1 November REneweconomy news

- Is there a future for ‘pro-nuclear environmentalism’?
  
  Nuclear lobbyists – especially the self-styled ‘pro-nuclear environmentalists’ – are few in number. So how much longer can they keep flogging a dead horse?
  
  Visit Jim Green, 1d ago
- Could Tesla have bigger plans for Australia than the Big Battery?
  
  A comment posted, and then deleted, by Tesla marketing has piqued interest in the EV maker’s plans for Australia.
  
  Visit Staff Reporter, 1d ago
- Graph of the Day: Victoria nears 50% renewables over weekend
  
  Hot and windy Spring weather saw Victorian solar and wind power generate enough to meet to 44.6 per cent of local demand on Sunday.
  
  Visit Sophie Vorrath, 1d ago
- Labor needs to head left, and drop Adani, to win Queensland poll
  
  Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today called the state election for 25 November, about two months before the three-year anniversary of Labor’s shock win in January 2015.
  
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- Know your NEM: Climbing a wall of worry over wind and solar
  
  Wind and solar PV account for 54 per cent of demand in South Australia since the closure of Hazelwood, and the grid is still functioning.
  
  Visit David Leitch, 1d ago
- “Shame on you:” Frydenberg admits he doesn’t have rooftop solar
  
  60 Minutes interview reveals Australia’s energy and environment minister has not installed rooftop solar at his family home – and why.
  
  Visit Sophie Vorrath, 1d ago
Concerns over 5-minute rule as ESB warns of perils of wind and solar

ESB briefing raises concerns about future of 5-minute rule, its description of wind and solar as a threat to the system, and the hiring of Frontier Economics to do its modeling.

Visit Giles Parkinson, 1d ago

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Changing climate change“2040” paints an optimistic picture of the future of the environment

The film focuses on technological and agricultural solutions that are already being implemented to help combat climate change, The Economist Feb 19th 2019

by C.G. | BERLIN ……….In “2040”, a documentary which premiered at the Berlinale, Mr Gameau seeks to wrest hope from the bleak reports of climate change. He was inspired by Project Drawdown, the first comprehensive plan to reverse global warming, and the film is intended as a “virtual letter to his four-year-old daughter to show her an alternative future”. “Many films,” Mr Gameau thinks, are too dystopian, and “paint a future that is really hard to engage and to connect with”. “2040” acknowledges that the Earth has set off down a hazardous path, but focuses on the work that is being done now to steer the right course. What, the film asks, could make 2040 a time worth living in?…. (subscribers only) https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/19/2040-paints-an-optimistic-picture-of-the-future-of-the-environment