Australia’s federal government given an F for “fail” for its EV policy efforts, even as new data shows that more than half of drivers are considering to go electric for their next car.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/australia-gets-f-for-fail-on-ev-policy-even-as-consumer-interest-jumps-62410/amp/
“Stop pretending and recognise the brutal facts about what has been going on for the last 30 years and why it has been such an abject failure. It is realism, not spin and fake optimism about progress and costs, that we need.”
19 August, 2020 – Net Zero: How we stop causing climate change. A new book makes it sound almost easy. Well, it’s not impossible.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/net-zero-how-we-stop-causing-climate-change/
Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views
— Read on www.thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/energy/tim-forcey-on-how-to-beat-the-winter-gas-blues-and-save-money-and-health/
and local government can make it so affordable that you’d be crazy not to do it. Ask about EUF.
Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views
— Read on www.thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/energy/federal-government-sending-mixed-messages-on-gas/
A reading of 130F (54.4C) recorded in Death Valley could be the highest reliable recording ever.
— Read on www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018
Is Snowy 2.0 viable? AEMO’s latest 20 year blueprint suggests the multi-billion dollar pumped hydro scheme will be used a lot less than claimed.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/aemos-integrated-system-plan-does-it-leave-snowy-2-0-high-and-dry-32930/
Big batteries competing with gas generators for peaking services, according to AGL chief operating officer Markus Brokhof.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/agl-says-batteries-starting-to-compete-with-gas-generators-for-peaking-services-14973/
Green buildings and sustainable cities – news and views
— Read on www.thefifthestate.com.au/energy-lead/local-government-energy-lead/carbons-capture-is-not-of-emissions-but-the-political-status-quo/
The rule ends Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The move could make it harder to argue that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel than coal.
— Read on www.npr.org/2020/08/13/901863874/trumps-methane-rollback-that-big-oil-doesn-t-want
Barnaby Joyce — who this morning declared he is struggling to get by on his salary — earns a package of more than 280,000 a year, including his electorate allowance and his fee for being the chair of a parliamentary committee.
— Read on www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/barnaby-joyce-cries-poor-on-salary-of-211250/news-story/f5b07d31aab2d6da354b26fe1fc3f9a0
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