Oil stocks declining 'very fast', IEA chief warns ground.news/article/iea-...

Drought to Deluge! Developing El Niño gives us an early preview of the pattern for late fall and winter. A strong Subtropical Jetstream will hover near Texas, Louisiana and the lower MS Valley through the next 1-2 weeks… 1/

Construction starts on Sydney’s first electric bus depot at Macquarie Park.

1% of the global population is responsible for 50% of flying emissions. The Iran oil crisis has revealed once again that flying has been far too cheap for too long and that this cannot continue amidst the climate crisis. This podcast discusses this really well.

Fossil fuel advertising spending is going up even, as revenue from their exploitation of our resources is coming down, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/19/f...

1/ "Australians really care about the landscapes they live in, & abt the precious places they will never visit, but want protected anyway. They just need a govt that cares as much as they do.[..] I will be guided by 3 essential goals. To protect, to restore, & to manage Australia’s environment."

After decades of environmental and biodiversity failure, the idea of relying on "nature markets" is just the latest sick joke from the neoliberals who brought us the destructive privatization of public services. #auspol

Northwest cloud band clearing after having given much of central and south east Australia a drink.

"Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, reaching 11.2GWh of cumulative storage capacity in less than a year since the scheme launched." www.energy-storage.news/australia-hi... via George Heynes 🔌💡

"Over the last ten years, the population has increased by 16%, and the number of homes has increased by 19%." "The housing crisis wasn't caused by a drop in supply." @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

Exclusive | A long-serving BoM executive is leaving after a rocky, decade-long tenure that includes the shambolic rollout of BoM's new website and lying to court. Rick Morton reports. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/19/b...

Waymo’s Entire Robotaxi Fleet Recalled After Self-Driving Car Drove Into Floodwaters — What Happened Next Is a Warning for Drivers autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-e...

Plan to reduce private health rebates for older Australians to have ‘almost no impact’ on hospital system, expert says

While changes to #CGT etc were welcome, the #budget delivered last week is a kick in the guts for environment and biodiversity. The environment is sliding down the ladder of #LaborValues #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

At least six oil and gas companies kicked in $1m each to a fund operated by Australian Energy Producers (AEP) to fight a proposal for a new gas tax. The Prime Minister flew across the country to tell the resources sector in person it was dead. Here's me in @deepcutnews.bsky.social looking at why.

World’s first 100% battery-electric cruise ship (1,865 passengers, 275 meters, 82,000 tonnes) to operate by 2031. supercarblondie.com/german-shipb...

A state has been warned #climate change-linked weather #hazards endanger almost a fifth of the value of major #infrastructure assets.

Found some amazing black fungi in Springwood, NSW, Australia “Urnula campylospora” Very gothic looking #fungi #mushrooms #fungifriends

Leo just doesn’t want to go home. IG: lordleothelazypom

Looking up datacenter locations for a piece I'm working on and found maybe the most egregious piece of AI art I've come across in the wild.

Did you know that data centers can heat their neighborhoods by up to 2.2°C? This study shows how the cooling systems of these facilities may be adding to Phoenix's already intense heat. What does this mean for residents living nearby? 🌡️

"A gas export tax will push gas prices down in Australia . . . and end the farcical situation where Australians were told that they had a ‘gas shortage’ while simultaneously being one of the world's largest gas exporters.” – Richard Denniss Read more on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/498xqGf

Excellent companion pieces in @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point thepoint.com.au/opinions/260... - Louise Morris thepoint.com.au/news/260418-... - Tegan George

"Australians are getting smashed at the petrol pump, smashed at the supermarket and smashed on their energy bills, but no other companies make anything close to the profits the big four banks are taking from mortgage holders.” – Richard Denniss Read more ➡️ https://theaus.in/4fujRES

Audio up! New article on Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica today claims that the ice shelf is deteriorating much faster now leading the team at the British Antarctic Survey to write an obituary for it… 1/

Good read on climate migration and climate refugees: How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/c...

Australia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market - Euan Ritchie and Yung En Chee One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Power firms warn data centre rush creates ‘material risk’ to national grid www.theaustralian.com.au/business/pow...

If you needed any further proof that converting deep plan office buildings to housing… just gives you rotten housing - look at this at Sydney’s Railway Sq. Current DA to convert nondescript Henry Dean Place to ‘co-living’ - so often code for most exploitative rentals. Narrow, fixed windows, dismal

Interesting article on how vaccines might prevent dementia. It’s fun when new scientific techniques are able to sort of upend some of our ideas about how immunity works.

‘Quieter and cleaner’: Sydney to trial electric ferry after two-year delay NSW transport minister says contracts signed for 24-metre, battery electric ferry to be trialled for 12 months from 2028 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

El Niño is coming “soon” and it could reach “very strong” levels later this year, according to a May 14 forecast released by climate scientists from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

Solar-powered plane forced to ditch into #ocean after bad weather forced an extension to an 8-day autonomous #flight and depleted its #battery reserves.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-first-solar-powered-aircraft-to-complete-round-the-world-flight-ditches-into-the-ocean/

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This failure is more than just political; it is existential for this country’s remarkable, unique and increasingly imperilled wildlife and ecosystems.

I've been away and have come back to this ... El Niño and the heat it brings is coming - and it could be a very big one #climatecrisis #elnino www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

Long but impressive read in today’s #Guardian. ‘’The world shifts from molecules to electrons.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

FYI ABC news has started posting here.

Tesla Slashing Down Payments & Loan Terms in China Amidst Dropping Sales cleantechnica.com/2026/05/15/t...

Not good www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

I know you're all still a bit worried about the gas companies, so let's check on how they're going. Afterall the ASX200 fell today so much be carnage for the gas giants

My good friend and colleague @yungenchee.bsky.social and I penned an Op Ed for @australia.theguardian.com about @australianlabor.bsky.social's failure to deliver on their promise to voters of 'ending environmental neglect' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In 2023, then Enviro Minister Plibersek said the heart of EPBC reforms—National Environmental Standards—would set "legally enforceable requirement for decision making – that approval decisions deliver a positive net outcome for nature" @euanritchie.bsky.social & I examine the reversal of promises

As the first big batteries came on line, they started to nibble into the evening peak. Then, as numbers grew, they ate more and more of the peaking gas generators’ party mix until – in March and April this year – they have pretty much eaten the whole lot. reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...

Tesla collected more revenue from energy storage and home battery installations than sales of its Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles (EVs) in Australia last year. According to company filings