“The least-cost, lowest-impact pathway is an energy system dominated by renewables and firmed by battery storage, gas and pumped hydro” "bipartisan support for climate targets including net zero is important for investors to know that policies will remain stable" www.theage.com.au/business/the...

Squatter, the very Australian game

I wonder what Barnaby Joyce and all the other foes of wind farms would have said about all these poles and wires. Ugly? Or very useful, so get over it? @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social @adammorton.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social

"The timing is exquisite "Just as the Liberal party walked away from a firm net zero emissions target, a new International Energy Agency report told the world that a more ambitious clean energy transition means lower household power bills." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Recommended campaign slogan for the Coalition at the 2028 federal election: "LITTLE CARE, ZERO RESPONSIBILITY"

and wilfully ignoring the growing costs of damage caused by climate change, especially but not only in rural and regional electorates the Coalition still clings to

Costs of damage caused by climate change, that is

@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social FYI

One of the consequences of the timing of this self-destructive, immoral decision, is that the Coalition now has 30 long months to watch the green energy transition continue to prosper and the household, community and economic costs to pile up. It should be an agonising experience for them

This is just one small step for Liberal-Man. The giant step will be the selection of a hard-right-winger (male) as leader, with a who's who of the party's conservative wing in the shadow ministry and Senator Jacinta Numpty-Jumpy with a front-row portfolio and keys to the Sky After Dark green room

@adammorton.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social FYI

So many ways to have fun with this, of course. I'm anticipating that the decision of the Liberal Party meeting will be announced by black smoke seeping out of the room to indicate that, as for a papal election, the discussion has been inconclusive www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

When piss-taking is the recommended antidote

Although EV sales did NOT soar in the September quarter (hybrids did), the decline in sales of fossil-fuelled cars is encouraging. Encouraging but a long way to go www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🧵 5. The Liberals, bereft of numbers, talent and young blood at all levels, now face the reality that most voters don't know, let alone care, what they stand for. 6. Meanwhile, the party is riven by division between the temptations of populism and a hankering for the old certainties of Menzies et al

🧵 3. Morrison's turpitude regarding issues that actually mattered to voters opened the door for independents to land telling blows in Sydney and Melbourne 4. Dutton and co chose culture wars, scare campaigns and an implausible energy policy that further alienated women and metropolitan voters mtf

🧵 Why do I say "impossible"? Let me count the ways 1. Since 2004, their only policies of note were Work Choices 👎, turning back the boats (popular) and 'killing the carbon tax' (short-term +ve but terrible long-term consequences) 2. Morrison years paralysed their capacity for moral leadership mtf

If the paywall's between you and this well-constructed profile story, you aint missing much. It confirms that Sussan Ley is a decent, hard-working politician but provides no evidence that she will be able to rebuild her party's standing. An impossible mission imo www.theage.com.au/national/i-w...

The lessons of the work Richardson did within the Hawke government on green issues are clearly applicable to climate change, net zero and the energy transition. The crowd has roared loudly on those matters for the past few years. The roar re the EPR Bill is neither loud nor widespread. Just saying

Reasons to read this from @tommcilroy.bsky.social 👍 ✅ 1. Reminds us that what the government does and why matters much more than the Coalition's dramas 2. The real net zero story is how much really hard work the government has to do to reach its minimum target www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The 'opportunity' might be there but the zoo residents would have to work cohensively for an extended period without wanting to kill each other, which seems to be the current vibe

So, the National's emissions policy, if adopted, would mean that if, say, Vanuatu emits more per capita than Australia does, then Vanuatu's residents should try harder to reduce emissions than we fortunate Australians, the beneficiaries of numerous decades of large-scale emissions. That just stinks

"Asked what would constitute “unacceptable” environmental harm under the laws, Murray Watt said “if someone wanted to mine Uluru, build on the Great Barrier Reef, or drive a species to extinction”. That's an unserious answer when so much is riding on this issue 😡 www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Simon HaC's razor sharp eulogy: "Morrison and Dutton abandoned the centre, leaving space for independents to properly represent middle Australia, and now the Nats have taken the whole team out of contention. The old broad church has been burnt to a cinder – the Coalition as we knew it is dead."

Hear, hear!

Given all the appalling features of the Trump administration, I'd be reluctant to celebrate how our PM fared in Washington, except ... Except for all the quotable trash-talking Albo has copped this year from the Coalition and their boosters in the right-wing media www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

I am an optimist, by nature and conviction. So, I believe that facts will ultimately prevail. However, I acknowledge that a lot of time and effort can be wasted before arriving at that point. Those who aspire to national leadership should be ashamed if they enable the untruths that cause such delays

I think what it says about us is that there's an abundance of pressing needs that aren't being fulfilled, of which this is one of the greatest, and that a majority of us are simply unable or just too selfish to help meet the cost of meeting all those needs. Vale Menzies. Rot in hell, John Howard

Wind and solar smash grid market-share records, even after heavy curtailment Coal at new low reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-sol... @gilesparkinson.bsky.social @reneweconomy.com.au Burning more fossil fuels brings higher electricity price The more wind and solar we build, the cheaper electricity gets

I understand those who think our government is too cautious or lacking ambition. I'm sure that the trauma of the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd years is a factor but it us much more a result of the great damage done to our nation socially, culturally and fiscally by the Howard years. Repair takes time and trust

As if Britain is a benchmark for emissions reduction policies. Or anything else for that matter, except for pandering to Trump's ego

While Trump sets off on his long 'victory' lap, let us not forget how many thousands of innocent, defenceless Palestinians were murdered by the IDF between his inauguration and now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

I blocked a person today. I'd seen some of his/her work before but only indirectly. Then, as I looked at the posts of someone who liked a post of mine, I saw a repost that said our PM is "worthless". No specific reason was given. I'm sometimes frustrated with Albo but he's NOT worthless; far from it

But USA and EU both heading in the opposite direction, which is very concerning re emissions ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

If you are curious about the possibilities, whats and hows of Australia's accelerating energy transition, this is an interesting and encouraging read. Plus, for the average Joes and Janes like me, it's quite educational 🤔

Now, which of our governments should also find this interesting? QLD? 🥱 NT? 🥱 WAside? 🤮

Hmm. I find today's Hamas graffiti outrageous. However, my outrage is not "profound" and I'm not "all seized with it". I found the celebrations in some Australian locations on 7 October 2023 utterly repugnant and I profoundly abhor what Israel has done in Gaza and the West Bank since that date.

Smart and funny cartoon, as usual Well, the Coalition is pretty much assured of losing the 2028 election. So, if they're serious about nuclear power, they might as well work hard and prepare a policy that has a higher degree of detail & plausibility than what they presented at this year's election.

In The Age yesterday "Geelong have scrapped future Mad Monday dress-up celebrations for the players after inappropriate costumes and offensive social media posts" The greatest game? Racist fans; homophobic players; targeting Caro Wilson for daring to have opinions; Adam Goodes hounded out of footy

Aside from support for One Nation, which will scare the bejesus out of the Coalition, the number that caught my eye was the 21% who think Trump has been a +ve for climate change! I think we can assume they're climate-denialists who also back anything Trump does www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If I was an anxious Liberal Party supporter - I did say IF - I wouldn't be bothered much about the net-zero issue But I would be deeply concerned about what the Libs next energy policy might look like. Because the green energy transition has become a freight train light at the end of a dark tunnel

I still ignore stories about what Trump is inflicting on Americans. However, I have read the series of reports on the opinions of MAGA-styled Liberal MP Andrew Hastie. Seems to me he has intelligence and some heartfelt beliefs. However, he brings to mind this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWBS...

... says the spokesbot for Team Hastie www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In the latest column by @readfearn.bsky.social "If you create a group with Australia at the top and include every country with emissions lower than ours, then all those countries contribute 28.4% of global emissions." So, if we all did nothing it would matter www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On The Age website, this story was headed "If you invested in property in these suburbs five years ago, you made a mistake" Why? Coz they didn't fit the cult of wealth-through-property-ownership, as if those who bought such a home couldn't be happy Disgraceful! www.theage.com.au/property/new...

Should someone do a health check on Chris Uhlmann? Make sure he's not in his garage with a hose running from his ICE ... Yeah, nah! He avoids reading factual stuff about renewables, so he'll be okay

Excellent review of the weekend's miserable CPAC in Brisbane My comment? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38S... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A short article - thank dog - but worth a glance, if only to hear the echo-chamber sounds of desperation, in-fighting and self-destructive climate denialism. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

@tommcilroy.bsky.social A column more than worthy of The Guardian's new chief political correspondent www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A fair take on our nation's massive challenge: "Bowen and his critics may both be right. As the Climate Council’s Amanda McKenzie said this week, “the tension between what is necessary and what is possible” is growing because so much warming is now inevitable." www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...