Category: Renewable Energy

No Consultation

No consultation with Victorian locals 2nd March, 2023 By Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell MLC  Source; https://www.onenation.org.au/victorian-local-consultation As I have been engaging with members of my constituency in the northern region, it has become apparent that a newly formed Australian branch of an international company has initiated community engagement in at least two separate areas of interest. However, … Continue reading No Consultation →

Australia’s Obscene Green Subsidy Machine

6th October, 2021 By Alan Moran, Quadrant Source; https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/doomed-planet/2021/10/australias-obscene-green-subsidy-machine/ When an ALP government introduced a “carbon price” on electricity in 2012 it was sold as a neutral tax. It was, of course, nothing of the sort. The tax was on the carbon content of fossil fuels, but a neutral tax would have had the new … Continue reading Australia’s Obscene Green Subsidy Machine →

Efforts To Pool Wind Farm Funds Launched

8th April, 2021 Source: By Terang Express Maximise spending: Former Moyne Shire councillor Colin Ryan, RE-Alliance representatives Tony Goodfellow and Lucy Allen, and local Mick Murphy OAM have floated the idea of pooling wind farm funding streams in to one fund to maximise investment in big ticket programs and assets. Moyne residents have been encouraged … Continue reading Efforts To Pool Wind Farm Funds Launched →

Wind Farm Stoush

150 regional jobs on line in wind farm stoush over Chinese steel 20th February 2021 By Paul Sakkal, The Age Source; https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/150-regional-jobs-on-line-in-wind-farm-stoush-over-chinese-steel-20210219-p5743a.html More than 150 regional jobs are at risk because a multinational has chosen to use cheaper imported steel, likely from China, instead of local product to build a $360 million wind farm in … Continue reading Wind Farm Stoush →

‘Deeply Troubling’ …

'Deeply troubling': Chinese company that 'tries to hide its ties' to the Communist Party is set to be given the green light to build two hydro power stations in Australia 16th June, 2020 By Alison Bevege, Daily Mail Australia https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8422653/Deeply-troubling-Chinese-firm-Communist-ties-set-build-hydro-power-stations-Australia.html Chinese firm accused of 'trying to hide' its ties to the Chinese Communist PartyBeijing-based wind … Continue reading ‘Deeply Troubling’ … →

Activism Behind Suppression Of ‘Planet Of The Humans’ Documentary

‘Green’ billionaires behind professional activist network that led suppression of ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary 7th September, 2020 By Max Blumenthal The Michael Moore-produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same ‘green’ billionaires, Wall Street investors, industry insiders and family foundations skewered in the … Continue reading Activism Behind Suppression Of ‘Planet Of The Humans’ Documentary →

‘It’s Past Time To Flip The Bird At Wind Turbines.’

'Experience overseas suggests that, apart from hydro power, renewables are unreliable, uneconomical and very unfriendly to the environment they are claimed to protect. Evidence from places investing heavily in renewables such as Denmark, Germany and California demonstrates they are intermittent power generators needing back-up from conventional energy sources.'-John Mikkelsen