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A century of healing
IMAGE: ISLAND IN THE SUN (GETTY IMAGES/JENCO VAN ZALK)LINK TO LARGER IMAGE. We’ve “wounded” the planet in a thousand ways. It will never return to what it was, but we can give it space for its ecosystems to recover and … Continue reading
Earth is already too hot
In today’s “Age”, some real ideas leadership on the need to campaign on climate change as an emergency. Ian Dunlop, a former Chair of the Australian Coal Association and former CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors says: “We … Continue reading
Why frack off Brexit might improve Europe’s Environment
Brexit/Britain is opposing — along with oil and gas industry — an EU proposal to monitor methane emissions from fracking. Government officials called it “unnecessary red tape,” according to the Guardian, but they are clearly either not interested in addressing climate change … Continue reading
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Germany “has lots of sun”? Energy Transition despite Deniers
Above, 8 second snip from a Fox News report showing typical anti-renewable energy propaganda…Germany is a small, cloudy, northern European country at about the same latitude as Labrador, Canada. Since Germany bashing continues to be a staple for the anti-science … Continue reading
Coalition raids CEFC. again, $100m green cities fund
…news release Coal-ition… latest policy proposal green cities fund…industry and green groups say this $100M move constitutes the third such “redirection” of CEFC funding, with $1 billion withdrawn for car loan scheme, and another $1 billion to fund the Great Barrier … Continue reading
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Coalition raids CEFC again, $100M more, for green cities fund fiasco
But industry and green groups say the move constitutes the third such “redirection” of CEFC funding, with $1 billion withdrawn for a loan scheme, and another $1 billion to fund the Great Barrier Reef.. ..Effectively, nearly one third of the … Continue reading
AGL chief, coal closure inevitable but painful
Mainly a scare about price rises, despite renewables bringing prices down. If only Hazelwood had paid more than next to nothing for coal and nothing for pollution damage, prices would definitely decrease. Lest we forget, it was John Howard who divisionalised, corporatised, federalised and privatised … Continue reading
Research worries, at risk – solar to power the planet
Solar cells are now so efficient and so cheap, that it’s feasible for Australia to source all of its own electricity from solar cells, and theoretically, supply power for the whole planet. image: map shows solar radiation – small red dot … Continue reading
With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’
Let the pics speak for themselves. Any chance they’re loud enough fro Minister Hunt to understand, maybe even do something? >more>ClimateCentral
American ‘weaponised philanthropy’
IMAGE: KOCH BROTHERS (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)LINK TO LARGER IMAGE. For two people who have never held elected office, billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, are without a doubt the most influential people in American politics. But although they are shaping American … Continue reading
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