Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions>
"The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose
relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be
directly linked to more than one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions
in the modern era."
Via Glyn Moody.
Revealed: northern Australia's fossil fuel plans push climate goals
beyond reach
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/northern-australia-fossil-fuel-climate-goals-paris-agreement>
"A wave of planned fossil fuel developments by major companies across
northern Australia would significantly increase the amount of coal and
gas the country plans to sell into Asia and push the Paris climate
agreement goals further beyond reach, a Guardian analysis reveals."
Australia intends to do as much as possible to worsen climate change.
The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you
and me
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/polluters-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel>
"While we are all participants in the first great extermination, our
responsibility is not evenly shared. The impacts of most of the world’s
people are minimal. Even middle-class people in the rich world, whose
effects are significant, are guided by a system of thought and action
that is shaped in large part by corporations."
Moderate Liberal MPs sign on to crossbench-led climate action group
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/10/moderate-liberal-mps-sign-on-to-crossbench-led-climate-action-group>
"Several Liberal MPs have signed on to a crossbench-led climate action
committee, as the parliament’s independents attempt to take partisan
politics out of the nation’s climate policies.
Tim Wilson, Dave Sharma, Jason Falinski, Katie Allen, Angie Bell and
Trent Zimmerman are among the Liberal MPs to sign up to the
Parliamentary Friends of Climate Action group, along with Labor’s Ged
Kearney and Josh Burns as well as Adam Bandt from the Greens and Andrew
Wilkie."
Via Muse, who wrote "Non-partisan climate action in the Australian
Parliament!"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
