Gov’t gives fossil fuel free pass for excess emissions

William P. Hall on February 25, 2022

A fifth of Australia’s fossil fuel facilities emit more more GHGs than approved – with no penalties/costs applied for excess emissions

by Adam Morton, 24/02/2022 in The Guardian
A fifth of Australia’s fossil fuel facilities emit more greenhouse gas than originally estimated, report says: Australian Conservation Foundation says blowouts show government’s safeguard mechanism is ‘failing’ to control industrial emissions.

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Coal assets face rapid stranding from green tech

William P. Hall on January 26, 2022

New technologies dispatching power from sustainable long-term storage threaten to put coal-based dispatchable power stations out of business

We may be sitting on the green energy missing link – don’t tell the Coalition. Photo: TND

By Alan Kohler, 24/01/2022 in the Newdaily

Long-duration energy storage systems are writing coal’s death certificate
Australia is sprinting towards 100 per cent renewable energy, 24/7, 365 days a year, but very few are ready for it, least of all the coal industry and its subsidiary, the Morrison government.

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