Hamish 💧
@hamishoz.bsky.social
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Living a good life in Western Australia. Insurance broker. Planetary boundaries kind of guy 🍃
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Renew Economy
about 18 hours ago
#RewiringAustralia CEO Francis Vierboom on what #governments can do to help renters cut their energy #bills, like giving them access to portable #solar and #battery options. Plus news of the week..
https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-insiders-podcast-renters-and-the-right-to-plug-in/
#RewiringAustralia
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Solar Insiders Podcast: Renters and the "right to plug in"
Rewiring Australia CEO Francis Vierboom on what governments can do to help renters cut their energy bills, like giving them access to portable solar and battery options. Plus news of the week.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-insiders-podcast-renters-and-the-right-to-plug-in/
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Guardian Australia
about 15 hours ago
Albanese’s office among departments blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds
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Albanese’s office among departments blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds
Report finds culture of ‘resistance and delay’ in the Australian parliament with more than 60% of requests having longer response times than mandated 30-day deadline * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A scathing audit report has found nearly 80% of freedom of information requests to Anthony Albanese’s department, Treasury and the infrastructure department were rejected, creating a culture of “resistance and delay” in the Australian parliament. The review of FoI administration found there was no consistent, transparent or accountable decision-making around requests and the pro-disclosure objectives of the law were being flouted. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/20/australian-government-rejecting-freedom-information-requests-foi-albanese?CMP=aus_bsky
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Justin Mikulka
about 11 hours ago
Did not expect to see this at
oilprice.com
but the economics are very clear at this point. "But where do renewables fit in? They are doing to gas what gas did to coal: they provide the same product (electricity) at a much cheaper price (and obviously in a more environmentally benign fashion)."
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Utilities Are Betting Billions on a Technology That Could Become Obsolete | OilPrice.com
Today’s massive gas plant buildout could eventually create stranded assets as renewables continue gaining market share and becoming the lowest-cost power source.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Utilities-Are-Betting-Billions-on-a-Technology-That-Could-Become-Obsolete.html
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Honestly big tech is eating itself
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about 13 hours ago
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Climate Risk Economics
about 14 hours ago
UK urged to invest much more to tackle risks of drought, flooding, heat - Climate Change Committee report - Report urges 11 billion pounds annual investment to tackle
#climaterisk
-Inaction could cost up to 260 billion pounds per year
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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UK urged to invest much more to tackle risks of drought, flooding, heat
Britain needs to invest 11 billion pounds ($14.75 billion) annually to make its homes and public buildings more resilient to the escalating threats of drought, flooding and extreme heat waves, accord...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/uk-urged-invest-much-more-tackle-risks-drought-flooding-heat-2026-05-19/
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Doug Cameron
1 day ago
More AUKUS chaos. This is the worst decision the Labor govt has made. A conveyor belt of our money to the military industrial establishment. No guarantee of delivery. Weekly horror stories of delays, incompetence and production problems. Marles presiding over a defence disaster.
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Coal Jobs for your children. Not that you’ll be alive to train them.
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about 22 hours ago
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Dan Ilic
1 day ago
The Liberals still have a boner for coal 🪨 My budget reply-reply
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Lucy Hamilton
1 day ago
Friends @
#CDNpoli
: Are you watching
@matthewremski.bsky.social
’s reels. He’s doing a great job explaining Carney as the neoliberal wrecker he is. Like
#NZpol
and Bolivia, you’re right now being “restructured” for corporate predators.
@kwardvancouver.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/reel/DXHF2a0...
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Matthew Remski on Instagram:
4,557 likes, 289 comments - matthew_remski on April 14, 2026:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXHF2a0Ehmq/?igsh=Zzd4ZmlnYnd1enNo
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Conflict results in surging coal use in Asia. South Korea's coal-fired power supply rose 39.7% annually to 10,733 GWh in April.
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Top Asian LNG markets boost coal use as Iran war limits supply
Major Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) importers Japan and South Korea ramped up coal-fired power generation in April and into early May, market data showed, as the Iran war disrupted supplies of t...
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/top-asian-lng-markets-boost-coal-use-iran-war-limits-supply-2026-05-12/
about 23 hours ago
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I mean coal use may decline by 2030 says IEA. So much for the critical decade.
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about 23 hours ago
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So RCP 8.5 is dead. Explain it to me? Emissions rising at increasing rate. Gas is worse than coal and expanding. Deforestation unprecedented. Data centres. Tipping points. And err… measured climate sensitivity in line with worst cases.
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Chris Jones
21 days ago
Oil and gas industry must run some insane employee indoctrination hey. A fellow lecturer who worked in the industry for a couple of decades *still* tried to tell me that solar cell manufacturing consumed more energy than they produce, and that low recycling rates were reason to question their value.
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Hannibal Lecter 🦋
7 days ago
Gaza en 2023 // Gaza en 2026
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Josh Taylor
6 days ago
I've been reporting on local communities opposing massive new data centres. An update on one of the ones I covered.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Developer withdraws plans for Perth datacentre after fierce community opposition
Three-storey GreenSquare datacentre in Hazelmere was to power cloud computing and the acceleration of AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/15/developer-withdraws-plans-for-perth-datacentre-after-fierce-community-opposition?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Hmm. Geothermal 2.0 looks a heck of a lot like fracking? Lots of water use, hydraulic fracking with fluids. Surely some 🚩s?
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ABC News Australia
1 day ago
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Undersea volcanic eruption visible from space
The Titan Ridge Volcano is erupting in the Bismarck Sea, sending ash and smoke into the sky and prompting authorities to warn of possible tsunamis in the area.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-19/papua-new-guinea-volcanic-eruption-bismarck-sea/106697688?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bluesky_news.abc.net.au
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Greg Jericho
3 days ago
The WA premier campaigned hard against a 25% tax on gas exports. You'd think he'd look at his state's own Budget Papers and see how little gas royalties the WA govt gets and how fast it is dropping
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@news.abc.net.au
has landed. Now if they could cease embedding X posts in their articles.
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2 days ago
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Ketan Joshi
3 days ago
Data centres could account for as much copper demand as EVs 🫠
www.afr.com/chanticleer/...
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Greg Jericho
3 days ago
There is going to be a LOT of bullshit about trusts. So let's keep our eye on the ball. Bugger all people use them. But millionaires do and they get a LOT of income through them And they do that because they can avoid paying tax.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
3 days ago
Big announcement: We’re supercharging green and blue spaces to bring nature back across the capital, with local communities leading the charge. It’s not just about restoring our natural world - we’re making London more climate resilient, too.
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Prof Ray Wills
5 months ago
Oh - and this: Will we design and allow systems that amplify truth, or noise? We all need deliberate disinformation to be unlawful, subject to prosecution through judicial review Lying is not freedom of speech, it's just license to pollute
bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Simple steps to mitigating shark attacks. Don’t swim off the edge of the continental shelf with kilos of dead fish trailing your ass.
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After another fatal shark attack, experts say risk can never be eliminated
The approach to tackling shark attacks has changed dramatically since the 2013 catch-and-kill policy, with a focus on shark tagging and tracking. But it's never enough to stop fatal attacks.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/how-wa-s-approach-to-shark-mitigation-has-evolved-over-years/106691032?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
3 days ago
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Prof Ray Wills
3 days ago
BREAKING, PERTH Commuter chaos: heavy delays on Mitchell / Kwinana Fwys Lucky we spent all that money on fuel excise relief instead of bolstering public transport, encouraging more personal mobility options The fuel crisis could last for a while, batteries not included
bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Sam Bright
4 days ago
Moscow’s man takes to the streets of London…
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Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia
The far-right agitator has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.
https://writesbright.substack.com/p/tommy-robinsons-ties-to-russia?r=7emt6&triedRedirect=true
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
4 days ago
Learn more about the world’s best platform for climate solutions. Build on real science, with clear, excellent design. And it’s 100% free, and always will be.
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Hugo
5 days ago
Global Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycles by Humans
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XvD...
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Royce Kurmelovs
6 days ago
A few months back, I wrote a nice thing about an Australian architect who, back in the 70s, started thinking about how to build without obliterating the environment around his structures. It's now live over at The Guardian.
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‘Floats above the landscape’: the architect whose designs touch the earth lightly
Glenn Murcutt pioneered architecture that was sensitive to its environment, and accomodating to changing temperatures and wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/15/australian-home-that-floats-above-the-landscape-glenn-murcutt-lynne-eastaway
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Germany having a red hot crack at looking beyond the straight too
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6 days ago
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This is a pretty serious bit of rebate. Sort of cash Australia reserves for diesel 🤦🏻.
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Zamafir
21 days ago
Absolutely LOVE EV heavy truck charging hubs with solar and battery that are off the grid, even with megawatt charging!
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WattEV continues to make charging infrastructure a non-issue along the West Coast
The heavy-duty charging depot developer opens its fourth heavy-duty charging station within a year, serving Southern California via microgrid with solar energy. The company sets...
https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/55037859/wattev-opens-bakersfield-charging-facility-and-continues-to-electrify-the-west-coast
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
7 days ago
I wish this surprised me, but it doesn’t. It turns out that the *less* you know about how AI really works, the *more* likely you are to fall for its crazy promises. A technological Ponzi scheme…
gwern.net/doc/psycholo...
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https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/cognitive-bias/2025-tully.pdf
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Lucy Hamilton
6 days ago
New Zealand/Aotearoa is being taken apart for (foreign?) vulture capitalists to pick over. That’s why the 8% party (an Atlas Network think tank) exists. This could be One Nation’s role,
#Auspol
#NZpol
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Climate Risk Economics
8 days ago
New CDP report on extreme weather: Companies project $898 bn in future losses, inc. $527 bn from flooding The largest single financial risk effect is lost revenue from reduced production capacity: "operational disruption is the defining financial exposure"
www.cdp.net/en/insights/...
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Disconnected Defenses: Extreme Weather Risk Across Corporates, Cities and Financial Systems
Extreme weather is already shaping financial outcomes across the real economy.
https://www.cdp.net/en/insights/extreme-weather-risk-across-corporates-cities-and-financial-systems
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Dave Vetter
8 days ago
"Government says climate litigation undermines business." Buddy, just wait till you find out what climate change does to business.
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Senator David Shoebridge
8 days ago
Meanwhile the Government is allocating $124 million to Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) as part of the response to the Bondi shootings, for ECAJ to allocate that funding as it sees fit. Labor says this is for social cohesion.
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Nick Feik
8 days ago
How about climate change? We've barely spent anything, for years, on climate. Let's see how much extra the govt has committed... . . Oh wtf they've CUT funding how is that even possible? "Savings of $2.2 bil over 14 years (from) across the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio"
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You can just blame climate change for climate change. Deforestation is conveniently forgotten. Exhibit a: a biotic pump annihilated. Just add fracking.
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The Shovel
8 days ago
“I had planned to just have a few investment properties to set me up for retirement, but I guess now I’ll be operating an offshore LNG platform instead”.
theshovel.com.au/2026/05/13/h...
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Huge Spike in Searches for ‘How Do I Become a Gas Company’ After Other Tax Loopholes Closed — The Shovel
“I had planned to just have a few investment properties to set me up for retirement, but I guess now I’ll be operating an offshore LNG platform instead”.
https://theshovel.com.au/2026/05/13/huge-spike-in-searches-for-how-do-i-become-a-gas-company/
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Barnaby honestly could not have done better for the fossil fuel industry than Albo. He will get an AO and front page in the West Australian to be sure!
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Through the fossil fuel looking glass: from Santa Marta to Australia
Coming back from Santa Marta, where nations were planning a fossil fuel phase-out, to the Australia of new gas permits and Japan’s gas-fired diplomatic arm-twisting, is like stepping backward through ...
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260512-through-the-fossil-fuel-looking-glass-from-santa-marta-to-australia
9 days ago
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Great investigation by ABC on profit shifting by big gas.
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A tropical tax paradise sells much of Australia's gas
Amid renewed debate over whether Australia is getting enough tax from its gas exports, an investigation by the ABC shows how resource giants use shell companies to shift profit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/australian-gas-giants-using-singapore-to-reduce-taxes/106632272?fbclid=IwZnRzaARuJDxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe9bQCAeAjX9C2OOq-_a2tCYSukL0Mwqc2hL7g0hvJnv92B9eloD-wGaZWcjM_aem_lD-DneT6Aejbqd7lc5CeuQ&brid=YWdncwE0GPCGZm06ruhyyNidpcZe
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Lucy Hamilton
10 days ago
From the UK.
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Meeting Of The Tribes
13 days ago
So David Farley was a Nats member, who tried to be the Labor candidate, then tried to be The Voices of Farrer candidate, got rejected by all of them, and ended up as the One Nation candidate. Has the phrase "Any port in a storm" ever been more appropriate.
#shitshow
#auspol
#farrer
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11 days ago
So I hear Gina Rinehart was elected in Farrer
#auspol
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But they have 93.994% electric vehicles. 🙄
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12 days ago
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There is something really off with Hagens and this rather well regarded podcast. This week he has an oil and gas engineer telling us renewables are a pipe dream. Meanwhile fossil fuel use has peaked. Unsubscribe
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Prof Ray Wills
12 days ago
Western Australian Budget 2026-27 Summary: Infrastructure Yes, Climate Action No WA Government budget delivers impressive renewable energy hardware but dodges the policy framework needed for real decarbonisation. More
www.linkedin.com/posts/raywil...
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Western Australian Budget 2026-27: Infrastructure Yes, Climate Action No Roger Cook's Government's budget delivers impressive renewable energy hardware but dodges the policy framework needed...
Western Australian Budget 2026-27: Infrastructure Yes, Climate Action No Roger Cook's Government's budget delivers impressive renewable energy hardware but dodges the policy framework needed for rea...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raywills_western-australian-budget-2026-27-infrastructure-ugcPost-7458671668467511296-qX55?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAC666wBsR69GA_fvOarxOEHHrTjClVVsrA
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GeorgeAtomic⚛️RadioActive☢️
12 days ago
Trump has caused an oil 🛢 slick emanating from karg Island in the straight of hormuz now. Can we say ' environmental disaster in the making?' Now he's killing the Arabian fisheries too. What a freakin' stupid ass. How much destruction will republicans let him do?
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