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Yes, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a coal mine. But save the angst for decisions that matter more

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Monday, May 15, 2023

The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland.

Key Points: 
  • The outcry was loud and swift last week after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a new coal mine in central Queensland.
  • It’s the first coal mine Labor has approved since coming to power a year ago.
  • The project, the Isaac River mine, will extract metallurgical coal to be burned for steel-making.

A lesson in spin-doctoring

    • But in reality, scuppering the mines was an easy and relatively uncontroversial decision for Plibersek.
    • Indeed, MacMines abandoned its proposal in 2019 and the phone number for its Darwin office is no longer even connected.
    • That news came six days later, when details of the Isaac River mine approval were quietly uploaded to the federal environment department’s website.
    • The coal mine, east of Moranbah, will reportedly produce about 500,000 tonnes of metallurgical coal each year for five years.

Thermal vs coking coal

    • In weighing up the merits of Plibersek’s decision on the Isaac River mine, we must make a distinction between thermal coal, used in electricity generation, and metallurgical or “coking” coal, used in steel-making.
    • Metallurgical coal accounts for about half of Australia’s coal exports by tonnage, but the great majority by value.
    • By continuing to export thermal coal, Australia is delaying the inevitable transition for the sake of short-term profits.

Let’s not get distracted

    • That approval was not the only decision made by Plibersek last week, or the most important one.
    • She also allowed three other mine projects – two in New South Wales and one in Queensland – to proceed to the next stage of environmental assessment.
    • These projects had been sent back to Plibersek for further consideration after an environment group requested the effects of climate change be considered.
    • It would produce about 12 million tonnes of thermal coal a year – more than the Adani Carmichael mine.

Big coal tests remain

    • But none of the approval decisions announced by Labor so far differ from those we might have expected under the Coalition.
    • Many more federal decisions on coal mining projects are yet to come.
    • Read more:
      Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer's coal mine.

Fintech Startup, CollateralEdge, Raises an Oversubscribed Seed Round of $3.5M to Give Regional and Community Banks a Competitive Advantage in Financing Middle Market Businesses, Fueling the Future of the American Economy

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

CollateralEdge has developed an innovative technology solution to help regional and community banks safely extend debt capital to more businesses, ultimately boosting local economic growth.

Key Points: 
  • CollateralEdge has developed an innovative technology solution to help regional and community banks safely extend debt capital to more businesses, ultimately boosting local economic growth.
  • The company will use its announced funding to expand its team and product capabilities and accelerate its go-forward strategy and partnerships with community and regional banks.
  • "The problem we are solving at CollateralEdge is vast, ongoing, and has plagued the middle market lending industry for decades," said Joe Beard, CEO and co-founder of CollateralEdge.
  • The platform creates risk-mitigated lending opportunities for banks while reducing friction and borrowing costs for small and mid-market businesses.

APX Platform Announces New Advisory Board

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --APX Platform, the aesthetic industry's only business intelligence growth and training platform, announces its new Advisory Board of aesthetic industry experts and key opinion leaders that will help steer the company's strategic vision and growth as well as provide insights to deliver more value to plastic surgery and medical spa clients.

Key Points: 
  • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --APX Platform, the aesthetic industry's only business intelligence growth and training platform, announces its new Advisory Board of aesthetic industry experts and key opinion leaders that will help steer the company's strategic vision and growth as well as provide insights to deliver more value to plastic surgery and medical spa clients.
  • "We are thrilled and honored to welcome our new Advisory Boardmembers," said APX Founder and Co-CEO Terri Ross.
  • I'm looking forward to serving on the APX Advisory board as I know APX will change the way practices do business moving forward.
  • "We are so happy to serve on the Advisory Board for APX.

Woolpert Taps Water Practice Leader for Infrastructure, Engineering Support in Texas, West

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Woolpert has hired Rebecca Katzke, PE, PMP, CFM, ENV SP, as a senior associate and water practice leader.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Woolpert has hired Rebecca Katzke, PE, PMP, CFM, ENV SP, as a senior associate and water practice leader.
  • "Water resource engineering has become increasingly digitized and connected through advances in 3D modeling and design, artificial intelligence and cloud-based technologies.
  • "Rebecca's outstanding and diverse skill set will support our recent acquisition of CivilTech , a multidisciplinary water and transportation engineering firm based in Texas," Holbrook said.
  • "Her understanding of the 'one water' approach to managing wet assets really leverages the interconnectedness of AEG technologies to support our clients.

New epic poem offers a way to look at current events and issues of inequity and racism using biblical stories

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

In the epic poem, the two vilified Biblical characters must work together in modern times to avert the worlds end.

Key Points: 
  • In the epic poem, the two vilified Biblical characters must work together in modern times to avert the worlds end.
  • In the Bible, both Ishmaels and Esaus first-born rights are given to their brothers Isaac, and Jacob.
  • A spokeswoman named Bat Kol intervenes and offers the two a way to overcome their unjust predicaments.
  • Othered No More is available for purchase online at the Archway link above, at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Othered-No-More-Ishmael-Esau/dp/1480893587 .

Polestar Cars Drives Innovation and Awareness with Actor Oscar Isaac in New Video Series

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --In the pursuit of accelerating sustainable mobility, Polestar, the electric performance car brand, today released a multi-episode video series featuring Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac.

Key Points: 
  • GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --In the pursuit of accelerating sustainable mobility, Polestar, the electric performance car brand, today released a multi-episode video series featuring Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac.
  • A champion for climate justice, Isaac delves deeper into Polestar innovations which aim to improve today's society, and that of the future.
  • The video series is available to view today at www.polestar.com/us/making-anew .
  • "As the automotive world moves to electrification, important terms such as sustainability and clean energy are becoming generic slogans with diminished meaning," said Oscar Isaac.

FAIstudios New Film, "Sheep Among Wolves Vol II" Shows How the Iranian Regime is Losing Control of the Iranian People to a Sweeping Movement of Women Who Follow Israel's Messiah

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Jesus has a long history of promoting meek and mild women who lean their lives into His redemptive plans and purposes.

Key Points: 
  • Jesus has a long history of promoting meek and mild women who lean their lives into His redemptive plans and purposes.
  • Right now, in Iran, women are categorically oppressed and systematically abused day-in and day-out from the moment they take theirfirst breaths.
  • And these women, forever transformed by the God who sees them (Genesis 16:13), are turning Iran upside down (Acts 17:6).
  • And celebrate what the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is doing for and through women across the Persian world.

Katherine Dos Santos Joins RDG Global as Creative Director

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Friday, November 2, 2018

NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RDG Global has appointedKatherineDos Santos Creative Director of its newly launched contemporary division.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- RDG Global has appointedKatherineDos Santos Creative Director of its newly launched contemporary division.
  • Dos Santos was most recently SVP Design and Creative Director Womenswear at Xcel Brands, where she headed up design and creative direction for Isaac Mizrahi brands.
  • Under Dos Santos' direction, Isaac Mizrahi brands more than quadrupled in business, growing from $40 million to $175 million.
  • A native New Yorker, Dos Santos has been immersed in the world of fashion since she was a student.