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Tech billionaire, Mike Cannon-Brookes (pictured), through his company, Atlassian, and in association with Canadian Asset Management firm, Brookfield, made an offer for the Australian energy company AGL. The board of AGL rejected the $8 billion bid by Cannon-Brookes to take over the company and to close its coal generators by 2030 and you can hear him talk about that on the Radio National's Breakfast interview - "Mike Cannon-Brookes pursuing AGL bid, despite a knockback". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "AGL rejects takeover bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian fund manager Brookfield"; "Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield in bid to take over AGL and shut down coal plants earlier"; "Matthew Priestley | Why a smarter grid is key to a renewable future"; "Fiacre Rougieux | The solar energy future is already here… "; "Second deadly storm sweeps across northern Europe, causing chaos"; "The great greenwashing scam: PR firms face reckoning after spinning for big oil"; "Clean energy companies plea for government ‘not to get in the way’ of renewable shift"; "Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise"; "‘Danger-to-life’: Storm Eunice pummels UK with fastest winds on record"; "Dropping coal will hike power costs – unless the government gets its act together"; "Storm Eunice death toll hits three, including woman killed by falling tree in London"; "Zenobe signs partnership with National Express for the UK’s largest ever single EV fleet"; "Mayor of London announces £90 million towards new green bonds"; "The charge to keep EV batteries out of the trash"; "Rising seas could flood 300,000 US homes and make coastal communities ‘unviable"; "Climate crisis forcing Zimbabwean women and children into prostitution"; "Chilling footage shows entire flock of blackbirds mysteriously dropping dead on Mexico street"; "The Brexiteer brigade are bored and now they’re coming for net-zero"; "Uber and Lyft passengers are ultra-wealthy. Will this keep cities from investing in transit?"; "Climate change is coming for rich people’s favorite things. Should we care?"; "No more yelling at TV now candidate has voiced her case for Casey"; "White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race"; "Coastal Sea Levels in U.S. to Rise a Foot by 2050, Study Confirms"; "How Billions in Infrastructure Funding Could Worsen Global Warming"; "A musical interpretation of climate change pays tribute to Beethoven"; "Relocalizing Technology"; "Biden’s 500,000 EV charging stations get a $5 billion start"; "Angry Men" - George Monbiot: "What is a sting jet and could Storm Eunice be deadly?"; "Storm Eunice travel chaos: Rail industry issues blanket 'do not travel' warning"; "One million hit by power cuts – and Storm Eunice chaos could go on into next week"; "Storm Eunice: at least four dead as worst storm in decades roars in"; "Thinking about buying an electric vehicle in 2022? We tackle your top 5 concerns"; "Conversion Infrastructure — The Only Viable Solution to Climate Change"; "New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise"; "Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds"; "Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation"; "How Brisbane EV-charger company Tritium made it to the White House, selling 'picks and shovels to the gold rush'"; "Explained: Petrol prices are smashing records, so why isn’t fuel tax on the agenda?"; "Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Trap"; "Ocean water along U.S. coasts will rise about one foot by 2050, scientists warn"; "Britain braces for 70mph winds as Storm Eunice repair bill estimated at £360m"; "Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland"; "Cannon-Brookes leads green bid for AGL, to fast-track coal closures"; "Mike Cannon-Brookes lodges AGL takeover bid to ‘accelerate coal exit’"; "The Future of Global Coal Production (2021-2024F)". Enjoy "Music for the Warming World".   Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations