribute to the survey. Bus Industry Taskforce

www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/bus-industry...
Bus Industry Taskforce
The NSW Government has created a Bus Industry Taskforce to make recommendations to improve the reliability, quality and effectiveness of bus services across NSW. Bus services connect people to jobs, e...
www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au
October 10, 2023 at 8:03 PM
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The video of our oil, geopolitics & the mid-transition panel is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j4w...
Oil and Politics in the Mid-Transition
Join The Polycrisis and Phenomenal World for a discussion on the geopolitics of a transitioning global energy system.Featuring:Amy Myers Jaffe, Director of t...
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Oil price leaps and airline shares fall after Hamas attack on Israel
Oil price leaps and airline shares fall after Hamas attack on Israel
Investors predict more instability in Middle East, as some flights to Tel Aviv are suspended
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2023 at 10:01 AM
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Western Australia's former Premier just flat-out called the state EPA to kill proposed greenhouse gas emissions controls (which were incredibly weak policy anyway)

The state government is 100% owned and operated by the fossil fuel industry. It's absolutely nuts

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Mark McGowan phone call allegation puts fossil fuel influence in WA under new spotlight
Former premier’s behaviour, if true, is ‘certainly improper’ and ‘ethically questionable’ and shows power of oil and gas interests, Carmen Lawrence says
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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"Australia’s diplomacy and foreign policy is designed to either secure ongoing markets for our gas and coal or to obstruct the climate ambition of others so those markets are not undermined."

New from me in The Saturday Paper.

📰 > www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
October 6, 2023 at 11:55 PM