groundswell bass coast climate change renewable energy

Tax is the wrong word, peddled by deniers. Fee and dividend makes more sense, fees easily collected as fuel companies extract, then dividend, even to individuals, as tax rebate. Also method is free from corruption and transparent accounting between countries. We can hope and need to lobby.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-carbon-tax-epa-climate-20180702-story.html

In curent here’s, pork barreling season, plenty lip service being paid to need for electric vehicle charging stations. But not much attention to limitation with kerbside versions, which may be occupied, so you need to wait for cycle to finish and then driver to return. Here’s a solution.

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/rolling-battery-fixes-ev-chargings-big-problems

About photo, 1000 km destroyed mangroves in Gulf of Carpentaria, NT government provided $200k for research, expecting Feds to be triggered to kick in $500k but guess what…

http://theconversation.com/ecosystems-across-australia-are-collapsing-under-climate-change-99367

Time to demand action by Minister Frydenberg, to stop and reverse global warming

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/03/hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-in-last-week/

Renewables delivering baseload, fossil fuel myth busted already.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-changing-shape-of-wind-and-solar-in-australias-grid-25455/

Previous GHG(Greenhouse Gas Levels) have been as high as now and higher but transition time has been 10,000 years compared with 50 odd today. Recent predictions of sea level rises have consistently been exceeded, with rate of rise doubling every 7 years. How much longer before our democratic representatives see the need for action as big as response to WW2?

https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/rising-seas-cost-may-be-27tn-a-year-by-2100?e=81a8983ef7

How much more smugliness can we tolerate from COALition?

https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-business-lobby-declares-war-on-wind-and-solar-78076/

A nod’s as good as a wink eh, say no more, just read this one

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/26/rising-seas-florida-climate-change-elizabeth-rush?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Now will Minister Frydenberg include measures in NEG for low = 26%, medium and high..

..with corresponding measures like closing coal power stations, incentives to buy EVs, tax breaks for small business improving housing energy efficiency etc

https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/14-european-countries-call-for-stronger-eu-climate-action/

Donor countries benefit more $ from foreign aid than recipient countries which do still benefit from helping hands. Australian aid is at lowest ebb ever.

http://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-australians-have-wrong-idea-on-foreign-aid-spending-98772