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Things are hotting up in the Wannon (no relation) electorate, in west Victoria, Australia. The sitting Liberal is being challenged by the progressive talented Alex Dyson, and no Green candidate has been fully-secured. So yard signs are up at Aireys Inlet. (part of Wannon).

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Musk’s big battery tweets set Australia on a path to a renewables revolution in 2017. His utterings on X in this election could help shape the future of energy in Australia

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#BREAKING Australia to deport all the people released by the High Court to Nauru. Immoral, inhumane, Trumpian and highly likely to be unconstitutional. I explain in 1 minute what’s shockingly just been announced by the Albanese Government.

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This is what's showing on Google Maps in Australia now. Hey Google, Australia hasn't renamed the Gulf of Mexico, we don't want to see it called something it's not.

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Letter to the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde from United Methodist Committee on Faith and Order.

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This is a hard read first thing on a Monday, but a necessary one. The world has essentially turned a blind eye to the killing of children in Gaza and it speaks volumes about which lives matter and which don’t. By @nesrinemalik.bsky.social

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I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary #Climate

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All of this reminds me of this passage from a chapter draft I wrote a couple of months ago, for a forthcoming collection… Democracy dies in plain daylight. ☹️

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🚨After an eight-month legal battle a university professor - who gave evidence over the PwC tax leaks scandal - has obtained a secretive complaint PwC made against him. It reveals the complaint is a sham. Goes to the heart of PwC's ongoing global cover-up... theklaxon.com.au/a3ok

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Homelessness and the housing crisis - they won't fix it because they don't want to. A cartoon. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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First C3 on Bluesky.

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Irregular reminder of drought in Victoria snakegullyfarm.blogspot.com/2024/11/did-... #ozweather

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Unless offsets are actually catching CO2 from the atmosphere, are they really offsets?

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New Research Points to Possible Algorithmic Bias on X techpolicy.press/new-research...

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Proposed legislation to alter the interpretation of the Waitangi treaty was declared & vote counting progressed.. with a bit of argy bargy, until the Maori vote... *the full video is wonderful. The vote was then suspended; www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWe8...

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Chinese company BYD is one of the worst - and Tesla is one of the least bad (still only showing 'moderate' alignment) - when it comes to EV manufacturers aligning their supply chain with human rights protections New report from @amnestyuk.bsky.social www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

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NEW: “Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions & are a boon to businesses.” And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

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My column on economists etc being gloomy that unemployment is low because they think we need more people unemployed. (f*ck them, I say) www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

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It is never acceptable to assume releasing a tonne of carbon is fine because it'll get eaten back up by hungry little trees and soil clumps. It has always been a grimy cheat. It is shocking how deeply ingrained the 'mop it up with trees' thinking is across the entire climate world!!

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You can tell any story you want about Australia’s colonial past. That doesn’t make it history | Paul Daley

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A fun new tool to explore Australia's methane emissions has just dropped. It's weird how despite Australia's fucking enormous beef production (including feedlots!) all the parts of the continent with the highest observed methane emissions are right over fossil fuel infrastructure! ... Weird! 💡🔌

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www.movebeyondcoal.com/three_new_co...

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #972,091!

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At Prayers for the Apostles, protesting against seismic blasting for gas at 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Victoria Australia #Faiths4Climate

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Hahaha "I not sure where this information originates from" it literally cites the news article with your leader Dutton suggesting it as a location.

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No NACC for justice. A cartoon about Robodebt and getting away with... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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AEC warns it doesn’t have power to deter AI-generated political misinformation at next election

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Last week Australian Environment Minister Plibersek put long-promised new environmental laws on hold. Fossil fuel miners were jubilant. Monster coal and gas projects are poised to drive fauna to extinction and send temperatures soaring. Join an action to protest www.google.com/maps/d/u/3/v...

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The effective amount of Petroleum Resource Rent Tax collected by the Australian government as a share of oil & gas revenues has collapsed, as we point out in our submission to the Treasury. #Auspol #Auspol2024 climateanalytics.org/publications...

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Separate targets for fossil emissions, land-based removals and tech-based removals are a no-brainer and should really be the bare minimum, not something that people have to fight for. www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...

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thanks Microsoft for continuing the enshitification of everything - went to use excel on personal laptop today to discover it no longer exists, recent updates have purged all office software from the system and now I have to (re)pay for Microsoft 365. Way to utilise your monopoly I guess.

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COP In which there are too many people diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/c...

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ABC analysis of financial disclosures of the sustainable or ethical-labelled super options has revealed 12 of them collectively hold almost $1.2 billion worth of fossil fuel industry shares. Forceful #stewardship would be an ethical use of these holdings www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...

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ICYMI - Samoa's response to the COP28 agreement being gavelled through while they and 38 other small island states were out of the hall is worth hearing - as is the reaction in the hall: EnergySky ClimateSky

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Here we go! #COP28 — a massive Oil & Gas business networking opportunity with foreign governments for COP28 President & UAE national oil corp (ADNOC) boss, Sultan Al Jaber Great exposé from Centre for Climate Reporting

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Police arrest 97-year-old as climate protest blocks major coal port

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At the #SS4C climate march in Naarm/Melbourne. Students are demanding that Labor government stops approving new coal and gas projects. #ARRCC

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Awesome place to shop

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"The capability" returns, albeit much restricted. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers

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Carbon capture and “enhanced oil recovery” technologies are a lifeline to the oil and methane gas industries. CCS, EOR, credits for captured carbon in the future - all will enable more drilling & burning by fossil fuel companies today.

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Brunswick Uniting Church people in front of YES banner at Walk for YES in Melbourne www.yes23.com.au

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I'm going to be joining walk for yes in Melbourne 17 Sep 2023 at 12 noon State Library t.co/IdnQJKheLI

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