There are so many more delivery trucks crowding streets these days. Ecommerce has grown at a healthy rate before the pandemic, and COVID has further fueled society’s shift to online shopping. Those commercial trucks are a major source of the emissions and pollutants that contribute to global warming. Tesla have begun to bring electric cars into the mainstream, but the revolution has yet to take hold in commercial trucking in western countries. Volta (Sweden, France & UK based) has launched Zero as their first purpose-built, full-electric,16 ton commercial truck, designed specifically for freight distribution in city centers. https:/

Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced the launch of the “world’s first” recyclable commercial turbine blade. Wind turbines generate electricity without using fossil fuels or producing particulate matter pollution, but they do create waste: they can last as long as 25 years, and up to now turbine blades could not be recycled, piling up in landfills at the end of their life. However, now the Spain-based renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa says it has finally designed a recyclable wind turbine blade.https://www.fastcompany.com/90674645/this-giant-wind-turbine-blade-can-be-recycled 

Fatbergs are becoming famous* and yet we hesitate to legislate against wipes, and other contaminants. The leading baby wipe manufacturers are big players like Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Large sewer-clogging wet wipe blockages cost city councils $millions each year*. In Qld at least, wet wipes, paper towels, tampons, and even cat litter could carry an accredited 'flushable' logo by 2022 to let consumers know that products adhere to national standards, will not clog up sewage systems and cause minimal damage to the environment. Why did this take so long?https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/qld-standard-fatbergs-clogging-sewe

The 6th IPCC Report published 9th Aug gave us a 'Red Alert' on Climate: https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/Of many commentaries, Former Irish President Mary Robinson's interview on the 7.30 report was the most blunt warning to Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/mary-robinson-joins-7.30-to-discuss-the-ipcc-report/13493312?jwsource=clAnd Deputy US presidential climate envoy, Dr Jonathan Pershing is pressing Australia to a 50% reduction by 2030:  

Another option to reduce transport emissions: connecting electric trucks to overhead power lines on electrified highways. Australia's transport emission reduction is being neglected. So why not start with the most energy-efficient route to zero-emission road freight. The technology is being tested in Germany and Sweden. This article suggests the biggest hurdle to large-scale rollout is the initial infrastructure. In Australia currently the biggest hurdle is an absence of government policy:investmenthttps://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/electric-highways-offer-most-efficient-path-decarbonise-trucksAlso hear Prof Lachlan Blackhall on Australia's energy security issues Tues 10th August 6pm: