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What Would Happen in 4 Years

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on nearly $30bn worth of US imports
Canadian government says it will follow ‘dollar-by-dollar’ approach and institute 25% tariffs on US imports
Canada tariffs updates: White House halts plan to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium
US President Donald Trump had threatened to increase 25% tariffs on certain Canadian metals to 50%.
Albanese invokes ‘Team Australia’ in pitch to buy local after Trump tariffs
The PM suggests Australians should buy local goods instead of American ones ahead of a federal budget expected to have an “Australian-made” theme.
How Trump avoided punishment for his felony convictions
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced in New York, months after a jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents to cover up an extramarital affair. The judge granted Trump an unconditional discharge, a sentence that affirms he’s a convicted felon, but one where he will face no further penalties, fines or any time in jail. William Brangham reports.

It might be his intention to cause chaos in his term thinking a world in peace or an orderly society of US could resume the prosecutions in 4 years.

Hope that’s just my wild imagination.

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So What About The Labour Party

Tanya Plibersek approves three coalmine expansions in move criticised as ‘the opposite of climate action’
Decision angers environment groups with Australian Conservation Foundation saying Albanese government ‘continues to disappoint’
‘We fought so hard to avoid this’: Plibersek approves coal mine expansions
The Albanese government has given the greenlight to three massive coal mine expansions in NSW that will operate as far into the future as 2066 and fuel over a billion tonnes of carbon emissions.
Living Wonders Legal intervention: About the coal and gas proposals
ECoCeQ has challenged 19 new coal and gas proposals currently awaiting federal approval. Read the evidence about each project.

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Coalition Is Going Nuclear

Dutton reveals seven sites for proposed nuclear power plants
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has told his Coalition colleagues he will go to the next election promising to build seven nuclear power stations.
Why has the Coalition gone nuclear? The facts you need to navigate the energy debate
Teased and speculated for more than two years, Peter Dutton has finally revealed his nuclear power policy.
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Ted O’Brien talks Australia’s Energy Future on 7:30
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The Nationals vs. The Renewables

Opposition vows to scrap NSW offshore wind farms in Labor heartland
During a rare visit to Wollongong, National Party leader David Littleproud confirms that, if elected, the opposition will scrap both offshore wind zones in New South Wales.
Coalition to impose ‘cap’ on renewable energy investment, Nationals leader says
David Littleproud claims Australia doesn’t need ‘large-scale industrial wind farms’ like the planned offshore zone south of Sydney
Nationals oppose all ‘large-scale renewables’
David Littleproud has added his voice to the Coalition’s fight against renewables, and French football star Kylian Mbappé urges the youth of his country not to vote for the far right.

Good luck with the quest, Don Quixote.

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This Does Not Sound Hypocritical At All

“Prohibiting new gas connections is crucial to prevent the growth of fossil gas use and emissions, as well as expensive gas infrastructure.”

Victoria’s Gas Substitution Roadmap
Learn about Victoria’s gas substitution roadmap and how its guiding our state towards zero emissions.

“The Victorian government has approved an application for a gas extraction project offshore at Port Campbell, on the Great Ocean Road.”

Victoria grants first gas extraction licence in 10 years in the state’s south-west
The Victorian government has approved an application for a project to extract gas offshore near Port Campbell, on the Great Ocean Road. It’s the first application to be made since 2014.
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We Might Need More Stuff to Burn

Hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences to boost British energy independence and grow the economy
Hundreds of new oil and gas licenses will be granted in the UK, the Prime Minister has confirmed today (Monday 31 July).
Australian government launches offshore petroleum exploration permits for 47,000 sq km of ocean
Resources minister says exploration ‘central to alleviating future domestic gas shortfalls’ but Greens slam ‘mockery’ of climate target
Biden Administration Oil, Gas Drilling Approvals Outpace Trump’s
Center for Biological Diversity: Massive Fossil Fuel Expansion Undermines U.S. Climate Commitments
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CCS: Just A Hustle

World’s biggest carbon capture plant performing below expectations as critics pan ‘ludicrous’ technology
The future of carbon capture technology is up in the air as United States oil and gas giant Chevron admits to an Adelaide audience that its flagship project is running at just a third of capacity six years after opening.
South Australia tells gas industry the state is ‘at your disposal’
SA energy minister tells industry ‘we are here to help’ while federal resources minister Madeleine King promotes carbon capture and storage
Food & Water Watch Launches Dynamic Digital Resource Hub to Refute Dangerous Carbon Capture Hype
“Our Carbon Capture Scam web hub gives people an opportunity to take action and fight back against CCS, and for a truly clean, renewable energy future.”
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Climate Change Denial from Sky News

Ep 13 – Sky News ‘misleading’ – Media Watch
Media regulator ACMA says Sky’s Outsiders program breached accuracy and fairness guidelines four times when reporting on climate science in 2021.
Sky News Australia’s Outsiders breached industry code for accuracy on climate science, media watchdog finds
Acma investigation highlights four segments on Sky News Australia that tried to play down the threat to Great Barrier Reef
Scientific theory ‘never beyond being questioned’: Rowan Dean responds to Rudd’s complaints
Sky News host Rowan Dean says it is no secret he is a climate sceptic as the “science on anything is never settled”. Mr Dean’s comments after former prime minister Kevin Rudd put forward 80 complaints to the Australian Communications Media Authority regarding a climate sceptic segment on 10 episod…
How Sky News Australia turned watchdog’s rebuke over climate denial into an ‘exclusive’ story | Weekly Beast
Regulator finds commentator Rowan Dean broke accuracy and fairness rules, but Sky puts its own spin on things. Plus: is SBS moving to western Sydney?
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They Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Occidental Makes a Billion-Dollar Climate Moonshot—So It Can Keep Pumping Oil
Oil giant says its billion-dollar bid to capture greenhouse gas will give it leeway to invest in fossil fuels
Shell CANSOLV® CO₂ Capture System | Shell Global
Shell Catalysts & Technologies offers a wide variety of gas absorption solutions including the CANSOLV CO₂ Capture System.
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We design, consult and engineer CCUS solutions for our customers, advising on the most viable options for their assets and decarbonization projects.
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Maybe The Turning Point Is Near

Exxon in the classroom: how big oil money influences US universities
Students at Princeton describe unease that Exxon employee had an office on campus, while dozens of universities have big oil links
In Landmark Pledge, British Lawyers Say They Won’t Act in the Interest of Fossil Fuels
The litigators refuse to represent new coal, oil and gas developments or prosecute peaceful climate protesters
EU fossil fuel car ban gets final green light
The 27 EU member states gave final approval Tuesday to a ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, after Germany dropped a last-minute blocking effort.
It’s not perfect, but the Labor-Greens climate deal should limit emissions and fossil fuels. That matters | Adam Morton
The agreement delivers important changes to the safeguard mechanism. But there is still a lot of work to do