Posts on aspects of climate science, climate action and climate policy & planning.
South Australia has rightly been acclaimed as a leader in renewable energy. Already 38% of their electricity comes from wind and solar. Yet
What’s going on? Continue reading SA green energy crisis
From Gizmag, courtesy of John D:
That’s from George Monbiot. Continue reading Paris climate agreement: good deal or bad?
The Palaszczuk government in Queensland came into power with a policy for 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030. Giles Parkinson says:
Plans include solar, wind, pumped storage, bioenergy and an enhanced research capacity. Continue reading Queensland’s energy revolution
I’ve just discovered this one from August, where Ben Eltham unloads on Greg Hunt, calling him our first minister for pollution:
Negotiators at the Paris climate talks have done well to produce a complete text of some 48 pages. It was around 100 at the beginning of the year. The only problem is that they have essentially decided nothing in the first week of the talks. Disputed or unresolved text is bracketed and there are 939 sets of brackets for the ministers, who have now arrived, to deal with. At least it’s clear where the problems lie. The Saudis continue to obstruct; the Indians are playing a “blocking role”. Continue reading Paris climate talks at a tipping point
China is being blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Bureau of Meteorology, which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government. Continue reading Climate clippings 158
As our leader flew into town to give a 2.5 minute speech at the Paris climate talks, and Le Monde still branded Australia a climate “dunce”, the French lit up the Eiffel Tower with 3D pictures of forests, and protesters clashed violently with police, Sara Phillips said “the vibe is the thing”.
Sentiment has changed markedly in recent years, she says. Continue reading Talking climate in Paris
Labor says its goal is to reduce Australia’s net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Labor is also beginning consultations on an interim goal of reducing emissions by 45 per cent by 2030.
Predictably, this has started a war of words. Continue reading Labor announces long-term climate goals
Scientists carefully monitored a coral reef in Bermuda for five years and what they found surprised them. According to the New Scientist, they
The Australian Conservation Foundation has initiated a new legal challenge to Adani’s huge Carmichael coal mine proposal.
In what it has called a “historic, landmark case”, the ACF argues that Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt failed to consider whether the impact of burning coal and climate pollution would be inconsistent with Australia’s international obligations to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Continue reading Adani’s Carmichael coal mine faces new legal challenge
Obama has rejected the proposal to build a pipeline to bring tar sands oil south from Canada to refineries in the Gulf Coast.
