Fiddling while Rome burns?

[AE-NMidlands]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ble-energy

The world’s largest coal port has announced it will now be powered entirely by renewable energy.

The announcement from Port of Newcastle comes as coal power generation in Australia’s national electricity market fell to its lowest level in the final three months of 2021.

Though the port continues to export an average of 165Mt of coal a year, the move is part of a plan to decarbonise the business by 2040, and to increase the non-coal portion of its business so that coal only makes up half its revenue by 2030. etc

I guess that even though the Australian government might not be looking ahead, but their businesses are!
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[Stinsy]

I read recently that the barges that transport millions of tonnes of coal down a river in China are electrically propelled...

[billi]

...maybe they have to ? Both ships and harbors maybe restricted to travel into China or elsewhere , when (Air) pollution levels are to high ??
Just guessing or are those driving ban in cities of China because of air pollution only for Joe average ?