Probably just a coincidence that the list of Australia's new fossil fuel projects will come out on the Friday before Xmas. #takingoutthetrash #Auspol #climate #transparency

The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick. theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...

So instead of requiring gas exporters to supply gas to Australian manufacturers at reasonable prices, the cost would be transferred to taxpayers. Let’s gas cartel keep price gouging Australians, and taxpayers foot the bill. Really!?! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Yep, and just down the road from Taronga's property at Bingara is the Leard State Forest, butchered by Whitehaven Coal over the last two decades. Still going.

And next to that, Whitehaven Coal has started on the Pilliga, where Santos coal seam gas is also active:

Before getting too excited about rewilding 'northern NSW', and selling ~bogus carbon credits to private airport operators*, maybe stop DEWILDING Australia first. (* Soon also 'nature credits'? Sheesh.) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

It's impressive that Big Tech was like: We aren't douchy enough. What if we made asshole intelligence and burned up some of the earth's power and water faster?

“tobacco industry tactics” #fossilfuel #gasexpansion #Australia

This comprehensive article shows the origins of Australia's high #gas and #electricity prices. We face an energy price crisis driven by gas prices as a cartel of producers starve the domestic market and wreak havoc on domestic consumers and industry www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Excellent short video on Australia' s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde personality when it comes to #fossilfuel Buy the way when will we kick #coal and #gas lobbyists out of the COP talks? Way past time to get the fox out of the hen house youtube.com/watch?v=aQDS...

Has anyone ever managed to call out Albanese et al when they say 'gas is an important transitional fue to net zero' when it just really will be needed domestically for industry and limited use at peak times, and not to sell several fucktons of it overseas like Australia mostly does?

An amusing take on the Liberal Party's #climate and #energy policy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I really need to get out with my camera. Weather hasn't been great. But I'll make an effort this weekend. Here's a lone tree from a past trip to Boolcoomatta.

Mike Rann, former Premier of South Australia nails it The fossil fuel sector is using “tobacco industry tactics” to maintain a bipartisan commitment to supporting gas expansion “gas has become the lifeline that vaping was for the tobacco industry" www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Great explainer on the costs of renewables. You just xant compare old fully depreciated plants with new builds. youtu.be/ZM0fvwE19QA?...

One tree, countless homes. #ThickTrunkTuesday on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. 🌳 River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) #LoveAGum #australiannature #treeoftheday

The National Party of Australia dumped its Net Zero policy as Australia is moving too fast, & faster than its peers in the OECD. Well, fossil CO2 emissions in the last 10 years have gone down * -0.5% per year in Australia * -1.4% per year in the OECD Australia is somewhat of a laggard...

The gas industry knows its days are numbered It is running ads promoting "renewable gas" when it knows that such a thing doesn't exist at scale. It is applying to the regulator for accelerated depreciation as it believes its networks days are numbered www.smh.com.au/business/con...

BREAKING: Wind power just supplied 150% of South Australia’s electricity demand. Fossil fuels? A heroic 1.5%. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who said “renewables will never keep the lights on.” Must be hard watching your entire argument get blown away. reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...

David Pope in Canberra Times

Inpex quietly admitted that its Ichthys LNG project drastically underreported its emissions of the cancer-causing chemical benzene by more than 13,000%. The gas industry is continuing to harm our health and our climate, yet our governments are failing to act. #auspol

Global renewable capacity is on track to more than double over the next five years – led by solar PV But as renewables' role in power systems grows, the sector is facing growing headwinds, from supply chain pressures to grid integration challenges More: iea.li/3KWUbDv

Santos has been an awful investment It has delivered a total return (inc. dividends) of -2.1 per cent over the past three years, while the MSCI world energy index (ex Australia) has delivered 20.9 per cent. Questions are being asked of the validity of their accounts www.afr.com/chanticleer/...

With all the palava over yet another failed takeover offer for Santos, it can't go unnoticed that the Chief financial officer has resigned. It all looks distinctly smelly. The market should concentrate on the carrying value of assets. Are there big write-offs in the pipeline?

"They make a desert and call it peace" - Tacitus, AD 85

Inpex has been under-reporting cancer-causing emissions from its Icthys LNG plant in Darwin, as reported this week in The Australian. The people of Darwin deserve answers, and real action to protect their health. 🎙️Senior Contributing Fellow Stephen Long #auspol @stephenlongaus.bsky.social

That's right folks, focus on the real story (LNP is moribund): ~80% of Australia's contribution to global carbon emissions is embodied in fossil fuel exports The @albomp.bsky.social gov's ceaseless enabling of NEW/EXTENSIONS of Coal & Gas projects (31🤯 & counting) is fuelling climate disaster

Direct Air Capture a Ponzi scheme, Climeworks, occupies second place in TIME World's Top GreenTech Companies of 2025”. It “Failed” to offset the carbon footprint of its own employees never mind its construction, operations or supply chain! The numbers simply don’t add up! heimildin.is/grein/24581/

@mzjacobson.bsky.social Stanford University Professor of Civil and Environmental engineering explains how Carbon Capture and Storage INCREASES emissions www.youtube.com/shorts/GvFir...

We actually KNOW that carbon sinks are failing Nonetheless, governments are rowing back on green measures and FF corporations are expanding production We can't keep lying to ourselves We are well down the road to a society-busting climate cataclysm www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The data is from April but holy moly

People seemed to like that earlier shot I posted of the red-rumped parrot about to have a drink at Lake Hattah. So, here's another - with his beak in the water 🙂

This is VERY good news. Rarely does the media discuss the extreme danger that methane poses due to its short term effect on climate. The story is always re Carbon but methane turbo charges climate breakdown and is not being effectively monitored.

Gas demand forecast to plummet by the Treasury of the Australian government. "Treasury sees output from the gas industry falling by 27-29 per cent between now and 2035, and by 67-68 per cent to 2050" The Treasury is, as usual, very conservative. theenergy.co/article/surp...

Gas power cut to a single megawatt, as PV and batteries reshape the grid reneweconomy.com.au/gas-power-cu...

"Anthony Albanese's claim that more fossil gas is needed for the energy transition is unscientific nonsense - it is gas industry propaganda raised to the level of state policy – and reflects a stampede toward more fossil fuels rather than a transition away."

The IEA in 2014 saw European coal demand rising 0.1% between 2013 and 2019. In practise, it fell 30%.

“Methane is one of the most actionable levers to slow climate warming,” said Sean Bay, a researcher at Melbourne’s La Trobe University. “Fixing leaks like this should be a top priority.” Just fix it Santos (& SK Innovation E&S, Inpex, Eni, Jera & Tokyo Gas) Now www.broomead.com.au/business/oil...

This is a great cartoon of the illogical narratives I hear refuting climate warming. As I have said many times, it's not "either/or" when it comes to natural variability and human contributions, it's "both/and." Grass grows naturally and it grows differently when you fertilize the lawn....

The Norwegian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🇳🇴

A stunning example of the under reporting, or total lack of reporting, of methane leakages. In this case a major methane leak from the Darwin LNG plant is not even reported in national inventories of greenhouse gases. Gas leaks at all stages of gas production. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

What has the Coal Seam Gas industry delivered to Australians? Higher prices for major industrial users Higher energy bills for households Higher inflation Says IEEFA Quite a contribution www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/queen...

One of the world's biggest Carbon Capture and Storage projects, Chevron's Gorgon project , captures just 1% of the CO2 it produces 1% of its emissions at a cost of over $3bn makes it one very expensive, government subsidised, waste of money michaelwest.com.au/chevron-carb...

Full domestic gas reservation , at a competitive price, is the only solution BlueScope has sounded the alarm over Australia's energy crisis, warning that unsustainably high gas prices are pushing domestic manufacturing to a "tipping point". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Ross Gittins gets it right As our young are burdened with large educational debts, gas companies don't pay royalties and " The Australian Taxation Office has labelled the oil and gas industry “systematic non-payers” of tax." We simply give our gas away for free! www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Real Zero is the honest approach to #ClimateChange The "net" in "net zero" is just a smokescreen for business as usual for oil and gas companies Is the company you work for committed to the Real Zero goal? www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War. “The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons Get more cartoons and other funny stuff in your inbox: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/h...

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