He’s still banging on about “windmills”

Short thread on why this is terrible political advice that Democrats should vigorously ignore. The author is continuing in the grand Dem-left tradition, starting with Al Gore, of writing a book about climate change then advising everyone to ignore the implications of what they wrote.

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Is this right? A possible scenario for the budget to be passed is with Greens support which will most likely lead to stronger tax on gas + reform for fossil fuel subsidies, extra revenue to fund cost‑of‑living and climate (eg Future Made in Australia etc)...

Getting worried that what I post here isn’t influencing Rust Belt voters…

#Landowners are being stung by capital gains #tax as high as 45 per cent on the compensation they’re getting for hosting #transmission.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/energy-ministers-seek-solution-to-tax-trap-for-landowners-seeking-compensation-for-transmission-lines/

Everything you need to know about the #santamarta climate conference, what worked, what didn't, why the process needs to be radically different from other international climate dialogues, and how a human rights frame might get it there. From @ninalakhani.bsky.social drilled.media/news/santa-m...

A bunch of extremely beautiful pictures of wind farms in China - all photographs by Weimin Chu e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

BIG SCOOP: Energy industry reps tell me the Trump administration is now extrajudicially blocking all new wind projects in the United States Apparently the Pentagon is refusing to sign off on once routine FAA airspace clearances even when military assets aren’t around My latest for @heatmap.news

Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine.

In an age of anti-renewables misinfo where fossil fuel companies are funding astroturfing campaigns to delay the transition to wind & solar, this is a critical time for communities to get organised, learn skills & champion renewable energy. www.yes2renewables.org.au/toolkit_launch

Six #wind farms, two huge solar-battery #hybrids and several seven and eight hour #battery projects emerge as winners of the latest CIS tender.

“Norway turned luck into an investment strategy. Aust..relied on being the “lucky country”. Or..as the economist Richard Auty put it, we have succumbed to “the resource curse”..we allowed the industry to crowd out others, becoming too reliant on it along the way” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Is it right that, at First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, the Australian Gov attended quietly, sent officials rather than the minister, made no headline-worthy intervention, joined nothing binding...

Osman calls this ABC piece “propaganda for the fossil fuel industry,” “is this from Baku?” @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy worth a listen youtu.be/wkTzbUlf0so?...

#Households could see a modest reduction in the cost of poles and wires in their #bills, even with a big increase in the revenue approved for for the state’s five #network companies.

JUST PUBLISHED: My key outcomes from first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia 🌎Plans for work on national roadmaps, subsidies and trade 🌎A "refreshing" new approach for talks among nations 🌏A new science panel & much more www.carbonbrief.org/santa-marta-...

I demonstrated two things today: that driving faster increases the risk that someone will die and that, after the pandemic, people started driving like bigger assholes. Gift link: www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

“When can I get a job?” Community leaders say coal country ready – and waiting – for offshore wind reneweconomy.com.au/when-can-i-g...

we're so cooked insideevs.com/news/794295/...

"Australia Institute analysis maps out how Australia could ban new coal and gas projects, establish a clear timeline to phase out fossil fuel production, eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and increase taxes on fossil fuel extraction" Excellent @louisemorris.bsky.social piece here #TAFF

World threatened by a “suicidal” model of capitalism that is leading to war, fascism and the potential extinction of humanity, Colombia’s president has said, as he convened 57 governments to address the climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"The conference's most significant outcome was the announcement of Tuvalu and Ireland co-hosting the Second Conference...a new dedicated scientific panel; and a comprehensive final report from the co-host governments" www.fossilfueltreaty.org/santa-marta-...

'New study suggests majority of regional Australians back renewable energy transition' "Renewables can be the next step forward — maybe not the final answer, but the next step." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Warracknabeal farmer Phil Koschitzke

Also worth noting a submission by China 🇨🇳 – which kept fairly quiet last year during US/Saudi opposition to the framework. The submission signals that China is broadly supportive of the net-zero framework and engages specifically on the topic of how to use resources from the new IMO fund.

Amazing and it’s real…’Priest Baozhi (J., Hōshi) Saiō-ji Temple, Kyoto’ www.kyohaku.go.jp/old/eng/them....

‘A renewable energy exposé by Seven’s flagship investigation program Spotlight found to have omitted key facts.’ www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...

The photography in this piece is just so freaking stunning. Click it and read it and soak it in

What's this?! A podcast with @racheldonald.bsky.social AND @jksteinberger.bsky.social Two people I have learnt so much from & who continue to inspire me & so many folk. Subscribe to Planet Critical, and Julia's column: jksteinberger.medium.com for more. www.planetcritical.com/julia-steinb...

Can't recommend this highly enough—should be compulsory in the training of conservation scientists Fantastic introduction to political ecology, "an interdisciplinary academic field that basically is interested, very simply, in questions of politics around the environment" 🙏@mongabay.com

A historic moment in Santa Marta, Colombia underway, where 57 countries, accounting for over half of global GDP, 30% of global population, and 20% of fossil fuel extraction, are meeting to set a road map for transitioning away from fossil fuels. Colombia released a roadmap to get off fossil fuels.

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week www.abc.net.au/news/science...

“Essentially the [power line] towers became rubbing posts for cattle and even provided a little bit of shade.” Farmer, Michael Greenham talking about his experience of having a powerlines through his property 9:21 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6cM...

TV program looking at appalling mining practices in #Congo says it is a blight on the #renewables and storage industry. But it falls over at the first fact check.

Pope Leo: "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters.”

"Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought" AMOC collapse is the biggest threat to Europe. Not migration, wokery or similar nonsense. #climate 🧪

Interesting comments from Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen this afternoon. It suggests EVs will be a focus of Australian domestic policy and stirrings of regional political realignment across South East Asia in the form of a short term plan (work together) and a long term goal (electrify).

EXCLUSIVE: A data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by The Australian targeting Randa Abdel-Fattah. The paper has written more articles on her than Nine papers, Guardian, ACM papers & ABCNews online COMBINED www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...

People ask me all the time for my favorite Onion headline, and there are like 200 of them, but my favorite recent print headline is easily this:

In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically. rdcu.be/dbFbB

"Others didn't want it, so me and a couple of other neighbours got together and said, 'Why not bring it through our farms?'," Mr McIntosh said. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Orban's crushing defeat is a huge loss for Australia's authoritarian right. His fans here include Abbott, Downer, Kevin Andrews, Brian Loughnane (former Liberal party national director) and Greg Sheridan, along with less prominent but highly influential figures

If you’re interested in why it’s so hard to achieve better cities, listen to (and share) this. It was a turning point for me…a culmination of years of increasing determination to call out lies and disinformation, and the beginning of a thought process that eventually lead to @urbantruth.bsky.social.

Just in case you’re thinking of using Chatty to edit your manuscript

Counting down to the first meeting of the Fossil Fuel Treaty in Santa Marta later this month. Many firsts will be discussed there, and most exciting is the Peoples Summit for a Fossil Fuel Free Future. Fossil fuel wars are our 'forever wars', it's time to quit them fossilfreerising.org/about

Now more than ever, we urgently need to switch to renewables. This is about more than saving the planet; it's about peace and stability - renewables are cheaper and provide greater energy security.

"The biggest policy question in Australia right now is this: what will the government do to rapidly electrify everything?" New from me in @reneweconomy.com.au after the events of this week and how this conversation has played out.

Connecting Pollinator Corridors: Using evidence and monitoring to deliver a Nature-Positive grid www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXT0...