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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.

Are Australia’s climate–security risks too hot to handle? – Pearls and Irritations

Climate-related risks to human and regional security is our biggest risk, but there is a big black hole in the government’s discourse. — Read on johnmenadue.com/are-australias-climate-security-risks-too-hot-to-handle/ When a declassified version of the Defence Security Review (DSR) was released on 24 … Continue reading

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Europe’s longest cycling tunnel

reasonstobecheerful.world/europes-longest-bicycling-tunnel-opens-in-norway/ Also cheaper than car ferry COWES/Stony Point, all weather, non-polluting, healthy

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Bloomberg Green – Bloomberg

Climate news and data-driven insights from Bloomberg’s global newsroom covering the latest in science, environmental impacts, zero-emission tech and green finance — with a focus on solutions. — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/green Will government step up to subsidise premiums for insurance … Continue reading

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Cargo electric bikes are 60% faster at deliveries than vans. Here’s why

Cargo electric bikes are 60% faster at deliveries than vans. Here’s why — Read on electrek.co/2021/08/13/electric-cargo-bikes-faster-at-deliveries-than-delivery-vans/ Is it time yet? As roads get bigger, don’t you just get bigger traffic gridlock?

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Emissions from WA gas project with world’s largest industrial carbon capture system rise by more than 50% | Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Chevron development off Pilbara coast was approved on condition the company store about 4m tonnes of CO2 a year — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/emissions-wa-gas-project-chevron-carbon-capture-system-pilbara-coast But watch Canberra turn a blind eye, despite Chevron huge profits while paying zero tax

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CATL shares energy-dense battery that will power electric planes

CATL shares energy-dense battery that will power electric planes — Read on electrek.co/2023/04/19/catl-energy-dense-battery-will-soon-power-electric-passenger-planes-ev/ But any chance possible pigs might fly any time soon? Remarkable possibilities.

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UK still well off track on pledge to cut methane emissions, study says

Analysis suggests government policies would achieve reduction less than half target of 30% by 2030 — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/12/uk-off-track-on-pledge-to-cut-methane-emissions-study-30-per-cent-2030 $100M taxpayers money invested to find ways to make in-natural gas viable when as much as 30% CO2 coming out of … Continue reading

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Safeguards and Offsets per Bowen/Abbot, inadequate

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/01/11/australia-ambitious-emissions-plan-offsets-reforms/?su=QWZQbUdxMTgvMUQxRW8vSEozblcyUT09

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Concentrated solar power is an old technology making a comeback. Here’s how it works – ABC News

Concentrated solar power is an old technology making a comeback, with the CSIRO forecasting it’ll be a cheaper form of storage than pumped hydro. Here’s how it works. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-04-06/concentrated-solar-power-technology-comeback-electricity-mirrors/102184372 What goes around welcome when it comes around

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Poles and wires super-profits causing energy price spikes, and foreign takeovers

As foreign takeovers swirl, a hidden super-profit is being levied by electricity network providers costing Australians $1bn a year. — Read on michaelwest.com.au/energy-superprofit-brookfield-origin-energy/ How can we vote for Australian interest when our governments are so generous for foreign big business?

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