Month: June 2024

I recall one component of our English syllabus back in my high school days was clear-thinking, analysis of an argument and judgement as to its success. How do explain this …

Nuclear energy, coastal erosion, inundation of island nations, inability of political systems, international as well as national, this cartoon seems quite appropriate. From: Maelor Himbury <M.Himbury@acfonline.org.au&gt;Date: 17 June 2024 at …

We need a climate trigger in the mining developments approval process and we need a government that is prepared to meet its top priority, to keep Australians safe. Albo and …

I am reminded of this cartoon in looking at an economics journo’s review of science research done by CSIRO into nuclear energy. That John Kehoe is aligning with the right …

You have to wonder at the politics of the decision by the LNP to scrap the 2030 emission reductions target. Many pundits have pointed out that they cannot return to government without winning back seats lost to the Teals and abandoning the 2030 target makes that extremely difficult. There aren’t enough outer suburban seats to compensate. Is it that the Nats are frog-marching the Libs to abandonment, is it that the Libs will fracture on climate if the nutters aren’t appeased, is it that they reckon the mainstream media will do their campaigning for them? What is going on?https://theconversation.com/peter-duttons-latest-salvo-on-australias-emissions-suggests-our-climate-wars-are-far-from-over-232144

The Big Sebago and his nuclear boosters are looking for an election policy fix rather than an energy fix. Here is all that you need to know to decide that nuclear is a crock and the Coalition is having us all on with their pretence that they’re on board with reducing emissions.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-11/nuclear-power-for-australia-cost-and-timelines-explained/103641602

After all of the Big Sebago’s nuclear nonsense, he follows up with scrapping emissions targets and leaving the Paris Agreement. Can you believe it? If Monique Ryan and other Teals …

Labor’ Future Made in Australia policy has a strong emphasis on renewable energy and will lead us in the direction we need to go. So what do we make of their Future Gas Strategy, with its support for new gas fields? We cannot have both, no matter what Albo and Madeleine King say. As we approach the next election and a second term policy offering, either gas goes or the Teals and Greens win.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/07/i-felt-your-pain-wayne-swan-criticises-labors-future-gas-strategy-in-address-to-party-activists

Off-list – with news about how much of the globe will be off-limits because of extreme heat. And we sail blithely on, belching carbon emissions as though, ironically, there is …

Where is there chapter and verse of a successful privatisation, a cheaper and better service to the community, whether energy, transport, prisons, aged care- whatever? The profit to be creamed …