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As the ACT bans methane gas connections in new homes, new peer-reviewed research finds that 13% of childhood asthma cases in the US can be attributed to gas stove use. Tim Buckley writes that it’s time to turn off this expensive, toxic legacy fuel, shut down the cartel’s self-interested gaslighting, and “electrify everything” – reaping the economic, health and climate benefits of the transition. Read more

Tim Buckley comments in this CNN feature on the latest developments in the Sun Cable saga, reflecting on Andrew Forrest’s contention that Singapore doesn’t want electrons, it wants “molecules”, ie green hydrogen and ammonia. Read more

Part 1 of an extended interview with Tim Buckley on ABC Radio Drive about the ACT policy which has ended toxic and expensive methane gas connections to new homes as of 1 Jan this year, and the enormous financial and other benefits of electrifying everything. Read more

Part 2 of an extended interview with Tim Buckley on ABC Radio Drive about the ACT policy which has ended toxic and expensive methane gas connections to new homes as of 1 Jan this year, and the enormous financial and other benefits of electrifying everything. Read more

Tim Buckley says that while the current funding structure of Sun Cable is dead, it doesn’t mean the whole vision’s dead – it can be resurrected with a new corporate structure and, potentially, governments taking a larger financial stake. Read more

Tim Buckley in an extended interview on Sun Cable, noting that this challenging project proposal – a world first – needs sufficient government endorsement, and while it is currently in administration this is not equivalent to liquidation. Read more

Tim Buckley notes that in a project at the scale and complexity of Sun Cable, strategic, geopolitical, financial hiccups are inevitable and the current financial situation does not mean the vision is dead. Read more

Tim Buckley comments in this feature on the global shutting off of the pipeline of new coal power stations – a key phase in the international campaign to end coal and hasten the energy transition. Read more

Exxon Mobil is trying to sue its way out of a windfall war profits tax (33% levy on profits in excess of average profits over last 4 years) to tackle soaring energy prices claiming it will deter investment. Tim Buckley undoes the spin, pointing out Exxon will make $60bn profit this year and would be paying only $2bn of this under the windfall tax, and similar taxes (eg in WA and Norway) have not deterred investment. Read more

As Vanguard leaves the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative in the context of the chilling effect on investment of the US Republicans’ anti-ESG movement, Tim Buckley notes that Vanguard was such a climate laggard its exit could be a mutually agreed decision. Meanwhile Blackrock leads in this space and the US Climate Bill triggers a huge influx of capital into clean energy. Read more

As Tim Buckley writes, the accelerating momentum of 2022 now leaves Australia well capitalised to embrace the huge opportunities of decarbonisation – critically important given the fossil fuel hyperinflation and bill shock that has defined this year. Read more

Tim Buckley comments in this piece on the announcement by the federal government of 8 new utility scale batteries across Eastern Australia which will add 2GW of capacity, with a $176 million investment by ARENA attracting $2.7 billion in private capital. Read more