Seaweed farming project integrated with new offshore wind farm
— Read on mailchi.mp/1a2f5418400d/wier-wind-project
14 July, 2020 – If a plant can’t germinate, it’s heading for extinction. For many tropical trees, conditions could soon become too hot to procreate.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/heat-may-leave-tropical-trees-unable-to-germinate/
Official national heat-related mortality in Australia may be 50 times lower than the real figure. More accurate recording of deaths can better show the effects of climate change.
— Read on www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/heat-related-mortality-australia-climate-change/
Flinders MP Greg Hunt’s renewed opposition to AGL’s Crib Point project in Victoria comes as the federal government backs a gas-led recovery in manufacturing.
— Read on www.afr.com/companies/energy/hunt-backs-nsw-rival-as-agl-seeks-lng-import-tick-20200702-p5589m
The Ultimate Gouge: why Australia, the world’s #1 exporter, now imports gas – Michael West
— Read on www.michaelwest.com.au/the-ultimate-gouge-why-australia-the-worlds-1-exporter-now-imports-gas/
After a seven year climate policy hiatus, Morrison goes back to the future to revisit the dud technology, carbon capture. Tim Buckley reports.
— Read on www.michaelwest.com.au/revisiting-failed-climate-strategy-of-ccs-renders-investors-speechless/
13 July, 2020 – It’s the throwaway society: e-waste outweighs Europe’s population, plastic waste often ends in the sea. Recycling rates offer little hope.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/world-wilts-beneath-weight-of-e-waste-and-plastic/
Australia has become the world’s biggest exporter of fossil fuels
— Read on thenewdaily.com.au/news/2020/07/09/australia-export-fossil-fuels/amp/
“The poor performance of fossil fuel companies is probably surprising to most Australians, who are routinely told by industry and political leaders that coal is the “bedrock” of Australia’s prosperity, or that gas will “fire” the recovery from COVID19,” it read.
Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/08/protecting-30-planet-could-bolster-economy-study-says
One of the major owners of the newest, coal fired Bluewaters Power Station, Sumitomo, is understood to have hired restructuring firm Houlihan Lokey as a debt repayment deadline approaches for the asset, which owes $400M as financiers shy away from fossil fuel power.
— Read on www.theaustralian.com.au/business/dataroom/debt-deadline-nearing-for-bluewaters-owner-sumitomo/news-story/c3ff90d5ee04e6bf8ebbf425f8a25a22
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