Climate Action Merribek was one of 474 organisations to endorse the Banking on Climate Chaos report. In the League tables ANZ ranked 52, NAB ranked 56, Westpac ranked 60, and Commonwealth Bank ranked 62. #ClimateCrisis #Finance #ANZ #NAB #Westpac #CommBank insideclimatenews.org/news/1706202...

" they explained #FossilFuel gas expansion threat to water, community, and environment "

Our blog to boost submissions to WA EPA on Woodside Browse Gas project. Submissions needed this weekend by June 10. You can join 2 or use CCWA template for your own submission. #SaveScottReef #Woodside #NoNewGas climateactionmerribek.org/2025/06/06/j...

Today, the Federal Court has made orders to protect Doctors for the Environment from adverse costs This means the Court will hear their challenge to the offshore approval for the Scarborough Gas Project Proud that EDO is acting for DEA in this important test case 👏 www.edo.org.au/2025/06/06/c...

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Recto - verso. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Labor provisionally approves North West Shelf Gas Carbon Bomb. Snap protest actions 30 May - 2 June. #Climatecrisis Action: Protest outside office of Labor Peter Khalil MP Where: Peter Khalil Office, 466-468 Sydney Road, Coburg When: 11am Monday 2 June climateactionmerribek.org/2025/05/29/l...

See @camerribek.bsky.social blog re transport issues in #Vicbudget for #Merribek climateactionmerribek.org/2025/05/21/a...

How Unprecedented record breaking floods in NSW affect Merri-bek households. Hint: its through Insurance Premiums #NSWFloods #Insurance #Merribek climateactionmerribek.org/2025/05/22/h...

The maps that show how climate change is driving up the cost of insuring #Melbourne homes. A 59% increase in insurance premiums for #Merribek since 2020. #CostofLiving #Climatecrisis www.theage.com.au/environment/...

Landmark ‘Greenwashing’ Legal Case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social over ‘Carbon Neutral’ product closes with EnergyAustralia apology to customers #Carbonoffsets www.parentsforclimate.org/landmark_gre...

‘Nature positive’ is the language used because it’s literally the goal of the international nature agreement we’ve signed up to! A better idea would be explaining this to folks, not avoiding it! 🤦‍♀️

Today, EnergyAustralia has been forced to admit what @australiainstitute.org.au research has long shown: Carbon offsets are a total sham & do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...

Here it is, finally. The truth. In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product

“A review of scientific research has found that pedestrians and cyclists are 44% more likely to be killed in a collision with an SUV or light truck, compared to a passenger car. The outlook is even more dire for children, who are 82% more likely to be killed when struck by the larger vehicles.”

Alan Kohler on the dilemma facing the Liberals: Sussan Ley's choice: an electable climate policy or sticking with the Nationals. #Auspol #Climatewars www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05....

Updated fossil CO2 emission estimates from @robbieandrew.bsky.social Based on the latest data, we estimate fossil CO2 emissions went up 0.9% in 2024. Listen to his presentation here (starting about 8:55): cicero.oslo.no/no/arrangeme... 1/

Labor's super majority gives business certainty for the #EnergyTransition and further investment in renewables and storage projects. Labor’s victory has locked in an ingredient vital to supplying super cheap power. #Auspol www.theage.com.au/environment/...

Op Ed by Peter Hartcher: Explains the dynamic of the climate wars started by Abbott and Joyce to undermine and wreck Labor, are now producing conflict inside the Coalition with no climate policy to win back city and urban populations. #Auspol #ClimateWars www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Explainer: Everything you need to know about Australia’s new home battery subsidy #EnergyTransition www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Federal EPA a ‘very high and immediate’ priority of Albanese government, environment minister says. Murray Watt also considering ditching the ‘nature positive’ title for Labor’s overhaul of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. #Auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Analysis reveals Victoria’s coal-fired power stations are ‘unreliable’ as closures near. Reason enough for the rapid renewables and battery storage rollout being undertaken. #Coal #EnergyTransition www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Climate Minister Chris Bowen mocks Liberals’ equivocation on ‘bare minimum’ target of net zero by 2050. He accuses Sussan Ley’s Coalition of ‘keeping the climate wars going’ with decision to review net zero stance #Auspol #ClimateWars #Energytransition www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New report by Climate Central looking at extreme heat risks to pregnancy and the change for the years 2020-2024. www.climatecentral.org/report/pregn... For Melbourne: 15 days observed. 7 days added by climate change. 47% increase due to climate change. #Heathealth #Heatwave #ClimateCrisis

To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right, by Lyndon Schneiders, executive director of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation. Long term reform much needed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Metro tunnel enables Turn up and go trains… just not for the Upfield line. State Government to increase frequency to 20 minutes for Upfield line for late nights and weekends. But fails promised 70% increase in capacity. #UpgradeUpfield #Merribek upfieldtransportalliance.org/2025/05/13/t...

Woodside overhauls Browse Gas plan, so WA EPA reopens public consultation on Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas export project that will pipe gas 1000 kilometres to the 40-year-old North West Shelf plant for processing. #Browse #ClimateCrisis www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

New report shows climate change exacerbating mental health costs: Doctors say Albanese government must act now. Thanks @docsenvaus.bsky.social #MentalHealth #ClimateCrisis www.dea.org.au/new_report_s...

Drought in South Australia, Victoria a hint at lasting shift in rainmaking weather patterns. It will get worse. This is driven by the #ClimateCrisis #Drought www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Examining the unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes. #ClimateCrisis Kids today will suffer much more. Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L. et al. Global emergence of unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes. Nature 641, 374–379 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Yup. It is the top income groups who are disproportionately causing the #ClimateCrisis Schöngart, S., Nicholls, Z., Hoffmann, R. et al. High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds. US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here is our preliminary #Ausvotes Australian election analysis: 2025 Federal Election: Voters endorse Australia’s Shift to Renewable Energy #Climatecrisis #EnergyTransition climateactionmerribek.org/2025/05/06/2...

"No matter what crap the gas industry tries to feed you - Dutton has correctly identified Australia has a gas export problem." Putting a tax on gas exports is an easy way to ensure that more of Australia's gas flows to Australians at cheaper prices, writes @ebonybennett.bsky.social. #auspol

Most bike lanes in inner Melbourne have less than 40% tree cover – that’ll get worse, new maps show. Fine example of silo planning, failing to recognise real world needs with walking and cycling with urban heat. #UrbanHeat #ActiveTransport #UrbanForestry theconversation.com/most-bike-la...

The Coalition wants to ditch New Vehicle Efficiency Standards (NVES) that are designed to protect Australians. The NVES will bring cleaner, more efficient cars to Australia, saving lives and saving families money. Without it, we stay a dumping ground for the dirty, old cars no one else wants.

The Coalition wants to ditch the New Vehicle Efficiency Standards (NVES). The NVES is a vital policy that will protect Australians from rising fuel costs, air and climate pollution.

'There is a “growing backlash” to the Coalition’s nuclear plan, with community gps furious at the lack of consultation & angered that the policy won't give local communities the power of veto & that nuclear plants would be built regardless of local opposition.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It has been busy election campaigning on climate and other issues in the north Melbourne Labor vs Greens Electorate of Wills #Willsvotes climateactionmerribek.org/2025/04/03/u...

Australians are *literally* paying the price of climate change. Climate change fuelled disasters are already driving up costs and making cost of living worse. Reducing emissions is the ONLY way to protect Australians from rising prices in the future. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol

Many of Melbourne's train timetables haven't changed in decades, and it's particularly noticeable on the weekends and evenings when you'll be waiting up to 40-60 minutes; 4 times as long as at most Sydney stations. This Age article from Thursday highlights the issue.

Here is our climate and environment review of #Budget2025. Not much on climate and environment, it mostly focusses on #CostofLiving climateactionmerribek.org/2025/03/25/f...

Here in Wills we lobbied @peterkhalilmp.bsky.social to address #FossilFuel subsidies including Fuel Tax Credit Scheme for the last two years. He never really got back to us with a proper answer why @australianlabor.bsky.social couldn't act #WillsVotes #Auspol #Budget2025 @camerribek.bsky.social

Brunswick Voice: Khalil a no show at climate forum #WillsVotes #VoteClimate #Ausvotes2025 brunswickvoice.com.au/khalil-a-no-...

Support the #BarbieStrike to get off gas for our kids health

🥳Woohoo 100 Federal Election Candidates have signed our pledge🍾 Congratulations to Charlene McLennan, the Greens candidate for the seat of Bass in Tasmania on being the 100th pledger. 👉 Contact your Federal Election Candidates and ask them to sign www.parentsforclimate.org/candidate_pl...

Glencore and Woodside dramatically boosted their advertising spend last year. But, despite the fact that they don't sell to the public, and that energy policy is a major political issue, our media companies don't restrict these ads for being 'political'. #auspol commsdeclare.org/2025/03/17/b...

This is no laughing matter to be brushed easily away @jimchalmers.bsky.social A growing number of Australians want governments to take real #ClimateAction. To stop approving new coal and gas. Arresting us will not fix your Co2 fuelled climate disasters. www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...

What do these cities have that Melbourne doesn't? A network of frequent public transport, 7 days a week. It's possible to live car lite or car free, but only if there are good transport options. The more people that do, the better it is for everyone - including those who drive.

The Australian 'newspaper' is not going to let facts get in the way of a good story: The Oz has falsely claimed that there are plans to extend the life of Yallourn Power Station. 'DEECA, AEMO & EnergyAustralia have confirmed that the claims are wrong'. www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-mi...