Meet the world’s largest decarbonisation project: A billionaire is bidding to buy Australia’s biggest electricity company — to shut down its coal-fired power plants. The company currently produces more emissions each year than the entire country of Sweden.‌

From Weekly Filet #383, in February 2022.

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