25 October: John Pratt on Adani coal mine plan
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1.5C Climate Change Threshold #StopAdani
In Defense of the 1.5°C Climate Change Threshold
Loren Legarda Oct 23, 2017MANILA – The Earth today is more than 1°C hotter than it was in pre-industrial times, and the terrible symptoms of its fever are already showing.
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Why thousands are protesting to #StopAdani #Auspol #Qldpol
Adani’s Australia Story: Why Thousands of People Are Protesting a $16-Billion Coal MineKabir Agarwal23/10/2017
From environmentalists to politicians to indigenous groups, there is strong local opposition to the Adani project in Queensland.
The Wire examines the factors at play and how the Adani Group is responding.
Note: This is the second story in a five-part series that will examine how the Adani and Carmichael coal mine has divided the Australian public and in the process, sparked fierce debate on issues such as coal-based energy, energy financing, jobs and the rights of indigenous people.
On March 17, Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier (head of government) of the north-eastern Australian state Queensland, was walking out from the Bhuj airport’s single terminal in Gujarat.
Leonardo DiCaprio: climate change deniers should not hold public office
In what has been interpreted by some as an attack on Donald Trump, actor makes remarks in a speech at the White House, Guardian, The actor Leonardo DiCaprio has said he thinks that those who don’t believe in climate change should not hold public office.
Speaking at the White House ahead of a screening of his new documentary, Before the Flood, DiCaprio said such rejection indicated an inability to engage with the rational world.
“If you don’t believe in climate change, you don’t believe in facts, and science, and empirical truths,” he said.
“And, in my humble opinion, [you] should not be allowed to hold public office.”
The words were interpreted as a slight against presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has frequently tweeted his scepticism – despite denying he had made such claims in last week’s presidential debate……Before the Flood premiered in September at the Toronto film festival, where DiCaprio told the audience: “We cannot afford, at this critical moment in time, to have leaders in office that do not believe in the modern science of climate change.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/04/leonardo-dicaprio-climate-change-donald-trump-before-the-flood-documentary
25 October REneweconomy news
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Electric vehicle uptake will drain fuel tax revenue, report warnsProductivity Commission warns Australia’s inevitable shift from petrol fuelled cars to EVs will take a huge chunk out of the federal government budget. -
Graphs of the Day: Wind fast, solar faster, batteries fastestFour charts show that in the global race to build new energy capacity, wind is fast, solar is faster, and batteries will be faster again. Meanwhile, coal power…
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Construction begins on Emerald Solar Farm after financial close reachedEmerald solar farm, Australia’s first large-scale offsite renewables corporate PPA, reaches financial close and begins construction.
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Access to RenewEconomy may be slow due to denial of service attacksReaders of RenewEconomy may find access to the website unexpectedly slow or difficult today, because of measures it introduced to deal with repeated denial of service attacks.
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Energy consumers are paying for useless, profit-boosting infrastructureIt is difficult not to lapse into despair about Australia’s energy policy morass, which is dominated by a deeply entrenched culture of half-truths, vested interests, ideology and wishful thinking.
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‘Buy clean’ wants to change the way we build stuffOnce again, California is leading the way, this time on state contracts for infrastructure, where suppliers work to keep their carbon pollution low.
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