A Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment, WoodMac says | Reuters

Posted on May 17, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

A victory by Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 presidential election would jeopardize a projected $1 trillion in low-carbon energy investments and carbon emissions would be 1 billion tonnes more by 2050 than under current policies, according to a new analysis by Wood Mackenzie published on Thursday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-presidency-would-risk-1-trillion-clean-energy-investment-woodmac-says-2024-05-16/

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World’s biggest grids could be powered by renewables, with little or no storage – if we are smart enough | RenewEconomy

Posted on May 17, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

If the world learned to be smarter and more efficient, it could go fully renewable with little or no storage. But that’s not the way markets are designed.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-biggest-grids-could-be-powered-by-renewables-with-little-or-no-storage-if-we-are-smart-enough/

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Labor gas plans show party fully captured by fossil fuel industry

Posted on May 12, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

In a massive win for the fossil fuel industry, Labor has announced taxpayers will fund the mapping of gas reserves for industry to exploit.
— Read on www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/09/labor-gas-plans-fossil-fuel-industry-capture/

and so proudly wearing Rio Tinto caps, more gas oil and coal when all experts say the Pkanet can’t afford any more emissions

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China dropped a flare near an Aussie copter in its EEZ. What’s wrong with that? – Pearls and Irritations

Posted on May 12, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

There seem to be a large number of scoundrels around within the Australia media and also the Canberra political elite.
— Read on johnmenadue.com/china-dropped-a-flare-near-an-aussie-copter-in-its-eez-whats-wrong-with-that/

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Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules | Green politics | The Guardian

Posted on May 4, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/03/britain-climate-action-plan-unlawful-high-court

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“Blackouts and brownouts:” The Coalition’s dystopian and misguided take on a renewable grid | RenewEconomy

Posted on May 3, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

The Coalition says its warning of blackouts and brownouts if Australia transitions to renewables is based on “engineering and economics.” Seriously?
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/blackouts-and-brownouts-the-coalitions-dystopian-take-on-renewables/

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Good News and Nothing But – by Bill McKibben

Posted on April 23, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

One Day Only–Happy Earth
— Read on billmckibben.substack.com/p/good-news-and-nothing-but

“Once we’ve changed over the entire vehicle fleet to electric, and all those minerals are in consumption, we’ll only have to replace a couple percent each year that’s lost in the process,” said Colin Campbell, Redwood’s chief technology officer and the former head of powertrain engineering at Tesla. “It will become obvious to everyone that it doesn’t make sense to dig it out of the ground anymore”

So what can petrol heads say against this good news?

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📰The Guardian Facilitates Genocide

Posted on April 21, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

Let me show you why this newspaper has lost its credibility as independent journalism.
— Read on rogerhallam.com/the-guardian-facilitates-genocide/

projected demand for food by 2050 is 70% more, growth in water supply for agriculture0%!!

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Coral catastrophe signals our own undoing | Surviving C21

Posted on April 21, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

Five times in the history of life on Earth the corals have perished, swept from the board by conditions hostile to nearly all life. Each time, it has taken them millions of years to evolve anew. Each mass death of corals has been accompanied by the mass deaths of most other species, on land and…
— Read on juliancribb.blog/2024/04/19/coral-catastrophe-signals-our-own-undoing/

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Technology denial: Columbia Law School debunks 33 biggest myths about solar, wind and EVs | RenewEconomy

Posted on April 17, 2024 by groundswellbasscoast

Columbia Law School researchers identify 33 of the most pervasive myths about solar, wind and electric vehicles and rebut them using transparent, fact-based responses.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/technology-denial-columbia-law-school-debunks-33-biggest-myths-about-solar-wind-and-evs/

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