Quick Climate Links: Mike Cannon-Brookes says his plan for AGL would be the biggest decarbonization on Earth.
Tech billionaire, Mike Cannon-Brookes (pictured), through his company, Atlassian, and in association with Canadian Asset Management firm, Brookfield, made an offer for the Australian energy company AGL.
The board of AGL rejected the $8 billion bid by Cannon-Brookes to take over the company and to close its coal generators by 2030 and you can hear him talk about that on the Radio National's Breakfast interview - "Mike Cannon-Brookes pursuing AGL bid, despite a knockback".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"AGL rejects takeover bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian fund manager Brookfield";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield in bid to take over AGL and shut down coal plants earlier";
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"Clean energy companies plea for government ‘not to get in the way’ of renewable shift";
"‘Danger-to-life’: Storm Eunice pummels UK with fastest winds on record";
"Dropping coal will hike power costs – unless the government gets its act together";
"Storm Eunice death toll hits three, including woman killed by falling tree in London";
"Zenobe signs partnership with National Express for the UK’s largest ever single EV fleet";
"Mayor of London announces £90 million towards new green bonds";
"The charge to keep EV batteries out of the trash";
"Rising seas could flood 300,000 US homes and make coastal communities ‘unviable";
"Climate crisis forcing Zimbabwean women and children into prostitution";
"Chilling footage shows entire flock of blackbirds mysteriously dropping dead on Mexico street";
"The Brexiteer brigade are bored and now they’re coming for net-zero";
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"Climate change is coming for rich people’s favorite things. Should we care?";
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"White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race";
"Coastal Sea Levels in U.S. to Rise a Foot by 2050, Study Confirms";
"How Billions in Infrastructure Funding Could Worsen Global Warming";
"A musical interpretation of climate change pays tribute to Beethoven";
"Biden’s 500,000 EV charging stations get a $5 billion start";
"Angry Men" - George Monbiot:
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"One million hit by power cuts – and Storm Eunice chaos could go on into next week";
"Storm Eunice: at least four dead as worst storm in decades roars in";
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"Conversion Infrastructure — The Only Viable Solution to Climate Change";
"New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise";
"Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds";
"Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation";
"Explained: Petrol prices are smashing records, so why isn’t fuel tax on the agenda?";
"Ocean water along U.S. coasts will rise about one foot by 2050, scientists warn";
"Britain braces for 70mph winds as Storm Eunice repair bill estimated at £360m";
"Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland";
"Cannon-Brookes leads green bid for AGL, to fast-track coal closures";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes lodges AGL takeover bid to ‘accelerate coal exit’";
"The Future of Global Coal Production (2021-2024F)".
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