Oodnadatta this week. Officially “Bloody hot.” For US readers worried about snow, that’s Celsius (116degrees F)

20%? I swear it was 10%, maybe even 5% from the most head-in-the-oilsand folks

Things are so crazy in the world at the moment that I am unsure if the President of the USA has had a seniors moment of confusion, or if he now wants to buy or conquer Iceland as well as Greenland. Which is it really? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

"European countries now reliant on US liquified natural gas shipments, creating risk of higher bills amid recent tensions" We in the climate space have been warning against this for years now. The Adults In The Room all kept insisting we had to switch gas providers for "energy security". Well, look

I too, am old enough to remember the chicken littles saying if we had more than 20% renewable energy in the grid at any one time, the grid would collapse. As we surge past 50% of total power being produced by renewables, where are those naysayers? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Albanese has the nerve to talk about fires and floods, while his government runs headlong to open as many new gas fields and coal extensions as possible.

So sad to hear this news. What an extraordinary musician and a beautiful human. Vale Rob. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Heat in Western Australia could nudge 50°C "The mercury in Perth will rise towards 40°C this Tuesday, while Western Australia’s Pilbara region and some adjacent areas will hit the high 40s, with the potential for a 50-degree day.

I wonder if or when the Norwegian wealth fund will sell all their US Treasury bonds. If they do it will crash the market and end Donald Trumps presidency in my opinion. www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... Wise words #News #Auspol

Exciting news Tree bark microbes consume greenhouse and toxic gases Plant a tree today! news.mongabay.com/2026/01/hidd...

Good policy⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So our AUKUS partners are essentially in a military stand off with each other. What a superb agreement we have . www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Historic moment has just passed in Global energy Coal power generation fell in both India and China last year as a result of a massive surge in renewable energy deployment Power generation from coal fell by 1.6 per cent in China and by 3 per cent in India in 2025 www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Already 4 days in 2026 (36%) with 100% WindWaterSolar on CA's main grid for part of the day. Almost double the number of hours of 100% WWS v 2025 so far. Gas down 69% vs '23 WWS up 25% v '23 Batteries up 332% v '23

That screenshot is from the 2026 draft ISP. Even simple modelling like below from @davidosmond.bsky.social shows we need some gas in winter. Whether it's 10GW or 14GW doesn't matter that much right now, the main thing is we keep building out renewables, especially wind. bsky.app/profile/davi...

My theory on this is that X isn't just an informational safe space / bubble for political / media elites - it's a *moral* bubble as well. Journalists and politicians are basically losing any moral reaction to child abuse because they now digitally reside inside an app that creates that abuse

A lot to be optimistic about in the role of battery storage helping displace fossil fuels - including gas - in cheaper, more secure, sustainable, balanced and flexible energy systems around the world.

Gas peakers are no longer needed to fill the evening peaks in electricity demand Batteries have decreased in cost to such an extent to threaten #gas Gas is not a transition fuel It is a fuel transitioning out of the energy system m.youtube.com/watch?v=fR--...

We called this in November

A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup Monsanto had its fingers in the pie The most cited study on the safety of glyphosate, the world's most widely used herbicide, has been retracted www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...

A great video explaining why we need less storage than we think. I really appreciate the take that Rosie has We dont need to obsess with totally decarbonising the grid at this point. Let's get to 85-98% renewables and worry about that last little bit once we are there! youtu.be/xoi3-0EYW14?...

Decommissioning is becoming the big #gas issue as the Bass Strait winds down its production. Yesteryears fuel is not exiting tge energy system without issues www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

News out today shows big utes designed to cary cargo are better at killing pedestrians than smaller vehicles designed to cary people did you know the popularity of these behemoths is based on a range of subsidies? But the govt is inquiring into subsidies for EVs… thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Something very much worth noting is that there is a lot of 'in between' stuff - degraded industrial land that is expensive to restore, often near good connection points. Environment groups are already on this case, eg www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...

Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.

1/4) China is already generating, in 2025, from wind-water-solar (WWS) alone, 54% of all end-use energy the U.S. needs for all purposes (electricity, transport, buildings, industry) & 61% of the end-use energy India needs for all purposes in 2050. Paper pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

High domestic gas prices have made electricity in Australia too expensive High gas and electricity prices have: * Increased inflation * Destroyed domestic manufacturing * Increased cost of living Domestic gas reservation is overdue www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

“Ahmed Al Ahmed. He saved my life & my 4yr old” “I can only say thank you to that Muslim brother” This is what the media should show. Messages of unity & hope from survivors. Despite that it’s not the answer this Sky News journo was seeking. #auspol #Bondi

The Oil and Gas industry consistently lies about the emissions from #LNG LNG is not clean LNG is just another #fossilfuel It is a high emitting fuel insideclimatenews.org/news/1912202...

I'm proud of this quote. "The idea that LNG is presented as a ‘non-polluting fuel’ in the documents is total madness and obviously completely untrue,” said Mikulka

Two men. My @smh cartoon.

The Northern Territory has a new theme song "We're on a road to nowhere" It has locked in expensive, remote Beetaloo gas at the very time competing technologies such as solar rapidly decline in cost It follows a long line of failed energy deals www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

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...

“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