hell freezes over, the FT opens the door to nationalization
No surprises here: the Business Council of Australia pushes back at data centres being regulated to cover climate pollution, and instead calls for increased use of high-polluting fossil gas at data centre projects instead.
Much more from me, coming soon..
www.theaustralian.com.au/business/ren...
Must read by @danielagabor.bsky.social @benbraun.eurosky.social
"This, we argue, is the pathway for the Santa Marta countries to achieve the decarbonized sovereignty imperative—the strategic pursuit of decarbonization as a matter of national security"
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aga...
Bad news alert! Just when you thought things couldnt get worse, the Minns NSW govt opens up far west NSW to fracking. There is *no case* for this, beyond private profiteering. The good news is that we wont take this lying down.
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100 episodes of After America.
It's been quite a journey. @emmashortis.bsky.social
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The #mining industry is burning even more diesel for the same amount of production as they have to dig digger for hard to cut coal, and lack of action on #electric options.
The war in Iran has sent oil prices skyrocketing. Daniela Gabor and Benjamin Braun argue the ripple effects and states (non)responses to the crisis represent a
"This budget is ... a government just waiting for things to return to “normal”... The only responsible action for a government is to ... protect citizens from the impending chaos of fossil fuel collapse."
This budget is silent on climate. As Joshi puts it elsewhere, this is "tactical fatalism".
There is no combination of magic words that will convince large segments of capital to be ok with decarbonizing the U.S. economy!
A majority of Australians now think Donald Trump is a bigger threat to world peace than either Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.