23 June, 2021 – Erratic rainfall, locusts and cyclones are causing havoc in desperate Madagascar. Now the climate crisis adds to the misery.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/drought-and-famine-stalk-desperate-madagascar/
Just need to make sure we have enough water to be able to run brown coal power stations to make sure we can get water from the desalination plant, as long as it doesn’t make too many emissions which might cause drought!!
22 June, 2021 − Don’t meddle: let nature restore itself on its own. Old forest will spread over nearby farmland. It’s cheap, and often best.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/let-nature-restore-itself-on-its-own-for-best-results/
21 June, 2021 − Millions will either have to flee from climate heat’s tides, or find new ways to stay above water.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/climate-heats-tides-may-rise-above-safety-levels/
In 2021 we are learning that relying on a few old coal generators, owned by an oligopoly, makes electricity expensive and unreliable – and how AEMO and China aren’t helping.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/australias-policy-recipe-for-expensive-and-unreliable-electricity/
The Minerals Council of Australia, a foreign-controlled mining lobby, has duped Australia’s major media in an $80bn PR scam
— Read on www.michaelwest.com.au/murdoch-media-nine-entertainment-mining-lobby-busted-for-record-bullartistry-go-into-hiding/
So is anybody keeping the bastards honest in Australia?
Australia’s big oil and gas companies are facing more forceful questions from investors about the merits of multibillion-dollar expansion projects.
— Read on www.smh.com.au/business/companies/a-good-bet-gas-firms-grilled-on-growth-as-world-decarbonises-20210616-p581iz.html
The longer the delay, the steeper the decline, we risk diving to zero energy consumption, with nowhere near adequate preparation. We’re like addicts headed for mass cold turkey.
Sand clogs up Australia’s only operating carbon capture project | RenewEconomy
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/reneweconomy.com.au/sand-clogs-up-australias-only-operating-carbon-capture-project/amp/
LNP chaps so proud, claiming this is the biggest CCS project in the world. In other references, Chevron only offered to show off this technology for 40% of output, now 5 years late and way over budget, going even further backwards.
“Gorgon project on Barrow Island is WA’s second-highest emitting project, estimated to put out almost 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year at full production, second only to its Wheatstone operation.” How good is that for claimed world’s biggest CCS project success?
Thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union,
— Read on www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-legacy-of-andrei-sakharov-and-the-state-of-russian-science/13384068
Thirty years since collapse of Soviet Union, quoting Andrew Sakharov in protection of human rights, and current Russian scientists, they need to feel personal freedom, essential to be able to tell truth on which science depends. If State presumes to control truth, it will lose all benefits of science.(please note LNP)
The koala is listed as one step below endangered so why aren’t we saving them? The Australian Koala Foundation’s Deborah Tabart and specialist koala ecologist Dr Steve Phillips discuss all things koala: their personalities, their history and how a broken political system is pushing them to extinction.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/koala-politics/13379982
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