The merger would be a blockbuster for Wall Street’s dealmakers, creating a conglomerate housing EVs, energy storage batteries, rockets and satellites.

#electric-vehicles #tesla #spacex

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COP31 won’t get global buy-in. Time to adapt to climate change

Science & Climate

4d ago

COP31 won’t get global buy-in. Time to adapt to climate change

Decarbonisation is a failure. The alternative is adaptation, which directly counters impacts of global warming by making humans’ physical environment and infrastructure more resilient.

#climate-change #p31

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Shrinking subsidies haven’t stifled the battery boom

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1w ago

Shrinking subsidies haven’t stifled the battery boom

Sustained demand for home battery systems is fuelling calls to rethink the federal government’s $7.2 billion home battery scheme.

#batteries

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Rule-breaking data centres to have power switched off

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2w ago

Rule-breaking data centres to have power switched off

The federal government’s green power mandate for energy-hungry server facilities will have harsh rules for those that fail to comply.

#centres #switched

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Clear as mud: Climate agency admits its own reports are unreadable

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2w ago

Clear as mud: Climate agency admits its own reports are unreadable

Reports by the government’s top climate adviser require a graduate degree to understand. For the enemies of the green transition, that’s an opportunity.

#climate #climate-change #mud

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Massive Snowy 2.0 budget blowout comes with $1b wage bill

Science & Climate

2w ago

Massive Snowy 2.0 budget blowout comes with $1b wage bill

The expansion of the massive hydroelectric project was expected to cost around $2 billion when announced in 2017. Instead, it is heading toward $25b.

#snowy #massive-snowy #blowout

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3w ago

Natasha Stott Despoja

When male politicians suggest that the nature of debate has not necessarily changed, it reflects a disconnect from the rising tide of misogyny in public life.

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Snowy 2.0 price tag soars to $25b, 10 times initial estimate

Science & Climate

3w ago

Snowy 2.0 price tag soars to $25b, 10 times initial estimate

The project is one of the biggest and most complex undertaken by the federal government, and was first proposed by then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

#snowy #turnbull

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