Category Archives: Events National

If you think traffic jams are inconvenient wait until you hear about the climate crisis | The Shot

Posted on July 2, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Nothing normal. — Read on theshot.net.au/general-news/if-you-think-traffic-jams-are-inconvenient-wait-until-you-hear-about-the-climate-crisis/ and the meek shall inherit….? If government continues with too little too late, will the rich inherit pieces of camel which technology not taxed might fit through the eye of a needle?

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“Rapid and irreversible:” AEMO says energy crisis is accelerating switch to renewables | RenewEconomy

Posted on July 1, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

AEMO says the energy chaos is likely to accelerate the switch to renewables, but the scale of the transition is immense, and the need to act is urgent. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/rapid-and-irreversible-aemo-says-energy-crisis-is-accelerating-switch-to-renewables/ sounds like scope for real hope…wonders

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Rosyth nuclear sub to be recycled into scrap metal in ‘global first’ | Dunfermline Press

Posted on June 27, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

But it costs £30 million a year to maintain and store the subs and dismantling all 27 is expected to cost more than £3 billion. The Ministry of Defence has faced heavy criticism for the delays in getting rid of … Continue reading →

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Enova: How Australia’s best green retailer became victim of fossil fuel energy war

Posted on June 22, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Who killed Enova Energy? A market designed for big fossil fuel companies, and by rule makers who don’t understand that small can be beautiful. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/enova-how-australias-best-green-retailer-became-victim-of-fossil-fuel-energy-war/ Land of the fair go is long gone, again, locals undermined by … Continue reading →

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Vale Philip Sutton: Big picture strategist, courageous thinker, climate activist | RenewEconomy

Posted on June 21, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Australia is mourning the loss of a trailblazing climate activist and strategist, who made the case for emergency action more than a decade ago in Climate Code Red. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/vale-philip-sutton-big-picture-strategist-courageous-thinker-climate-activist/ Phillip raised hope that humanity might not entirely … Continue reading →

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Market failure: Why no one trusts fossil generators to “do the right thing”

Posted on June 17, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

What makes Matt Kean think fossil fuel generators would start to do the right thing now? For the past two decades or more, they have done everything but. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/market-failure-why-no-one-trusts-fossil-generators-to-do-the-right-thing/amp/ Coal and gas the cause of chaos. Energy … Continue reading →

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Why Biden declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense

Posted on June 15, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Clean energy is indeed essential to mitigating the risks posed by climate change and volatile markets. But generating demand for it will be essential. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/why-biden-declared-heat-pumps-and-solar-panels-essential-to-national-defense/ If only @peterduttonmp had proposed this instead of 1 gallon per mile … Continue reading →

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Cash for clicks: the Herald Sun model can’t be the future of journalism

Posted on June 11, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Cash for clicks: the Herald Sun model can’t be the future of journalism — Read on theconversation.com/amp/cash-for-clicks-the-herald-sun-model-cant-be-the-future-of-journalism-119638 in a moment of exasperation, just searched about decline in newspaper circulation, worth a quick read before standards slip any further

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“You’ll make ridiculous amounts of money:” Snowy Hydro eyes more gas generators

Posted on June 9, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Snowy Hydro is hiking contract prices and may build more gas fired generators, because they would make “ridiculous amounts of money”. — Read on reneweconomy.com.au/youll-make-ridiculous-amounts-of-money-snowy-hydro-eyes-more-gas-generators/ the Bozo hired by Scomo proclaims that, because gas generators save 10% emissions when compared … Continue reading →

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Australian scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off WA coast

Posted on June 1, 2022 by groundswellbasscoast

Genetic testing has determined a single 4,500-year-old seagrass may have spread over 200 sq km of underwater seafloor – about 20,000 football fields — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/01/what-the-hell-australian-scientists-discover-biggest-plant-on-earth-off-wa-coast

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