Get out now: Norway’s fossil fuel epiphany | RenewEconomy

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has decided to “sell.”

They have announced plans to divest from 134 oil and gas exploration and production companies held in its US$1 trillion investment fund.

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New trial launched to make renewable power more reliable

Trial of wind and solar farm generators with more reliable weather forecasting, so they can bid more accurately into AEMO, so that supply from fossils not so necessary, so emissions might start to go down

Sectors other than electricity still waiting attention.

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‘Milestone’ RBA climate speech seen as ‘changing the conversation’

While noting the effect changing demand for fossil fuels in China and India would have on our nation’s economy, Dr Debelle left out Japan despite its dominant share – at 44 per cent – of Australia’s thermal coal exports.

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Climate tool predicts end of winter by 2050 | Farm Online

A new climate tool developed by Australian academics has forecast an end to winter as most Australians know it by 2050 and the emergence of a new season dubbed ‘New Summer’.

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How much power do billionaires wield in the political process?

Whether or not you read the book Dark Money, on this topic, big tax dodging establishes public spirited organisations, to peddle ever lower taxes, ever smaller government, she even mentions our own IPA.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can teach Bill Shorten a thing or two about climate change policy

Its high school students who help reinvigorate climate change debate in Australia. Theyre preparing to march again this week. Their effect is similar to reaction created to Green New Deal in USA in the last month.

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Report – LNG(liquid natural gas) reserves over-estimated

EnergyQuest casts doubt on the actual size of the state’s gas reserves and whether three major plants in Gladstone will ever reach full production. The industry overreached by building three projects of six trains, Queensland will remain a significant LNG exporter, one of the world’s largest, but with more like four trains fully utilised,

Predictions that exports would reach 25 million tonnes per annum were too optimistic and companies would have to drill an additional 18,000 wells just to keep production at current levels.

more at Courier Mail

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Ad by Woodside inept enough to win award

Essentially saying (un)natural gas should be unlimited to displace coal; also backhanded request to not comply with regs for CO2 capture and storage at Gorgon; also disregarding that power for LNG exports makes big increase in domestic emissions; very few jobs.

More at tweet by Tom Swann

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15 March 2019: Striking for a safe climate – Centre for Climate Safety

Please read and then act:

https://climatesafety.info/15-march-2019-striking-for-a-safe-climate/

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Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out

Truer words never spoken.

more at The Guardian

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