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Cannon-Brookes’ unstoppable billions pierce the bubble of fossil fuel denial
Bid by Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield for AGL is an assault on the citadel itself, from the inside out, and we should all be cheering from the sidelines.
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Cannon-Brookes: We have $20 billion to push net zero on grid by 2035
Cannon-Brookes says grid can reach net zero by 2035, and Australia should have cheapest power prices in world thanks to wind and solar.
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AGL rejects Cannon-Brookes early closure bid, insists it can reinvent itself
Australia's biggest coal generator AGL rejects tech billionaire's bid as too low, insists it can "continue to reinvent itself." Cannon-Brookes responds.
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How Australia's geology gave us an abundance of coal – and a wealth of greentech minerals to switch to
The Guardian view on Britain’s green economy: seriously underpowered | Editorial
New data exposes a strategic failure to drive growth in sectors that can provide the good jobs of the future
In the lead-up to Cop26 in November, Boris Johnson was at his most panglossian as he extolled the economic benefits of the country’s transition to net zero. “The UK’s path to ending our contribution to climate change,” the prime minister forecast, “will be paved with well-paid jobs, billions in investment and thriving green industries … by moving first and taking bold action, we will build a defining competitive edge in electric vehicles, offshore wind, carbon capture technology and more.”
Back in the real world, matters stand rather differently. Far from forging ahead of the rest, Britain risks falling behind in the new industrial revolution, as latest figures from the Office for National Statistics make depressingly clear. The green economy more or less flatlined between 2014 and 2020, the ONS found. Employment in the low-carbon and renewable energy sectors – which include manufacturing, energy supply and construction – actually fell. This dismal state of affairs predated the Covid pandemic and the accompanying recession.
Continue reading...May I have a word about… the planned incinerator near Jane Austen’s house | Jonathan Bouquet
I don’t normally take much interest in planning applications, appeals and disputes, but one that is local to me piqued my curiosity as it involves a burning issue, literally. This is the application by the waste management company Veolia to build an incinerator not too far from Jane Austen’s house at Chawton. Given that it is in an area of breathtaking countryside and despite objections from Alan Titchmarsh, CPRE Hampshire, the South Downs National Park Authority and Historic England, among others, the authorities appear to be giving it the go-ahead.
What particularly caught my eye was the following: “But despite this overwhelming opposition, the report states the proposal will ‘allow residual waste, which cannot be reused or recycled, to be managed at the most reasonable level of the waste hierarchy, diverting it from landfill’.”
Continue reading...Cannon-Brookes leads green bid for AGL, to fast-track coal closures
Billionaire Mike-Cannon Brookes joins forces with Canadian Asset Manager Brookfield to make a bid for AGL Energy, with the goal of shutting down its coal plants early.
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NSW wants to make wind towers, electrolysers and batteries, be “Tesla” of green industry
NSW wants to build wind towers, batteries and electrolysers to boost local jobs in the big switch from coal to renewables.
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Family pay tributes to British man killed by a shark in Australia
Simon Nellist from Cornwall who had moved to Sydney praised as a wonderful human being with a gift for empathy
The family of a British man killed by a shark in Australia have paid tribute to “a wonderful human being” who had a “rare gift” of connecting with people.
Simon Nellist, 35, died in the great white shark attack on Wednesday off Little Bay, east Sydney – the first fatal attack in Sydney for 60 years.
Continue reading...Why the ancient art of gleaning is making a comeback across England
Volunteers are picking leftover produce on farms to reduce waste and help food banks
“It’s like a vegetable treasure hunt,” says Jenni Duncan, 54, ankle deep in mud, looking at the rows of cauliflower plants stretching out in front of her as the Cornish drizzle gets heavier by the minute.
This field near Hayle in west Cornwall has already been harvested, but not all the produce met supermarket standards and so some was left unpicked. This is where Duncan and her team of volunteers come in, working down the rows, peeling back the leaves of plants that have been left behind, hoping to find small but perfectly formed cauliflowers still tucked deep inside.
Continue reading...The Driven Podcast: Let’s electrify everything, starting with cars
Saul Griffith says Australia should lead world on electrifying everything, starting with cars and households. He plans to turn his old Monaro into an EV too.
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Ministers set to drop UK ban on foie gras and fur imports
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Andy Burnham says clean air zone critics made false claims about wife’s interests
Greater Manchester mayor says comments made in relation to Marie-France van Heel are ‘frankly disgraceful’
Andy Burnham has hit out at critics of Greater Manchester’s clean air zone (CAZ) whom he says have made “frankly disgraceful” false claims about his wife’s professional links to an electric car charging network.
The Greater Manchester mayor accuses opponents of the CAZ of spreading false information about Marie-France van Heel, a marketing executive who married Burnham in 2000.
Continue reading...Leading the charge: road-testing Australia’s EV stations on a 2,800km round trip
A trip from Sydney to Melbourne and back revealed a series of pleasures and pitfalls of Australia’s electrified open roads
Electric vehicles are finally becoming a common sight on Australia’s urban streets, with sales tripling last year.
Until recently, though, limited battery size and a lack of fast charging stations meant out-of-town excursions required careful planning.
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