COP 27 Backs Gas as ‘Low-Emission Energy’ in Final Declaration

A landmark victory on loss and damage funding was muted when COP 27 delegates realized they’d adopted a final declaration placing natural gas at the centre of the transition off carbon.
— Read on www.theenergymix.com/2022/11/21/cop-27-backs-gas-as-low-emission-energy-in-final-declaration/

The reference “was slipped into the final version of the deal at the very last minute,” the news report adds. 

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New global climate ranking sees Australia go from “dead last to far from a pass” | Climate Councilok

Australia has climbed just four places to rank 55th out of 63 in this year’s global Climate Change Performance Index 2023, launched at COP27 in Egypt, a slight improvement on last year’s where it came in dead last for climate policy. 
— Read on www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/new-global-climate-ranking-sees-australia-go-from-dead-last-to-far-from-pass/

“Emissions peaking before 2025 as the science tells us is necessary? Not in this text,” he said. “Clear follow-through on the phasedown of coal? Not in this text. Clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels? Not in this text.

The energy text? Weakened in the final minutes. The resulting COP decision “is not enough of a step forward for people and planet,” 

Absolutely It’s Gas’

The reference “was slipped into the final version of the deal at the very last minute,” the news report adds. 

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Coal porkies – Actual $ into Australian economy what a world of difference

australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Coal-fact-sheet-FINAL.pdf

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Wind turbines made entirely of wood are coming

In just two years, Nordic companies have taken wind turbines made of wood from prototype to commercialization.
— Read on electrek.co/2022/11/16/wind-turbines-made-entirely-of-wood-are-coming/

good news for recycling

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Small Modular Reactor update: The fading promise of low-cost power from UAMPS’ SMR | IEEFA

The original target power price for a planned 12-module SMR by UAMPS (Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems) and NuScale Power Corporation was $55 per megawatt-hour (MWh)
— Read on ieefa.org/resources/small-modular-reactor-update-fading-promise-low-cost-power-uamps-smr

But LNP continue to insist we need to talk about nukes. How can anybody take RWNJs at all seriously?

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EV Battery swap success

thedriven.io/2022/11/08/ev-battery-swap-technology-continues-to-race-ahead-in-2022/

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UN experts demand crackdown on greenwashing of net zero pledges | Cop27 | The Guardian

High level group releases report at Cop27 saying policies should be ‘about cutting emissions, not corners’
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/08/un-experts-demand-crackdown-on-greenwashing-of-net-zero-pledges-cop27

If Australia hosts a COP, make it conditional of venue in Beetaloo or Burrup.

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Storms changing our coasts, plastic in the ocean, and a call for geoengineering – ABC Radio National

The Science Show presents unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-science-show/14091532

it’s cumulative, this concept of committed warming from past emissions is really central, that we have to see that this 670 billion tonnes of CO2 is what’s causing the warming, it’s what’s causing the risk of sea level rise. And until we work out technologies that will remove this vast quantity of past emissions, then cutting our new emissions is really too small, too slow, to really make a difference“…in other words it’s time for us all to go as close as possible to cold turkey on our addiction to fossil fuel energy.

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‘Terrible for the climate’: Victoria’s native logging emissions equivalent to 700,000 cars

For the first time, a new report measures the extent of carbon emissions from logging in Victoria – and they’re the annual equivalent of the pollution from 700,000 cars.
— Read on www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/terrible-for-the-climate-victoria-s-native-logging-emissions-equivalent-to-700-000-cars-20221101-p5buqm.html

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The Most Successful Con In American History Laid Bare

When you compare Trump’s cons with the $50 trillion that the GOP has swindled out of the American working class and given to the top 1 percent since 1980, Trump looks like a piker
— Read on hartmannreport.com/p/the-most-successful-con-in-american

very much worth a quick read

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