NEW from Ember electricity data:

Electricity demand has stabilised in the EU, but fossil generation keeps falling ⚡🇪🇺 1/4

So Madeleine King MP is more like a Coalition Minister on radio this morning. How about talking the facts: 1. Qld gas is not doing ‘the heavy lifting’ as it remains a nett importer of Vic gas 2. There is no ban on Vic onshore con. gas exploration. And Vic fixed Iona - not you

The nastiness and irrationality in some of the response to the appointment of the widely respected Sam Mostyn as our new GG this week was bonkers. Wrote this for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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A week in contrasts….this week the LNP’s Bridget McKenzie talked about when “we shut down (car) manufacturing”.

The LNP invited car manufacting to leave.

Today the Anthony Albanese Govt took a huge step toward building a solar panel manufacturing industry for 🇦🇺 with our Solar Sunshot…

'Ute tax:' Australians not falling for spin as clear majority want cleaner, cheaper cars thedriven.io/2024/03/16/ute…

Government’s $840M Cost of Living Relief Package Helps WA Single Mum Buy Rare Earths Mine theshovel.com.au/2024/03/15/gov…

I’m here in Washington to co-chair the principals meeting of the #criticalminerals taskforce and meet with a number of officials from the Biden administration to look at how we can leverage our #ESG standards and promote investment in Australia’s critical minerals. 🇦🇺🤝🏼🇺🇸

An equity stake and a seat on the board please Anthony Albanese, not giveaway grants! And where is the plan for value-add taking place here in Australia rather than just making our country a bigger and better quality quarry? 🤷‍♂️ #auspol

'Ley has a habit of pulling the pin on hand-grenades then holding them until they explode.'

Niki Savva on Sussan Ley and Ley's world record level incompetence.

Congratulations on having achieved so much so far!

Feb 2021: Listen to community
Jan 2022: Launch candidate
May 2022: Largest 1st pref swing
Oct 2023: Only Lib seat with a YES majority

Because democracy is intended for people, not parties.

#BetterIsPossible #Independent

Im calling it early…’Point of Order of the Year goes to Zoe Daniel MP (she/her) Great point of order by Zoe Daniel MP (she/her) today. Facts matter

#auspol #climate

This would be funny if it wasn’t so serious.

This MP, my MP, prioritizes political point-scoring over backing sensible public policy - policy that lowers emissions, improves national security & helps families at the hip pocket.

#BetterIsPossible Voices of Bradfield #EVs

Over 800,000 Queensland households have solar on their roof.

We want to make it easier for them to add a battery to soak up even more clean, cheap sunshine.

That's why we're offering rebates of up to $4,000 on home solar batteries.

Excellent opportunity here👇to ask Paul Fletcher about Peter Dutton’s lies and scare campaign against a strong New Vehicles Efficiency Standard.

Ask Paul Fletcher why the Liberal and National Parties are so opposed to slashing fuel bills and car pollution.

This year marks 15 years since Black Saturday. As bushfire survivors, we understand the impacts of climate change. Add your name to our open letter and join the call for safer energy now.
✍️ bushfiresurvivors.org/openletter

#BSCAOpenLetter
#SaferEnergyNow
#SaferEnergyFuture

US electric vehicle sales in 2023:
📈50.6% YoY (931k to 1,402k)
🔋1,109k battery electric (new record)
🔌293k plug-in hybrid (also a new record)

Preview of my decarbonization deck (out soon).

h/t Justin Gerdes for finding U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Lab data.

As we launch back into 2024, Rising Tide has been given a golden opportunity to back in union movement allies by standing together in support of renewable energy!
A strong turnout of Rising Tide climate defenders will demonstrate our commitment to supporting renewable energy jobs

Consistent with AEMO's own modelling, our new analysis reconfirms there is no material electricity reliability gap for NSW if Eraring closes on schedule..
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Clean Energy Investor Group warns solar projects in parts of NSW and Victoria face big hits to revenue, as 'old issues around MLFs come back to haunt the industry.'..
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