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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.

Fengning Pumped Hydro Project Will Increase China’s Hydro Storage To 40 Gigawatts |

It’s interesting to compare that this wil be operational for winter Olympics 2022/23. Should ScoMo ask them for a deal to make Snowy 2.0 happen before 2035? CleanTechnica

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Former flywheel energy storage startup engineer here. The economics of flywheel…

Useful discussion, about stabilisation of grid power – does new/old fashion for synchronous condensers really make much sense when compared with large battery storage? Hacker News

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Surely Howard and Costello couldn’t have cocked up as badly on this as they did everything else?

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UN Climate summit: Scott Morrison admires a ‘smart Drive-Thru while world leaders discuss emissions

Hi, ho, Scomo, it’s down the toilet you go. smh

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Delivering the next generation of capability for the Australian Army

Imagine how much safer we will all feel by the time we get 211 of these mother truckers at $50Million each? LiverakPartyAustralia

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Alaska’s Sea Ice Completely Melted Earlier Than Ever Before

Updates, many locations around real world, anxiety enough t trigger more denialism from @ScottMorrisonMP. When will he command solution up to Alaskans, to reduce their emissions. Truthout.org

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Curious Kids: why can’t we just build a pipe to move water to areas in drought?

Once upon a time – it’s always been a favourite with NeoLib fantasist. So simple and obvious. Why do we allow these wallies to get away with this kind of disinformation sales pitch? TheConversation

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Sustainable Development Summit: ‘We must step up our efforts – now’, Guterres declares

However, he warned that the world is, so far, set to miss the deadline, citing deadly conflicts, the climate crisis, gender-based violence, and persistent inequality: “half the wealth around the world is held by people who could fit around a … Continue reading

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Greta tells them…

Climate activist @GretaThunberg has made a passionate speech to world leaders at the UN, accusing them of betraying her generation by failing to act on climate change. pic.twitter.com/xL45rIJCbl — SBS News (@SBSNews) September 23, 2019

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The market has spoken: Coal is dying

Trump’s vow to rip up environmental rules has been overwhelmed by an even more powerful force: the free market. Coal just can’t keep up with dirt-cheap natural gas and increasingly affordable renewables. Economics have been front and center in this … Continue reading

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