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Funding climate mitigation, CA

mercredi 20 septembre 2023 à 13:47

*California sues [five giant] oil companies claiming they [deceptively downplayed] the risk of fossil fuels.*

Solar farms in space

mercredi 20 septembre 2023 à 13:47

Solar power satellites are being considered seriously by the EU.

The L5 society's 1980 plan was to build large ones using material from the Moon. Launching that from the Moon's shallower gravity well would be far cheaper than launching that from Earth.

Energy transition, AUS analysis

mercredi 20 septembre 2023 à 13:47

Australia needs to replace the old coal-powered electric generators. The right-wing wants to build small nuclear power plants, but they would cost over 17 times as much as solar power, 9 times as much as wind power.

Clearly the lobbying for small nuclear plants does not aim to serve the public good. It is an attempt by companies to profit by wasting public funds. That was pretty clear already, but this strengthens the case.

New York University to divest from fossil fuels

mercredi 20 septembre 2023 à 06:47

Students have convinced New York University to divest from fossil fuels.

Going by the article, the criteria will be fairly strict. Many organizations have "divested from fossil fuels", but it covered only some of the ways of investing in fossil fuels, leaving plenty of room to do so.

We need a radical change in economic policy

mercredi 20 septembre 2023 à 06:47

*We need radical change in economic policy, not just a change of government.*

This goes for the US as well as the UK.