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March Updates Climate Emergency |
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Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2021 23:00:00 +1100March Updates Climate Emergency |
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Submitted by Dan Byrnes ...
29 March 2021, SMH p. 6, Australian news: Electric vehicles uptake set to surge.
29 March 2021, SMH p. 8, Australian news: Gap between 'haves and have-nots' to widen as [jobkeeper] plan ends,
29 March 2021, SMH p. 9, Australian news remark: "Renewables already create the cheapest electricity in the market and the last leg the fossil fuel industry has to stand on was their security services they have historically provided", said Bruce Mountain, the head of Victoria Energy Policy Centre.
27-28 March 2021: SMH Business Section p. 3.: Insurance problems in Australia, which since before 1900 has been viewed as a place of regular floods or fire: premium fears in wake of disasters. "It is a big worry and we're yet to fully appreciate the impact." Tenterfield farmer Bronwyn Petrie.
27-28 March 2021: SMH Business Section p. 7.: Comment by Clancy Yeates: "Climate change pressure on finance giants is only just getting started. It's an increasingly mainstream issue for big investors and financial regulators."
20-21 March 2021, SMH Business Section, p.1ff: Rio Tinto board backs activist demands on climate. Story by Nick Toscano. Rio Tinto has become the first Australian company to support activist shareholder activity.
Late March 2021 Uganda reportedly due to climate change has a melting glacier! Various news media including Internet