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Yes…definitely the new Energy Secretary of the USA
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I wouldn’t worry about this guy too long. Several sources tell me he is flakey and non committal
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#BREAKINGNEWS
Australia has just given preliminary approval to extend the life of the North West Shelf, the country's biggest and oldest liquefied natural gas plant for decades. This raises serious questions about Australia's climate agenda.
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🔥🌍 We don't need new global pledges - we need new ideas of how to support and maintain economic opportunities at the forested margins of society - or inequality and drought might simply consume our forests
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Deforestation pledges will go up in flames if we ignore inequality
With wildfires reaching new and disastrous heights, we need an end to global pledges – and more opportunities for people to make a living by protecting valuable ecosystems, writes Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/deforestation-wildfires-tropical-forests-b2757324.html
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2 parts tech, 1 part tariffs, add a pinch of protectionism. That seems to be the price recipe for EVs - set to make up 1 in 4 cars sold this year But could this transition happen faster? Should it? And is there a fairer, middle-way?
www.independent.co.uk/voices/elect...
@the-independent.com
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The electric car market is booming. So why are prices still so high?
Protectionist policies in the West mean that we are not gaining the benefits of the boom in electric vehicles, says Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/electric-vehicles-china-us-europe-b2753323.html
5 months ago
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🌍 A seismic shift in Australian politics has just opened the door to the most significant opportunity for Australia's domestic and perhaps its role in international climate action in over a decade. Read more:
www.independent.co.uk/voices/austr...
@the-independent.com
#auspol
#Canada
#NetZero
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Might Australian and Canadian voters be heralding a new Western alliance?
After a landmark victory for Australia’s centre-left Labor Party, and Mark Carney’s recent success in Canada, the influence of the current US administration may have reached its limit, says Chris Wrig...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/australia-canada-trump-west-policies-climate-b2744701.html
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Australia's two parties are still neck-and-neck ahead of the next election, but when it comes to energy policy, they’re worlds apart. The outcome could shape the country’s climate future for decades. 🌏⚡
#auspol
#climate
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Australia must choose between climate change reality and Trump-style denial
When it comes to energy, the country’s opposition leader Peter Dutton is apeing the White House’s moves, says Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/australia-peter-dutton-climate-denial-trump-b2736375.html
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After one year of Australia's Safeguard Mechanism, there are three key questions to ask: 1. Has it created a real incentive to reduce emissions? 2. Can we trust the data? 3. Is it set up to improve over time? My take on the challenges:
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Coal mine emissions reporting methods remain a major blight on Safeguard success
The Safeguard Mechanism is a good policy. But if it is going to succeed, it must start with accurate reporting from the coal sector.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-mine-emissions-reporting-methods-remain-a-major-blight-on-safeguard-success/
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I think we are really only scratching the surface of how incredible renewables + storage can be as a revenue source for so many small businesses
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Solar energy just saves you money – but with AI, could it make you money?
This week’s new energy trade fairs brought together some of the most unexpected innovators in green technology – and proved to Chris Wright that if you show people where the money is, they’ll gladly w...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/solar-energy-save-costs-ai-make-money-b2724107.html
7 months ago
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Good to clarify why Trump was in such a rush to leave
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8 months ago
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
https://kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-president-just-disrespected-america-in-the-oval-office-it-wasnt-zelensky/
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The NSW gov is considering extending Tahmoor coal mine’s 1 million tonnes of CO2-e per year But who would they even be extending it for? If ever there was a time to hit pause, this would be it!
#auspol
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Who will take on the emissions of Australia’s most polluting coal mine if Gupta sells?
Sanjeev Gupta is looking to pass the Tahmoor coal mine to its ninth owner for an asking price of $800 million. But who is going to step in and take responsibility for its emissions?
https://reneweconomy.com.au/who-will-take-on-the-emissions-of-australias-most-polluting-coal-mine-if-gupta-sells/
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Global thermal coal markets are moving - and Australia could be in for a rude awakening if we don’t prepare for big shifts in years to come
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science...
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Global coal demand holds, but drops among our biggest buyers
While the demand for coal reached another peak last year, the industry’s growth looks to be concentrated in just a handful of countries.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2025/02/23/coal-demand-australia-exports
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So interesting how scary a built-in fossil fuel decline can be for a government seeking to manage debt repayments And how much simpler the climate challenge would be without further expansionary spending
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Ahead of COP30, Brazil's Lula pushes for oil drilling in the Amazon
Months before COP30, Brazil's president Lula da Silva seeks the expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project in the Amazon.
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/lulas-government-pushes-for-new-oil-drilling-in-the-amazon-cop-30/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabirlSArXZxkASt8adoY89emHhf0U8Ec1lKFD6KIBUJozvoOJIfOB16J-4_aem_0d3oZDPkgIFxhJXXaKe4bw
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We passed ‘peak aid’ in 2022 and won’t be going back under Trump. The same is probably true for
#climatefinance
Question is, what do we push for now?
www.independent.co.uk/voices/usaid...
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If Trump thinks we’ve reached peak aid, it’s not looking good for climate finance
The aid industry will never be the same after Trump’s freeze on USAID spending, writes Chris Wright. While this will undoubtedly leave critical short-term gaps, some hope it might also lead to longer-...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/usaid-climate-finance-b2699107.html
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Dear America, THIS 👇 is what you should've done.
#DonaldTrump
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So stranded fossil fuel sponsorship risk is now a thing?
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8 months ago
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Is this maybe even too Australian?
9 months ago
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9 months ago
This is just embarrassing, and your music critic should be embarrassed. I recommend instead people read
andscape.com/features/gen...
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The subversive genius of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance
The Compton MC might have just given us the biggest rap performance ever
https://andscape.com/features/genius-of-kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-halftime-performance/
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NSW coal has a bigger global climate impact than…France! The numbers shocked me too
#auspol
#nsw
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NSW has coal mine methane emissions in its sights. But will the industry respond?
The NSW EPA’s new guide for “Large Emitters” puts the coal industry’s methane crisis in its sights. The big question is, how will the coal mining industry respond?
https://reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-has-coal-mine-methane-emissions-in-its-sights-but-will-the-industry-respond/
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If unchecked, crypto could be used to trade away national sovereignty, undermine energy security and destabilise the climate – all at the same time
www.independent.co.uk/voices/crypt...
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Bitcoin just made Trump billions. But how much will it cost all of us?
If unchecked, crypto could be used to trade away national sovereignty, undermine energy security and destabilise the climate – all at the same time, warns Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/crypto-bitcoin-trump-climate-energy-b2686289.html
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
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Australia could be poised to reap the benefits of $billions in stranded clean energy capital looking for the most fertile soil to invest in
#auspol
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Australia’s moment: How Trump’s fossil turn can supercharge our energy revolution
The transition to renewable energy and clean transport is a gold rush – and with the US electing to sit this one out, it’s time for our second Eureka moment.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-moment-how-trumps-fossil-turn-can-supercharge-our-energy-revolution/
9 months ago
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The British stole stuff from all around the world and they wont give it back. But they also left statues of colonisers everywhere too… Can we give those back now too?
#auspol
9 months ago
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Blake shelton keeping receipts!! What an awesome push back on lazy journalists at the
#ausopen
Just became my new favourite (non Aussie) tennis player
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‘Embarrassing and disrespectful’: Aus Open star left ‘shocked’ in stunning spray over interviewers
‘Embarrassing and disrespectful’: Aus Open star left ‘shocked’ in stunning spray over interviewers
https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/australian-open/embarrassing-and-disrespectful-aus-open-star-left-shocked-in-stunning-spray-over-interviewers/news-story/34f35bca15c8e076718529772649cc73
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“I am terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country” - James Baldwin
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My biggest fear as Trump takes office: moral apathy
As America faces unprecedented political and environmental challenges, the nation’s moral compass seems to be faltering. Chris Wright explores the implications of this moral decline in the age of Trum...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-fear-america-inauguration-climate-change-b2681892.html
9 months ago
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Labor is sitting on the edge of a historic opportunity: No New Coal Mines Stop whispering it and lets do it!
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science...
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Labor can, and should, take this promise on coal to the election
A proudly stated, clearly defined 'No New Coal Mine' policy is absolutely within the grasp of Labor ahead of the next election.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2025/01/12/labor-coal-mines
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Big Oil corporations have tested the waters and abandoned their climate resolutions in the last 12 months, and suffered very little push-back. Now they plan drill for more oil than anyone wants – or any of us afford
www.independent.co.uk/voices/bp-sh...
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‘Drill, baby, drill’ is the new mantra of Big Oil – and now it’s coming after EVs
After abandoning its climate resolutions in 2024, Big Oil plans to drill for more oil than anyone wants – or can afford, says Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bp-shell-oil-drill-climate-resolutions-ev-electric-vehcles-b2674050.html
10 months ago
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There is a unique finance opportunity in 2025, especially in Asia - with a few key elections and long term finance plans due to be renewed
eastasiaforum.org/2024/12/24/a...
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Asia’s energy transition could jolt the UN climate summit to life
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) left a bitter taste in the mouths of developing country negotiators. Many felt betrayed by what
https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/12/24/asias-energy-transition-could-jolt-the-un-climate-summit-to-life/
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Last week, four new coal mine expansions were approved, adding to a shocking total of seven coal mine approvals in just 90 days
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Australia is recklessly blowing its own climate promises
The Albanese government seems to be suffering from a split personality disorder on emissions. This raises serious questions about whether Australia can call itself a climate leader, Chris Wright says
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/australia-climate-change-coal-emissions-b2668630.html
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Labor has approved 7 coal mines in 90 days, including thermal coal mine extensions and a new super-emitting underground mine - that could be one of the biggest emitters in the country. Before any of their coal gets burned, they are a big methane problem
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Albanese’s four new coal mine extension approvals could crash the Safeguard Mechanism
The Albanese government approved a batch of four coal mines on Thursday, including a super-emitting mine that could almost crash the Safeguard Mechanism.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-coal-mine-extensions-will-kill-koalas-and-could-crash-the-safeguard-mechanism/
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“On the one hand, we’re racing to build out renewables faster than any other country per capita. On the other, we’re racing to approve more coal mines faster than any other.”
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Australia expands four coal mines despite warning of climate ‘death sentence’
Approval comes even as Australia pushes to host Cop31 climate summit
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/australia-expanded-coal-mines-nsw-queensland-b2667129.html
10 months ago
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Brilliant piece by
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Farmers in the Southwest and blue collar workers in the rust-belt could be key allies in the next 4 years thttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-climate-policy-joe-biden-ira-b2664367.html
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This is the best way to counter Trump-era climate denial
When farmers and green workers inevitably protest the fallout of Trump’s policy changes, climate campaigners must be ready, writes Chris Wright
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-climate-policy-joe-biden-ira-b2664367.html
10 months ago
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I feel like Rotary International can pick a side on this one
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RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine | Trump administration | The Guardian
Aaron Siri is helping Trump’s health secretary pick to select top jobs despite long history of attacking vaccines
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/13/rfk-jr-aaron-siri-polio
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So the Libs announced an energy policy in 2024, that basically doesn’t actually generate energy till 2040?
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Why coal must be a priority of COP31 in 2 years time…no matter where its held…
dialogue.earth/en/energy/co...
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Coal will be a central pillar of COP31, wherever it’s held
In the shadows of COP29, two of the world’s most coal-dependent countries are still bidding to host the UN climate summit in 2026, offering what could be a unique moment to renew focus on coal, write ...
https://dialogue.earth/en/energy/coal-will-be-a-central-pillar-of-cop31-wherever-its-held/
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Good to see young people still inspired by Isaac Asimov these days
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A great retrospective on the hopes and transitional tactics over the last decade of oil sands expansion. But I am genuinely left wondering…what the next step for Canada and Alberta’s oil sands?
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11 months ago
🔥 Gout Gout 🔥 still only 16 years old (turns 17 end of December) U18 100m heat 1 Australian All Schools Championships 1️⃣ 0️⃣ . 0️⃣ 4️⃣ (+3.4)
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Men will declare martial law and commence a coup rather than go to therapy.
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Why finance is so critically linked to fossil fuel transitions, and still needs to be a major focus next year
#cop29
#cop30
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The Baku backlash: Why Cop29 needn’t be an irreversible setback for climate change
When finance falls over, as it did at Cop29, fossil fuel interests will yank the rope as they always have, writes Chris Wright. But the road from Baku to Belém is one we shouldn’t give up on just yet
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cop29-climate-finance-fossil-fuels-paris-agreement-b2656088.html
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11 months ago
According to Korean constitutional law, if martial law is declared in a state of non-war, the National Assembly can vote to make the president stand it down. The National Assembly is gathering now. We are just now getting footage of inside the National Assembly.
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The coal sector is quickly trying to buffer itself against a structural decline in thermal coal The question is, will the NSW government read the tea leaves?
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024...
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Changing times mean a dark outlook for our old king, coal
The coal sector won’t say it out loud, but you can hear it whispered in internal meetings – thermal coal is now a toxic asset.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024/12/02/thermal-coal-mines-demand-aus
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I was struggling to compare the CCA emissions inventories 2023 v 2024…till… “For the fifth year in a row, revisions to Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (NGGI) in 2024 identified additional land sector sequestration” Awesome
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I wrote an article saying: ‘Bolsonaro is going to stage a coup’. All you had to do was pay attention to what he was saying,” Barros said Can we start believing these guys are as crazy as the say they are?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Bombshell police report details alleged Bolsonaro plot to stage rightwing coup
Former president accused of leading role in apparent scheme to overturn 2022 election defeat by rival Lula
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/27/jair-bolsonaro-coup
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I’m convinced that Peabody just stepped into the centre of Australia’s emissions reduction challenge.
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Peabody just made the biggest climate acquisition of the year
The US-based coal miner has just paid over $A5 billion dollars to acquire some of the biggest greenhouse gas emitting coal mines in Australia.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/peabody-just-made-the-biggest-climate-acquisition-of-the-year/
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11 months ago
Amazing data - perceptions of Aus fossil fuel industry [employment / contribution to GDP / tax contributions] vs reality - from
@australiainstitute.org.au
's annual 'Climate of the Nation' survey What $billions in advertising + compliant cultural capture buys you -->>
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Don’t forget the “extension of p.53 of the Paris agreement” part before skipping to the “by 2035” part of
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11 months ago
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Only 184 ppl kicked off watching the final
#cop29
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I wrote about myself. Views are my own
#cop29
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Donald Trump’s energy secretary will be more than an environmental disaster
The president-elect has chosen the cliamte change-denying boss of a fracking giant to steer US energy strategy. But that’s not even the oddest thing about his selection, says Chris Wright, at the Cop2...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cop29-chris-wright-climate-change-trump-b2652045.html
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If the next NCQG is $300bln per year, that would raise total finance commitment to $3.3trl by 2035 If its just $300 bln “by 2035” BUT $100 bln per year till then, it is only really a commitment of $1.3 trillion total by 2035
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