Closing tax loopholes would redirect more of BP and Shell’s bumper profits, says Joseph Evans of the IPPR
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/01/rishi-sunak-windfall-tax-oil-bp-shell-shareholders
BP declares £7bn profits while energy bills soar? It’s time to start taxing shareholder payouts
PM Rishi agonises over how Shell and BP can be made to comply with windfall profits tax.
A new study – completed on Wednesday – using real time data finds renewables can meet 98.8% of demand over the year, with just five hours storage.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/a-near-100-per-cent-renewables-grid-is-well-within-reach-and-with-little-storage/amp/
“If we built enough wind and solar to meet approximately 170% of demand over the year (ie, 70% over-generation), then supply and demand could have been matched on every day of the year with the help of existing hydro. It could eliminate all instances of ‘Other’ or long-term storage requirements.”
This is responding to Peter Dutton & Co ranting long discarded option for SMR(small modular nuclear) power. No way can it compete with current proven renewable technology, which continues to improve.
Scientists have been telling us about the impacts of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere for decades. What surprises me is the idea that some farm leaders and politicians continue to feign shock at the weather as we seem to be perpetually lurching from crisis to crisis. By Peter Mailler People often say farmers just…
— Read on climateactionaustralia.wordpress.com/2022/10/25/australian-farmers-have-no-defences-left-against-extraordinary-weather-events-that-have-become-all-too-common-pete-mailler-climatecrisis-hyperthreat-plane/
Climate Citizen: Victoria sets 75-80% emissions reduction target for 2035, New Renewables Targets VRET of 65% by 2030, 95% by 2035
— Read on takvera.blogspot.com/2022/10/victoria-sets-75-80-emissions-reduction.html
Huge news…
Australians are not receiving an appropriate share of the booming gas revenues. The way the industry is taxed in Norway shows the way.
— Read on australiainstitute.org.au/post/norway-shows-how-australia-can-get-a-fair-return-from-oil-and-gas/
Australia – do bottomless pit politicians receive any reward for acting on behalf of big foreign corporate tax dodgers or is it just religious zeal, worshipping global free trade?
Victoria’s logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is reducing the risk of illegal logging, a Victorian Auditor General’s Office report finds.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-07/logging-regulator-vicforrests-auditor-general-report/101508096
The book Wounded Country reports Murray Darling Basin, 200 years ago, held 18 to 24 Billion trees, tall big canopy types, now down to 8B and still land clearing. Replants take 100years to resume normal service. Why do democratic governments even pretend they’re rational and reasonable?
Albanese government launches consultation on how to deliver long overdue energy efficiency improvements across the economy, starting with a discussion paper.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/federal-government-opens-discussion-on-a-national-energy-efficiency-strategy/
per Climate Change Performance Index, independent monitoring tool, at annual UN Climate Change Conference:
(Australia’s) existing housing stock a reputation as “glorified tents,” that their cost their inhabitants dearly on thermal comfort and at bill time.
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