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Australian news, and some related international items

The Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan — Fukushima 311 Watchdogs

Injustice At Sea: the Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan March 7, 2018 by Linda Pentz Gunter American sailors on the USS Ronald Reagan were exposed to radiation from Fukushima. Many are sick. Some have died. Why can’t they get justice? Sailors scrub the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan following […]

via The Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan — Fukushima 311 Watchdogs

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City of Sydney buys into Ausgrid network’s push for more solar — RenewEconomy

City of Sydney add funds to help Ausgrid’s push for more rooftop solar in Australia’s biggest city to avoid costly grid upgrades.

via City of Sydney buys into Ausgrid network’s push for more solar — RenewEconomy

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Oz Minerals looks to solar and storage, signs line deal with solar tower plant — RenewEconomy

Oz Minerals to build solar and storage plant at flagship mine in first move to use renewables to supply big mining projects. It also signs a deal to share costs of new transmission line with developer of solar tower plant.

via Oz Minerals looks to solar and storage, signs line deal with solar tower plant — RenewEconomy

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Corbell slams NEG as “neither ambitious, nor transparent” — RenewEconomy

Architect of Australia’s most successful renewables policies says proposed National Energy Guarantee lacks ambition, transparency, and won’t hit climate targets.

via Corbell slams NEG as “neither ambitious, nor transparent” — RenewEconomy

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Coal unit trips in heatwave as Tesla big battery cashes in — RenewEconomy

Thursday’s sudden outage of Victoria’s Loy Yang B unit marked the 13th failure of a major coal unit this summer – and offered just the latest illustration of the vulnerability of Australia’s ageing and increasingly intermittent coal fleet.

via Coal unit trips in heatwave as Tesla big battery cashes in — RenewEconomy

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Pas-de-deux: Two big coal units trip at same time in Victoria — RenewEconomy

Two big coal units fail simultaneously in Victoria, taking total trips to 44 since start of summer, and 13 for brown coal generators since Christmas. Tesla battery hopped in again.

via Pas-de-deux: Two big coal units trip at same time in Victoria — RenewEconomy

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