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Beware the great green deception: 'perceptionware' is being used to hoodwink us | George Monbiot
Grand schemes, many backed by government, masquerade as taking action on the environment. They should be disowned
Let’s talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at scale is less important, in some cases entirely beside the point. If it reassures the public and persuades government not to regulate damaging industries, that’s mission accomplished.
Managing perceptions is an expensive business. Real money, especially public money, is spent on fake solutions. Take carbon capture and storage: catching and burying carbon dioxide emissions from power stations, oil and gas fields, and steel and cement plants. For 20 years, it has spectacularly failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, its only clear successes involve enhanced oil recovery: carbon dioxide is used to drive oil out of geological formations that are otherwise difficult to exploit. With astonishing chutzpah, some oil companies have claimed the small amount of carbon that remains trapped in the rocks as a climate benefit. Though it is greatly outweighed by the extra oil extracted, they have, as a result, received billions in government subsidies.
Continue reading...Fortescue breaks ground on Gladstone PEM50 green hydrogen facility
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FEATURE: Offshore wind is gaining traction in APAC, but regulatory gaps, supply chain bottlenecks could stifle deployment
Energy Insiders Podcast: Rent-seeking and net zero
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Fossil fuel companies face rising lawsuits to compensate for climate damage, misleading adverts -report
Consumerism and the climate crisis threaten equitable future for humanity, report says
The Earth Commission says hope lies in sustainable lifestyles, a radical transformation of global politics and fair distribution of resources
All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown.
Growing environmental degradation and climate instability have pushed the Earth beyond a series of safe planetary boundaries, say the authors from the Earth Commission, but it still remains possible to carve out a “safe and just space” that would enable everyone to thrive.
Continue reading...Neoen inks PPA to sell half the output of its biggest solar farm in NSW
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Bowen signs deal to help the ACT electrify everything, share lessons with rest of Australia
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ARB tempers offset issuance, continues to lag behind 2023 totals
National parkland in public hands 'would help nature'
Don’t eat up the claim, peddled by the Coalition and conservative media, that greenies are ‘coming for your steak’ | Temperature Check
Climate Change Authority’s report didn’t even contain a recommendations section, let alone a command to eat less red meat
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The notion that “greenies” are coming for the Aussie barbecue and want to rip that eye-fillet from your cold dead hands is a recurring culture war flash point for many conservatives.
Last week came a flood of media stories and furious commentary that claimed the government’s Climate Change Authority (CCA) had recommended people eat less red meat to bring down greenhouse gas emissions.
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Continue reading...Contested NSW solar and battery project cleared for construction near ACT border
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