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Video: Future Gas Strategy with Richard Denniss
It’s hard to believe in 2024 we still have Governments pretending we need to expand fossil fuel production to “help tackle climate change”.
3 Gas Myths Debunked
While social licence for fossil fuels has slipped, gas seems to be clinging on longer than the rest.
Future Gas Strategy Takes Australians Through The Looking Glass
With the Future Gas Strategy, government policy has entered a backward land where logic is reversed, writes Stephen Long.
Six ways the government can reduce inflation in next week’s budget
It is often said that the only way to reduce inflation is by higher interest rates. That’s not true – the government can also reduce inflation and cost of living pressures
The debate about inflation, interest rates, and the cost of living is broken.
Spreading fear about inflation not falling fast enough distorts the true picture
Off the Charts
Gas industry emissions will cost us much more than their so-called economic benefits
The emissions from the gas industry are delivering a devasting cost to our future
The decision to scrap the levy on waste exports means more plastics will end up in landfill
Most plastic Australians use already ends up in landfill and the decision to scrap the levy on waste exports will only make things worse
Coal Mine Tracker
Since May 2022, the Federal Environment Minister has approved 4 new coal mines or expansions.
There are 25 additional proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval.
If approved, the lifetime emissions from all 29 projects would be equivalent to keeping all of Australia’s coal-fired power stations operating for an additional 93 years.
Hunter Valley Mine Watch
No new coal mines are needed in the Hunter Valley. Avoiding dangerous climate change requires keeping coal in the ground, and with the world moving away from coal as an energy source new coal mines will simply compete with existing coal mines for a declining market.
Total coal production gap
Rehabilitation cost shortfall
HeatWatch
HeatWatch puts current Australian research about temperature increases due to global warming into context, using data from the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO.
Adelaide: HeatWatch projects up to 49 days over 35°C per year by 2090
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