Bill Bovingdon
@williambovingdon.substack.com
Sustainable Finance, Green Bonds
Co-Founder Altius, Head of bonds for Australian Ethical, Adjunct Fellow UNSW Business School
Also, Arsenal, St Kilda FC, guitar and fly fishing
Co-Founder Altius, Head of bonds for Australian Ethical, Adjunct Fellow UNSW Business School
Also, Arsenal, St Kilda FC, guitar and fly fishing
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
Cheapest, fastest, safest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
Cheapest, fastest, safest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
Cheapest, fastest, safest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
Cheapest, fastest, safest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
Seeing where the winds blowing! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Latrobe Valley manufacturer moves from coal to wind amid energy shift
As major offshore wind developers wait for an auction process in Victoria to begin, work is already underway to ensure Gippsland's long energy legacy translates into new opportunities.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Seeing where the winds blowing! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Great to see the Trump Administration's war on clean and affordable energy alternatives become a key theme in the recent Democratic electoral victories. A sampling of some recent headlines h/t @torygavito.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Great to see the Trump Administration's war on clean and affordable energy alternatives become a key theme in the recent Democratic electoral victories. A sampling of some recent headlines h/t @torygavito.bsky.social
“misrepresented” authors belatedly acknowledge the additional cost of reaching net zero by 2050 is actually $300 billion, not $9 trillion
Once we include the lower health costs, improved environment and lower adaptation costs, it sounds like a bargain
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
Once we include the lower health costs, improved environment and lower adaptation costs, it sounds like a bargain
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“misrepresented” authors belatedly acknowledge the additional cost of reaching net zero by 2050 is actually $300 billion, not $9 trillion
Once we include the lower health costs, improved environment and lower adaptation costs, it sounds like a bargain
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
Once we include the lower health costs, improved environment and lower adaptation costs, it sounds like a bargain
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
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"There are substantial risks that natural gas could crowd out investments in renewable technologies or delay the broader adoption of zero emission energy systems," the report said."
Secret report challenges government claim WA gas will help world decarbonise
A secret report undermines the WA government's claim that domestic gas production is helping the rest of the world decarbonise, while the state's own greenhouse gas emissions rise.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"There are substantial risks that natural gas could crowd out investments in renewable technologies or delay the broader adoption of zero emission energy systems," the report said."
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Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social for speaking up for the vast majority of Australians who care very much about the impact we're having on nature & the climate, who want & deserve meaningful leadership & action from those elected to represent them
Biodiversity Council's 2024-25 Biodiversity Concerns Survey of >3,500 Australians found that a majority
😟 are very/extremely concerned about biodiversity issues
☹️ think gov performance at Federal & State/Territory level is terrible/poor/average
💪 want action (96%)
💪 support pro-biodiversity policies
😟 are very/extremely concerned about biodiversity issues
☹️ think gov performance at Federal & State/Territory level is terrible/poor/average
💪 want action (96%)
💪 support pro-biodiversity policies
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social for speaking up for the vast majority of Australians who care very much about the impact we're having on nature & the climate, who want & deserve meaningful leadership & action from those elected to represent them
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A very solid, evidence-informed speech against the Albanese government's cynical push to rush through Labor's deeply inadequate, integrity-challenged EPBC package
Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social
Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A very solid, evidence-informed speech against the Albanese government's cynical push to rush through Labor's deeply inadequate, integrity-challenged EPBC package
Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social
Thank you @zalisteggall.bsky.social
Overdue given gas stoves cause health and financial damage and have been linked to 12 per cent of Australian childhood asthma cases au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-counc...
Aussie council rolls out landmark household ban in growing national trend
It's the latest jurisdiction to adopt the controversial ban.
au.news.yahoo.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Overdue given gas stoves cause health and financial damage and have been linked to 12 per cent of Australian childhood asthma cases au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-counc...
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💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
Legal Challenge to Protect CPP from Climate Risk — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
www.shiftaction.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
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"The Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest Connections Scorecard shows the development pipeline for the main national grid has ballooned out to 275 projects, representing a total of 56.6 GW in generation and storage capacity."
Now to ensure they get built.
Now to ensure they get built.
reneweconomy.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The Australian Energy Market Operator’s latest Connections Scorecard shows the development pipeline for the main national grid has ballooned out to 275 projects, representing a total of 56.6 GW in generation and storage capacity."
Now to ensure they get built.
Now to ensure they get built.
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Ooh yeah baby, the money just can't get enough of that good clean energy.
Renewables drew a record $386 billion in investment in the first half of 2025, up 10% year-on-year, taking global clean-energy investment to a record high.
https://f.mtr.cool/brnnyqrwnn
Renewables drew a record $386 billion in investment in the first half of 2025, up 10% year-on-year, taking global clean-energy investment to a record high.
https://f.mtr.cool/brnnyqrwnn
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ooh yeah baby, the money just can't get enough of that good clean energy.
Renewables drew a record $386 billion in investment in the first half of 2025, up 10% year-on-year, taking global clean-energy investment to a record high.
https://f.mtr.cool/brnnyqrwnn
Renewables drew a record $386 billion in investment in the first half of 2025, up 10% year-on-year, taking global clean-energy investment to a record high.
https://f.mtr.cool/brnnyqrwnn
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Ah, I was wondering what is too become of the millions of infected animals in testing labs now science has been shut down over there.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ah, I was wondering what is too become of the millions of infected animals in testing labs now science has been shut down over there.
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‘The president of Palau has told the ABC he wants Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to fly to Brazil next month for a global UN climate summit and "close the deal" with Türkiye to secure #COP31 hosting rights for next year.’ #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Pacific leader pushing Australia to 'close the deal' on hosting COP31
One the Pacific's most high-profile leaders is pressing Anthony Albanese to fly to the global UN climate summit in Brazil next month to "close the deal" with Türkiye and secure COP31 hosting rights fo...
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
‘The president of Palau has told the ABC he wants Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to fly to Brazil next month for a global UN climate summit and "close the deal" with Türkiye to secure #COP31 hosting rights for next year.’ #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
This kind action has a successful precedent www.financialstandard.com.au/news/canadia...
Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate ri...
www.financialstandard.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This kind action has a successful precedent www.financialstandard.com.au/news/canadia...
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"we have to think about climate change as a national emergency. That means we're short on time. We need to focus narrowly on our mission, on the goal, which is decarbonization and mitigating the effects"
YT recommended this video to me and it's from a guy who would NEVER mention TX's rising GHGS
YT recommended this video to me and it's from a guy who would NEVER mention TX's rising GHGS
What’s killing the clean energy revolution? | Alec Stapp
YouTube video by Freethink
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"we have to think about climate change as a national emergency. That means we're short on time. We need to focus narrowly on our mission, on the goal, which is decarbonization and mitigating the effects"
YT recommended this video to me and it's from a guy who would NEVER mention TX's rising GHGS
YT recommended this video to me and it's from a guy who would NEVER mention TX's rising GHGS
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"In the leaked document, Amazon executives warned that transparency was “a one-way door” and advised keeping its projections confidential, even as they feared inviting accusations of a cover-up"
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leak reveals Amazon plan to keep water use of data centres secret
Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
www.source-material.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"In the leaked document, Amazon executives warned that transparency was “a one-way door” and advised keeping its projections confidential, even as they feared inviting accusations of a cover-up"
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
No clue, cos no shits given
The Caravan to the future
And here's Matt's pitch to modernise Australia's communications
And here's Matt's pitch to modernise Australia's communications
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
No clue, cos no shits given
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#BandagesMadeOfFungi 🧬🍄 are being developed from a soil-mold species that forms a hydrogel able to retain up to 83% water, potentially shaping a future where living-fungal materials help wounds heal more naturally 💧✨ #BioTech #FutureOfMedicine
Bandages Made From Living Fungi Could Be The Future of Wound Healing
Fungi are best known for returning dead, organic matter to the Earth, but materials scientists are exploring whether they could someday help our bodies repair, in the form of special hydrogels.
www.sciencealert.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
#BandagesMadeOfFungi 🧬🍄 are being developed from a soil-mold species that forms a hydrogel able to retain up to 83% water, potentially shaping a future where living-fungal materials help wounds heal more naturally 💧✨ #BioTech #FutureOfMedicine
Anti-climate agenda backfiring again
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Anti-climate agenda backfiring again
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...
An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...
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Podcasting...
This time, digging into Australia's economic success, and the sources of our prosperity.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This time, digging into Australia's economic success, and the sources of our prosperity.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Australia is 'freaking amazing' - will that last? - ABC listen
Australia is an economic success story. But can the institutions that built it survive an uncertain world?
www.abc.net.au
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Podcasting...
This time, digging into Australia's economic success, and the sources of our prosperity.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This time, digging into Australia's economic success, and the sources of our prosperity.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It just got 10% dumber.
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Not a joke: Trump just imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on Canada because he still doesn't understand that Reagan was a vehement free trader. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
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Australia news live: home battery subsidy helped add 50% to capacity in four months as Labor hails ‘solar nation’
Australia news live: home battery subsidy helped add 50% to capacity in four months as Labor hails ‘solar nation’
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Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen has declared Australia a “solar nation” after 100,000 households and small businesses have signed up to a government program to help install home batteries. The government says there has been a 50% jump in home battery capacity within four months of the program starting. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Australia news live: home battery subsidy helped add 50% to capacity in four months as Labor hails ‘solar nation’