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Last month I wrote a piece on the mistaken concept of “harm” in the ESA regs.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/25/an-impossibly-vague-concept-of-harm-plagues-the-endangered-species-act/
They have now rescinded that bad concept:
https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2026-07/department-interior-restores-clear-esa-enforcement-rescinding-misguided-harm
Progress!
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https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/general/ai-caramba-data-centers-drive-up-public-electricity-bills-by-23-billion/ar-AA286Bma?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6a5bde0b376e481480270a686c820331&ei=13
It wasn’t hard to imagine this happening here.
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Aussie Renewable Energy Retailer Collapse Blamed on President Trump
Essay by Eric Worrall
The collapse of the Ross Garnaut-backed renewable power retailer Zen Energy is set to have a contagion effect across Australia’s electricity sector, with several large clean energy developments left without a stable long-term buyer for their power.
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In those documents, Zen blamed its troubles on wavering Australian government policy and a post-Trump world that was hostile to emissions reduction.
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https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/07/18/aussie-renewable-energy-retailer-collapse-blamed-on-president-trump/
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Wonderful news!!👏👏👏👏!! Let’s hope it’s a sign of the whole lot disappearing.
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Another is the planned Squadron Energy (Twiggy Forrest) 69 Turbine Wind Farm in the Tumut (NSW) area has been “paused”. Further cracks in the whole Renewables edifice. Twiggy has already taken quite a beating on his Green Hydrogen folly, one has to wonder how those solar powered electric Haul Trucks are progressing in the Pilbara.
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Pity Garnaut didn’t listen to Jo, Plimer et al a few years back.
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Mores the pity that successive governments DID listen to Ross Garnaut !
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I am quite sure that this claim of a business failure caused by Trump will be on the ABC shortly.
It suits all their beliefs.
A pity that I don’t watch the ABC (but I do contribute (involuntary) towards their operations).
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Sweden’s Vattenfall halts giant Vidar offshore wind project over lack of profitability. Unlike many other countries, Sweden doesn’t subsidise wind power.
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/renewables/offshore-wind/swedens-vattenfall-halts-offshore-wind-project-over-lack-of-profitability
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