Lethal price of climate inertia far exceeds action

10 September, 2020 – Climate change will impose a lethal price if we do not all pay the far smaller cost of confronting it.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/lethal-price-of-climate-inertia-far-exceeds-action/

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Pandemic’s impacts are damaging climate research

9 September, 2020 − Climate research is suffering permanent damage from some of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, a UN report says.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/pandemics-impacts-are-damaging-climate-research/

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LNG investments vanish in 2020 as coronavirus slashes oil and gas prices

No new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects could be approved this year for the first time in at least two decades, banking and industry sources said, after the COVID-19 pandemic drove down energy demand and knocked prices to all-time lows.
— Read on mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2602PY

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Rivers flood, seas rise – and land faces erosion

7 September, 2020 – Polar melting cannot be separated from farmland soil erosion and estuarine flooding. All are part of climate change.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/rivers-flood-seas-rise-and-land-faces-erosion/

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ACT Greens commit to $50 million electric vehicle plan, $10,000 grants

ACT Greens promise $50 million fund to give people and businesses $10,000 towards buying an electric car or motorbike.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/act-greens-commit-to-50-million-electric-vehicle-plan-10000-grants-80672/

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Don’t pollute the Clean Energy Finance Corporation with loss-making gas

Sickening Federal Government.

Angus Taylor seeks to destroy the culture of the CEFC and its staff by forcing it to give loss-making loans to gas projects it cannot legally make. 
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/dont-pollute-the-clean-energy-finance-corporation-with-loss-making-gas-73899/amp/

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Electric buses and trains are the answer, not more cars

A silent and largely ignored health hazard accompanying our daily commute is that of air pollution. Are more cars, even if electric, the answer?
— Read on thedriven.io/2020/09/02/electric-buses-and-trains-are-the-answer-not-more-cars/

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NSW plan for 21 coalmines would create seven years of Nation’s emissions, expert says

..lies, damn lies and Minerals Council…

State Minerals Council pushing for projects despite Minerals Council of Australia goal of net-zero emissions
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/28/nsw-plan-for-21-coal-plants-would-create-seven-years-of-nations-emissions-expert-says

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Fossil fuels face rapid defeat by UK’s wind and sun

..no future for either gas or nukes..

31 August, 2020 – The cost of UK energy from renewables like wind and sun continues to plunge, beating British official expectations.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/fossil-fuels-face-rapid-defeat-by-uks-wind-and-sun/

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Evidence for man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’: scientists

Evidence for man-made global warming has reached a “gold standard” level of certainty, adding pressure for cuts in greenhouse gases to limit rising temperatures, scientists said on Monday.
— Read on mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1QE1ZU

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