New #CoalWire 👉 Optimism at Colombian conference on fossil fuel transition 👉 Indian #coal generation dips 👉 Renewables & batteries cutting coal & gas demand in Australia 👉 Adani Enterprises slips to loss, citing Australian coal mine problems 👇 globalenergymonitor.org/coalwire/coa...

The elections today for Legislative Council seats of Huon & Rosevears are a milestone in #Tasmania's political history It's the 1st time: * donations to LegCo candidates have ever been disclosed * & candidates must publicly disclose donations of $1000+ *before* election day #politas #auspol

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Polymarket is not just causing all the obvious problems, they’re also inciting racism online through intentionally vague posts. The statistic they’re referring to is that there are more people born in India in Australia than people born in England. That’s not how it’s being interpreted though.

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When it comes to commitments on integrity, what did the Tasmanian Labor Party drop from its policy platform at its recent state conference? @bobburtonoz.bsky.social has the answers for #TasInq #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...

RIP Rahghu Rai. the greatest indian photographer His photos of Delhi, books were legendary. Taj as a memento mori raghuraifoundation.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=602V...

Israeli strike kills journalist after ongoing attacks blocked rescuers, Lebanon says

This ABC News headline is just plain wrong The article makes clear Uni of Qld Press pulped the book - not because of anything in it - but bc of its interpretation of separate comments made by the illustrator Credit to ABC for link to @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy who broke the story #auspol

New #CoalWire 👉 International Energy Agency says renewables surge clips coal’s wings 👉 24 killed by explosion at Vedanta #coal power plant in India 👉 Malawi suspends coal mining licence 👉 Charges filed against critic of Turkish #lignite mine expansion 👇 globalenergymonitor.org/coalwire/coa...

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‘Very exciting’: Bushwalkers in remote southwest #Tasmania have discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant found nowhere else: King’s lomatia. Story by @benwaltez.bsky.social for #TasInq #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/very-ex...

Do bombs just drop? Or do they come from somewhere? If the latter, where exactly are they coming from? This seems rather important to the story #auspol

A striking difference between the 2021-22 and the current fossil fuel crunches is the IEA's response. This time, not a mention of the actual solutions to cut dependence on fossil fuels - clean energy and electrification. This expert letter calls them out for it.

New from me: No increase in global coal power generation after Hormuz closure - solar and wind growth covered the fall in gas-fired generation. The record buildout of clean energy in 2025 helped mitigate the impact of the Hormuz closure.

The upcoming Legislative Council election is the first in which political donations must be disclosed before polling day. Six donations of more than $1000 have been made to upper house candidates. 2 corporate donations have so far been disclosed. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...

Just to crib Jan's great chart here a little bit - here are just a few of the headlines that came out when growth somewhat slowed in 2024 Many, many media outlets do not really know how to handle technological change like this

Good morning! All day today my colleagues and I will be on STRIKE. You can help us send a message! Please do not visit ProPublica's website and tell management to give us a fair contract so we can get back to work: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Congratulations to the wonderful @mariaressa.bsky.social www.rappler.com/philippines/...

I’m loving all the people arguing now that Pakistan’s solar boom was inevitable and obvious, but nothing comparable could happen in other countries in future. It wasn’t obvious in 2022, when Pakistan saw no role for solar in fixing the energy import dependencies that had just sent it to the IMF! 🧵

The thing is that these shipments of crude oil, LNG & refined fuels are big. There’s a threshold effect. You don’t just get a little bit of a shipment. If you’re outbid you lose the whole lot. So poor countries lose supply.

Page 12 of today's Aust Financial Review carries a Bloomberg story saying News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch urged Trump to attack Iran Story says info came from only 1 source - but it seems important enough for follow up reporting #auspol

Not so long ago this would have been described as an invasion #auspol

⛏️ Miner donations to minor parties The Minerals Council of Australia broke with its practice of funding only major political parties in the 2025 federal election, donating $125,000 to the Jacqui Lambie Network and $6,000 to One Nation. #politas #auspol ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/expandi...

New #CoalWire 👉 Middle East war casts shadow over global energy markets and transition 👉 European Commission investigates Romania’s delayed coal closure plan; 👉 Bangladesh looks to boost #coal generation in response to war Full details 👇 globalenergymonitor.org/coalwire/coa...

Yesterday afternoon Tassal disclosed it started Florfenciol antibiotic treatments at 5 new sites, including extra salmon cages at its Sheppards, Great Taylors Bay (GTB) 1, GTB 2 & Redcliffs leases It has also begun treating diseased fish at its Roberts Point lease near Dover #politas #Tasmania

we said goodbye to jon @kudelka.bsky.social today. if you couldn’t be there or watch the livestream - it was a heartbreakingly beautiful celebration of a truly wonderful man. i loved hearing so many stories about him from so many people who loved him. how lucky we all were to know him ♥️

The funeral for Jon Kudelka was both beautiful and deeply sad - he loved our difficult birds and was a staunch protector of Tasmanian nature - he will be missed and is a tragically gone too soon 💙

💊 “Rather telling that the use of an antibiotic in a major water catchment only came to light because of a tip-off from a courageous member of the public, rather than from the independent regulator charged with protecting the public interest.” #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/comment...

Wednesday's cartoon in The Mercury Newspaper: Jon Kudelka helped me get my first cartooning job at The Mercury. He also showed me how to be quick-witted and fearless. I was in a constant state of joke-envy over his cartoons. I'm gonna miss that feeling, but more than that, I'm gonna miss my friend.

A few weeks ago, #salmon producer Huon Aquaculture used a controversial antibiotic to treat a disease outbreak at one of its hatcheries on the River Derwent. The Meadowbank Hatchery is in Hobart’s water catchment. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/salmon-... Video: @bobburtonoz.bsky.social

With the last one, we asked Jon if he could create a start to finish video of how he created the cartoon Here it is #auspol #politas #cartooning

Vale Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social and deepest condolences to family and friends We were honoured to have Jon draw 3 cartoons for a series of articles we published on political donations reform in Tasmania #auspol #politas Thank you Jon

What a great loss and deepest condolences for family and friends on the passing of Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social #politas #auspol

Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs

If four million pigs or chooks died on farms in a year, questions would be asked. Last year's death toll of Tas #salmon sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare law, to avoid 2025 mortality rates becoming the "new normal". #politas #auspol tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...

spineless..

New: The background on the Adelaide Writers’ Week debacle

Louise Adler goes out with a bang

It is to Canada's shame we have not spoken out or supported a Canadian judge being sanctioned by the US Her life is frozen. She cannot use credit cards, travel, move money, or access email. This is not sustainable www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

🚢 NEW TRACKER: #LNG doesn’t just move through pipelines on land — it moves across oceans. For the first time, GEM is tracking LNG carriers worldwide in its new LNG Carrier Tracker, developed w/Solutions for Our Climate. 🔗 Explore the tracker: globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...

1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.

Phenomenal photos. Photojournalists are amazing people.

After a bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a Tasmanian iron ore plant, it was quietly buried without informing residents. The Environment Protection Authority warned the company about health risks, but not the public. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/covered...

The labour of love breathing life back into palawa kani – the lost language of Lutruwita #politas share.google/Qmr4zlymtm3z...

I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.