Ben Potter
@OBenPotter
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Journalist at the AFR covering energy and climate, and other business things. Former companies editor, Washington correspondent, opinion ed. opinions mine
Melbourne Aust
Joined August 2012
Interesting move — David Di Pilla appoints @JuliaGillard to chair $2bn Energy Transition Fund-
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And let coal power emissions rip in the 15-20 years it will take to deliver? — a fiendishly brilliant scheme to do nothing about decarbonisation for two decades well done.
At CIS’s energy event with Chris Uhlmann, @QuixoticQuant, Helen Cook and Adi Paterson right now. If we want to implement an energy system that is reliable, sustainable and intergenerational, the only real solution is nuclear.
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This is a touch ‘Ministry for the Future’ (only it’s now).
“Parts of India are being seared under a heatwave with maximum temperatures ranging from 40 degrees celsius to 46 degrees celsius in many areas. Amid the intense heat, a TV anchor recently fainted while reading heatwave updates live on air.”
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How much on Shiraz? They should have made do on more modest fare to pay the mortgage shouldn’t they?
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RT @canning30: As a former journo with 30 years in the game, a small tip for the current practitioners. Don't be first. Just be right.
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Spent a bit of time on this — Can Pollination really become the next ‘green’ Macquarie?
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Believe this will be a hybrid.
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Let joy be unconfined.
30 underwriters declined to back a bond for the Republican presidential nominee.
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Power bill relief for households and small firms looks on the cards from July 1 (draft still to be finalised).
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Authentic in a Hannibal Lecter kind of way.
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Pretty interesting this — Barossa project is a « backfill » and therefore gets a more lenient baseline for their emissions reduction obligations — frankly gas industry protection from the Albanese government !.
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Seriously under-ventilated issue about our “cottage industry” approach to residential rental provision, it’s bad for rental security but also for the quality and energy efficiency of rental housing.
Single-property landlords are terrible for rental security. If we want security of rental tenure, as they have in the US and Europe, we need to stop penalising institutional landlords.
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RT @MayneReport: A shame this Neil Mitchell farewell lunch didn't have more women in the room:
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RT @RewiringAus: Interesting report in @FinancialReview this morning! Stay tuned for our comments.
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Terrific chatting to @Gentrack's Gary Miles and @AmberElectricAU 's Dan Adams about their plans to take their bundled Aussie battery automation and customer care platform to the world's utilities, leveraging the world-leading growth of rooftop solar .
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A lovely tribute from Peter Martin.
I was shocked to learn on reading @1petermartin's piece this morning that my friend Tim Colebatch had died. A gentleman and a scholar if ever there was one. His funeral was in Canberra today . RIP Tim .
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