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World-leading electric vehicle-to-grid trial in ACT

Canberra will stage one of the largest EV vehicle-to-grid trials in the world. — Read on http://www.energy.gov.au/news-media/news/world-leading-electric-vehicle-grid-trial-act is Federal Government using these vehicles? If not, why not? @AngusTaylorMP #auspol

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We now know gas is far from the clean fuel it’s claimed to be

We now know gas is far from the clean fuel it’s claimed to be — Read on amp.smh.com.au/national/we-now-know-gas-is-far-from-the-clean-fuel-it-s-claimed-to-be-20200715-p55c7g.html In Australia, gas use in our national electricity market over the past five years is down 60 per cent because renewables beat … Continue reading

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Australia is facing a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ as cycling booms, advocates say

Australia is facing a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ as cycling booms, advocates say – ABC News — Read on http://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12247870

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Mathias Cormann leaves a legacy of losses as Finance Minister

On nearly every economic indicator, Australians have gone backwards in the past six years of Coalition Government, as Alan Austin shows. How distorted is what we call mainstream media? So much praise for disastrous Mathias. — Read on http://www.michaelwest.com.au/mathias-cormann-leaves-a-legacy-of-losses-as-finance-minister/

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Hunt backs NSW rival as AGL seeks LNG import tick

Flinders MP Greg Hunt’s renewed opposition to AGL’s Crib Point project in Victoria comes as the federal government backs a gas-led recovery in manufacturing. — Read on http://www.afr.com/companies/energy/hunt-backs-nsw-rival-as-agl-seeks-lng-import-tick-20200702-p5589m

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The Ultimate Gouge: why Australia, the world’s #1 exporter, now imports gas

The Ultimate Gouge: why Australia, the world’s #1 exporter, now imports gas – Michael West — Read on http://www.michaelwest.com.au/the-ultimate-gouge-why-australia-the-worlds-1-exporter-now-imports-gas/

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Revisiting failed climate strategy of CCS renders investors speechless – Michael West

After a seven year climate policy hiatus, Morrison goes back to the future to revisit the dud technology, carbon capture. Tim Buckley reports. — Read on http://www.michaelwest.com.au/revisiting-failed-climate-strategy-of-ccs-renders-investors-speechless/

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World wilts beneath weight of e-waste and plastic | Climate News Network

13 July, 2020 – It’s the throwaway society: e-waste outweighs Europe’s population, plastic waste often ends in the sea. Recycling rates offer little hope. — Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/world-wilts-beneath-weight-of-e-waste-and-plastic/

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Debt deadline nearing for Bluewaters owner Sumitomo

One of the major owners of the newest, coal fired Bluewaters Power Station, Sumitomo, is understood to have hired restructuring firm Houlihan Lokey as a debt repayment deadline approaches for the asset, which owes $400M as financiers shy away from … Continue reading

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Options reduce emissions : Fee and Dividend v. Cap and Trade

http://www.gci.org.uk/Documents/FeeAndDividend.CliveEllsworth.July2014.pdf

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