Mojo ♻️Jul 21, 2024

Community groups from every location proposed by #PeterDutton for a future #nuclear site have united to respond to his proposal with a clear message: no.
Two individuals are already preparing to stand as independent candidates to take this fight to the next election. #auspol #NoNuclearPower #NuclearPowerNoThanks #renewables #renawableEnergy

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/can-the-voices-model-help-communities-fight-off-nuclear-reactors-20240716-p5ju4o.html

Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?

Coal communities across the country – facing the loss of industry, jobs and the social fabric that binds them together – are poised to transition from the coal that built their histories.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Larry NeufeldFeb 7, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is letting ideology knock the wind out of a lucrative renewable business #sustainability #CleanEnergy #RenawableEnergy #abpoli https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/02/05/opinion/ideology-renewable-energy-growth-alberta
Ideology blocks renewable energy growth in Alberta

Premier Danielle Smith’s challenge to the renewables revolution flies in the face of core contemporary conservative beliefs, such as deregulation and letting markets decide where investments should be made.

Canada's National Observer
KantianeDec 29, 2023

„Stung by 2008’s oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?“

#renawableenergy #erneuerbareenergien #uruguay #everywhere

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/27/uruguays-green-power-revolution-rapid-shift-to-wind-shows-the-world-how-its-done

Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done

Stung by 2008’s oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?

The Guardian
Mojo ♻️Dec 18, 2023

#Australia could be at 99 pct #renewables by 2032 #renawableEnergy

https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-could-be-at-99-pct-renewables-by-2032-if-green-exports-take-off-as-hoped/

Australia could be at 99 pct renewables by 2032, if green exports take off as hoped

The green export scenario – the basis of the hope that Australian can be a renewable superpower – suggests the grid could reach 99 per cent renewables within a decade.

RenewEconomy
Mojo ♻️Oct 14, 2023
If the first #solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would #fossilfuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did ?
#renewables #renawableEnergy #capitalism #greed #solarenergy
https://theconversation.com/if-the-first-solar-entrepreneur-hadnt-been-kidnapped-would-fossil-fuels-have-dominated-the-20th-century-the-way-they-did-215300
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

The 1909 incident may have cost the industry decades of progress – and the planet huge amounts of damaging carbon emissions.

The Conversation
Mojo ♻️Jan 17, 2023

Let’s face reality. #Fossilfuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new. It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host an already compromised #Cop28. #fossilfree #Renewbles #renawableEnergy

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/16/fossil-fuel-destroyed-cops-un-compromised-cop28

Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new

It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host the already compromised summit, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of climate hazards

The Guardian
Mojo ♻️Nov 22, 2022

#Wind and #solar delivered one third of grid demand in last month, but #fossilfuels set the price #renewables #renawableEnergy #australia

https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-delivered-one-third-of-grid-demand-in-last-month-but-fossil-fuels-set-the-price/

Wind and solar delivered one third of grid demand in last month, but fossil fuels set the price

Rooftop solar overtakes both hydro and gas, but despite record levels of renewables the market price is still being set by fossil fuels.

RenewEconomy