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Graham Readfearn

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Climate and environment correspondent for @GuardianAus bit.ly/2pO0NaF Dad. Burnley fan. Opinions mine.
Brisbane, QLD, Australia Joined November 2008
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It’s finally here. Every day this week our major ⁦⁦@GuardianAus⁩ investigative podcast series Australia v The climate. Part 1: Kyoto.. government insiders tell us how Australia struck a special deal that made “meeting and beating” targets easy. theguardian.com/australia-news…
www.theguardian.com Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto This is the story of how Australia’s behaviour across decades has made it a climate change outcast. In the first episode we hear how Australia managed to increase its emissions under a climate deal...
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On Monday, The Australian's p1 lead story said mining giant Glencore had "urged the Albanese government to slow down the transition from coal to renewables" But Glencore told me its position was "the transition should NOT be slowed" Exclusive story here. theguardian.com/australia-news…
www.theguardian.com ‘The transition should NOT be slowed down’: energy story in The Australian wrongfooted by mining... Exclusive: Glencore says it did not call on federal government to slow shift from coal to renewables, contradicting News Corp paper’s front-page quotation
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Here’s the latest Temperature Check column, looking at the new Sky News Aus documentary “The Real Cost of Net Zero”, plus, coal is apparently a“transition fuel” now. theguardian.com/environment/20…
www.theguardian.com Sky News Australia documentary The Real Cost of Net Zero fails to live up to its hubris, with... Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?
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Latest Temperature Check column is out, looking at millionaire Dick Smith's rant against renewables on ABC radio show Australia All Over, and the misinformed claims on electricity prices and blackouts. theguardian.com/environment/co…
www.theguardian.com Dick Smith’s ABC radio rant against renewables overflows with ill-informed claims | Temperature... Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe