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Green steam: US oil giant taps Australian thermal storage start-up for “real-world” trial
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The Coalition’s nuclear energy plan takes a sharp turn away from a cheaper, cleaner future | Simon Holmes à Court
After 22 failed energy policies, the Coalition is being guided by a roadmap to higher bills and higher emissions
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On the front cover of Frontier Economics’ costings of the Coalition’s nuclear policy is a stock photo entitled fork in road, implying that we’re at some kind of juncture where we must decide between a nuclear or renewables path.
In 1969 John Gorton’s Liberal government chose the nuclear path with the construction of the Jervis Bay nuclear power plant project. As Gorton later said, “We were interested in this thing because it could provide electricity to everybody and it could, if you decided later on, it could make an atomic bomb.”
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Continue reading...Adelaide and other SA towns hit 40C before 10am as December record forecast to tumble in NSW
Widespread heatwaves leave residents sweltering across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales
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Temperatures across South Australia soared past 40C before 10am on Monday as widespread heatwave conditions hit Adelaide and Melbourne and had parts of New South Wales bracing to endure their hottest December day on record.
Jonathan How, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said Adelaide had already reached its forecast maximum of 38C by 10am, after only dropping to 29.8 degrees overnight.
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Continue reading...Solar switch off: Dutton’s nuclear plan amounts to declaration of war against household energy systems
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Global oil giant starts work on huge Australian solar and battery projects, takes swipe at nuclear
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Tesla says Dutton’s nuclear plan will result in “severe” curtailment of household rooftop solar
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The Guardian view on Britain’s spluttering EV market: a recharge is needed | Editorial
Ministers should be bold and radical in taking measures to boost demand in a key sector of the green transition
The resignation of the high-profile CEO of Stellantis, Carlos Tavares, was the latest sign of the ongoing crisis afflicting some of the world’s most famous carmakers, as they negotiate the historic transition to electric vehicles. Last month, Stellantis – the maker of Fiat, Vauxhall, Jeep and Peugeot cars – announced the closure of its Vauxhall van factory in Luton, in part blaming the impact of electric vehicles sales targets mandated by Westminster. Ford has announced it intends to cut 4,000 jobs across Europe, including 800 in Britain, citing sluggish growth in EV sales as a contributory factor.
For Labour, and for a sector crucial to the green transition, this is a crucial moment. The government has restored a 2030 cutoff point – kicked back to 2035 by Rishi Sunak – after which the sale of pure internal combustion engines will be banned. But car manufacturers are lobbying for a watering down of the terms of the zero‑emissions vehicles mandate (ZEV), which requires manufacturers to sell a rising proportion of EVs between now and then. Meanwhile, on the right, Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK seek to caricature the country’s net zero obligations as a virtue-signalling threat to prosperity and growth.
Continue reading...The Coalition’s nuclear costings and their rubbery assumptions take us back to being a climate pariah
Despite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based
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The Coalition has moved a considerable way on climate and energy since Scott Morrisson brought a lump of coal into the parliament and told us not to be afraid. On Friday, the Coalition finally released the long-awaited details of the nuclear plan it will take to the election and, once again, asks us not to be afraid – of the price tag, the higher climate pollution and a range of other variables.
However, despite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based, and there are other critical issues that have been left unanswered. Australians have a right to consider all the issues they are being asked to vote on, with facts rather than political rhetoric. These issues can be broadly listed under three headings: the economics, the environment and the law.
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Nicki Hutley is an independent economist and councillor with the Climate Council
Continue reading...Poodunnit: dear fellow dog owners, why do so many of you bother to bag pet mess then not bin it? | Paul Daley
I’ve seen full bags tied to low-hanging branches and kids’ play equipment. It’s all deeply weird
This is about dog shit.
Dog shit and antisocial behaviour.
Continue reading...World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex
White US neighborhoods have more EPA air quality monitors, study finds
Disproportionate placement of devices leaves communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitors are disproportionately positioned in whiter neighborhoods in the US, leaving communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, nitrous dioxide and lead, among others, new research finds.
Policy and actions the EPA takes to reduce pollution are developed from the monitors’ readings, and communities of color are broadly more likely to be near major polluters. The findings raise questions about whether the agency has enough monitors installed, is properly placing them, and whether conclusions about the safety of the air in some areas are sound.
Continue reading...Highland beaver release planned for Glen Affric
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Homes for sale with an air source heat pump – in pictures
From a futuristic home in London to a barn conversion in the heart of the country
Continue reading...Hottest Melbourne day since January 2023 forecast as heat spikes across central and eastern Australia
Temperatures in areas such as Wilcannia and Ivanhoe in NSW unlikely to drop below 30C overnight, BoM warns
Melbourne could experience its warmest day since January 2023 on Monday, as large swathes of the country brace for a hot few days.
Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said if Melbourne hit 40C as forecast, it would be the warmest Melbourne day since January last year and the warmest December day since 2019.
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Continue reading...Allowance banking in carbon markets essential for policy effectiveness, stable prices -paper
CFTC: Traders continue to shift focus to 2025 for CCA, RGGI
US SAF scale-up depends on tax credit extension, updated renewable fuel standard -report
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