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An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories from around the world compiled by Roger Andrews.

Our lead story this week features Australia, where the federal government has declared victory in meeting its 2020 renewables goal and will fix no new emissions targets after then. The mix to follow includes another oil price tweet from Trump; record oil production from Russia; the US-China trade war; natural gas and the coal phase-out in Germany; the coal crisis in South Africa; France and India to build world’s largest (9.6GW) nuclear plant; US court upholds nuclear subsidies; Ontario to scrap its Green Energy Act; the EU wants more hydrogen; the British Gas “unlimited tariff” and Gov. Jerry Brown (aka Gov. Moonbeam) sends California into space.

Blowout 247

Earlier in the week, more madness from Jerry Brown:

California goes carbon negative

The California legislature just passed Assembly Bill 100 (AB100), which according to the inset calls for “100% clean energy by 2045”. The brief review presented in this post shows that AB100, which targets electricity, not energy, will cut California’s greenhouse gas emissions by only about 16% even in the unlikely event its target is met. Its main impact will be to add to the regulatory overload from which California’s electricity providers already suffer. The fact that the bill was passed at all indicates that California legislators, as well as being unable to tell the difference between megawatts and megawatt-hours, are also unable to tell the difference between electricity and energy.

Assembly Bill 100 and a 100% renewable California

Blowout 247

Californian Turkeys Vote for Christmas

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