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This is on behalf of local climate change group. Material is selected by Bernie McComb and does not necessarily represent opinion of whole group.

Morrison is dangerously wrong on gas, and needs to wake up to new technologies

Posted on January 30, 2020 by groundswellbasscoast

How can this PM be so far out of touch? It’s when prime minister Scott Morrison thinks he’s being really clever that he reveals the true level of his ignorance. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/morrison-is-dangerously-wrong-on-gas-and-needs-to-wake-up-to-new-technologies-69578/

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Australia has a credible path to a low carbon grid. Why won’t the Coalition embrace it?

Posted on January 29, 2020 by groundswellbasscoast

Australia has been presented with a credible plan to reach 90 per cent renewables and slash emissions. Why is federal government so idiotically avoiding it? — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/australia-has-a-credible-path-to-a-low-carbon-grid-why-wont-the-coalition-embrace-it-72686/

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Tesla trades as $100 billion company as Musk unlocks first moonshot package

Posted on January 29, 2020 by groundswellbasscoast

This latest surge makes Tesla now the first publicly listed US carmaker valued at more than $100 billion in history — Read on thedriven.io/2020/01/22/tesla-trades-as-100-billion-company-as-stocks-top-us550/

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2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year on Record – The Atlantic

Posted on January 28, 2020 by groundswellbasscoast

It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here,” James Hansen, a lead NASA climate scientist, told Congress in June. His declaration was front-page news. George H. … Continue reading →

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How good is being Strayan

Posted on January 28, 2020 by groundswellbasscoast

Alice had 55 days above 40 degrees last year, and recorded street-surface temperatures between 61 and 68 degrees celsius… Thought, Philip C. Almond, explains why Morrison’s faith means “reducing carbon emissions … may have little intellectual purchase with the PM” – … Continue reading →