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A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry – The New York Times
G.E.’s giant machine, which can light up a small town, is stoking a renewable-energy arms race. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/business/GE-wind-turbine.html 13MW, 260m floor to top of turbine, 216m rotor diameter, NYT don’t bother to mention power output is function of … Continue reading
The virus that shut down the world: The yawning gulf between rich and poor | | UN News
whole — Read on news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1080682 By December, the UN was predicting that a record 235 Million people would require humanitarian assistance in 2021, an increase of some 40 per cent on 2020 which is almost entirely a consequence of the pandemic
IEEFA Australia: Beetaloo is a sink-hole in which the gas industry itself isn’t even investing
Conservative think tank The Grattan Institute is saying that gas is finished as a fuel in the global economy. — Read on ieefa.org/ieefa-australia-beetaloo-is-a-sink-hole-which-the-gas-industry-itself-isnt-even-investing-in/
AGL’s dirty gas import terminal: What we learnt from the expert testimony
Environment Victoria | AGL’s dirty gas import terminal: What we learnt from the expert testimony — Read on environmentvictoria.org.au/2020/12/22/exposing-the-impacts-of-agls-gas-import-terminal/
Australia should hold auction to hasten coal closures, says conservative think tank
A Liberal-aligned think tank has called on the Morrison government to consider paying ageing coal plants to close early. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/australia-should-hold-auction-to-hasten-coal-closures-says-conservative-think-tank-65096/
‘Zero return’: government savaged over taxpayer grants to open up new gas basin in Australia
Coalition funding for gas exploration in Northern Territory labelled a costly plan ‘for a climate catastrophe’ — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/19/zero-return-government-savaged-over-taxpayer-grants-to-open-up-new-gas-basin-in-australia Beyond disgraceful! $7.5 million PER WELL for gas mining, $2.5 BILLION for oil refineries, and a proposal to limit boycotts … Continue reading
Power tool: How Nissan Leaf e+ played vital role in Japan’s disaster recovery
Japan efforts to recover from natural disaster helped by the two-way battery that powers the Nissan Leaf electric car. — Read on thedriven.io/2020/12/18/power-tool-how-nissan-leaf-e-played-vital-role-in-japans-disaster-recovery/ How about keeping power tools, even medical devices indoors, operational when disaster with loss of grid power
China’s path to renewable superpower
Chinas path to renewable superpower — Read on http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator/news-story/chinas-path-to-renewable-superpower/9b89bf33035a8d7c61eb996041bdd9eb China romps along, clean and green and renewable, while Australia is dragged back, dirty and brown in fossil fantasy
The climate this week – 15 Dec 2020
The UN Secretary General calls for a worldwide state of climate emergency. Meanwhile, the PM is refused the chance to speak at the Climate Ambition Summit. — Read on au.citizensclimatelobby.org/the-climate-this-week-15-dec-2020/ A review of major clangers in 2020 Greta Thunberg released a video … Continue reading
World still warms in 2020 as greenhouse gases fall | Climate News Network
11 December, 2020 − Greenhouse gases have fallen during 2020. But that’s no reason for congratulations, in a year of climate drama. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/world-still-warms-in-2020-as-greenhouse-gases-fall/ because it takes decades for warming to settle in proportion to emissions and because … Continue reading
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