groundswell bass coast climate change renewable energy

Succeeding with no thanks to Federal government

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/20/life-after-coal-the-south-australian-city-leading-the-way?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Could this be disinformation from fossil fuel industry? Would have to include every possible emission for agriculture, from seedbank storage to cleanup of runoff into Great Barrier Reef, compared with fossil fuel cost, just extraction to ground level, no further responsibility, not emissions from burning “by others”.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/five-meat-and-dairy-companies-emit-more-emissions-than-major-oil-companies-study-finds/

Gupta says: “Be braver. Be more entrepreneurial. Take risks … It is very difficult to change things in Australia. Everyone is too stuck in their ways.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/20/life-after-coal-the-south-australian-city-leading-the-way?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Gurgle Google coming soon.

https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/flooded-internet-is-possible-by-2035?e=81a8983ef7

Will good news like this happen also for people at Liddell and others during programmed(?) coal power shutdowns?

https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/coal-solar-latrobe-valley-rooftop-pv-rollout-extended-public-buildings/

But, when will we ever get rail line to Morwell electrified, beyond Pakenham.

https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/uk-coal-freight-giant-signs-deal-source-100-renewable-electricity/

How cool is this, time to lift impermeable concrete not pour any more

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/26/copenhagen-worlds-first-climate-adjusted-neighborhood.html

As global temperatures rise, large amounts of carbon sequestered in perennially frozen permafrost are becoming available for microbial degradation,” said Ben Woodcroft, of the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics at the University of Queensland, who led the research.

https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/arctic-permafrost-set-for-faster-carbon-leak?e=81a8983ef7

MacLeod says it’s notable that the impact pumped up carbon dioxide over a short time span that, geologically speaking, is comparable to what humans have been doing in burning fossil fuels since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

“The atmosphere was loaded for a very brief interval of time, and the consequences of that change in atmospheric composition lasted for 100,000 years,” MacLeod says. “So it illustrates, I think, really strongly, even if we went back to 1850 levels of carbon dioxide emission, it’s going to take a 100,000 years for the carbon dioxide that we’ve already put in the atmosphere to cycle through the Earth’s systems.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/24/614105843/asteroid-impact-that-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs-also-caused-abrupt-global-warming

Not tax, if fees levied at carbon source returned to consumers to help reduce consumption with improved. comfort. Only tax if fees retained by government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/jul/16/comprehensive-study-carbon-taxes-wont-hamper-the-economy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress