Tag Archives: emissions

Why Australia’s electricity footprint is more than double California’s

Of course, we knew we were bad but not this bad! Hazelwood continues to operate at 1.5tonne CO2 per MWh electricity, compared with 1 tonne for black coal power. Of course it receives exemptions and pays $0 for all the … Continue reading

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SA emissions down by third since 2005

Obviously worth a read. >readmore> ClimateSpectator

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Obama adamant, reduce CO2 for existing power stations

“Part of my job is to use the bully pulpit to help raise people’s awareness, because if the public cares about it, eventually Congress acts. “If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will.” >read more>

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Change of mind by friend of Nick Minchin

Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’, ‘On The High End’ And ‘Essentially All’ Due To Carbon Pollution Richard Muller is one of the key folks, included in the ABC doco, who’s been discrediting Climate Change for many years. … Continue reading

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Energy/Gas – not valid transition from coal

Here are some extracts from recent report from Climate Progress -Air sampling by NOAA over Colorado Finds 4% Methane Leakage, More Than Double Industry Claims … unless leakage rates for new methane can be kept below 2%, substituting gas for … Continue reading

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Managing Catastrophic risk

URL below takes you to a paper by Ian Dunlop, credentials listed as senior executive in fossil fuel corporation(s), offering surprisingly severe warnings about doing nothing: http://cpd.org.au/2011/07/ian-dunlop-managing-catastrophic-risk/

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