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...

#auspol #governance #climatereality #FossilFoolsSubsidies

Last month was the 3rd lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of July. This was 1,130,000 km² below the 1981-2010 July average. Data from the nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

The Waratah super battery, one of the largest globally at 850 MW/ 1680MWh, is now online Big grid batteries have arrived! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The fossil fuel network is crumbling. Its only at the edges now. It will quickly move to the core as the death spiral takes hold. www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

Bruce is correct… really worth a watch. It’s from UK perspective but much of it parallels the situation in Australia. #NetZero #ClimateAction

You've been lied to about net zero examines how politicians, industry and money have corrupted good policy Well worth a watch youtu.be/bX1n25rN8yg?...

Saturday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 5th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 260,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,080,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,930,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,690,000 km² below the 1980s mean More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 8th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 160,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,060,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,880,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,670,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

YES! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The sheer number and availability of poker machines in NSW is a disgrace The Minns government is doing nothing about it, except obfuscation Pokies are Misery machines Radical reduction of numbers is needed www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The Nationals now want to build a coal fired power station Its all hot air The Nationals, when last in power, gave a $4m dollar grant to Shine Power to build a coal fired power station in North Queensland Whatever happened to that? And the $4m? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The #gas industry pays very little in tax or royalties. Taxing exports is a way to pay for ever increasing climate disasters. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

There is virtually no opposition to domestic gas reservation in Australia Research by pollster Redbridge found voter support for a domestic gas reserve at 86 per cent, while less than 5 per cent of voters expressed any opposition to the idea. www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Another case of oil and gas subsidies in Australia Chevron has its hands in Australian taxpayers' pockets to the tune of in excess of $500m Taxpayers are heavily subsidising the clean up costs for Barrow Island. A total disgrace www.boilingcold.com.au/governments-...

Australian taxpayers are funding Chevron's Barrow Island clean up costs to the tune of in excess of $500m

Either Albanese knew about Segal's relationship with Advance, in which case his judgement is atrocious, or he failed to apply basic due diligence, in which case his judgement is atrocious. But, no doubt, there'll be zero consequences. Most media won't even report it. #auspol

Chevron's closed oil and gas project on Barrow Island nature reserve in Western Australia leaks gas When will it be fixed Looks like never www.boilingcold.com.au/gas-seeping-...

Barrow Island in W. Australia is a nature reserve. It is also a place where Chevron drilled 895 oil wells since 1964. Now they’re leaking natural gas. Because sooner or later ALL WELLS LEAK. (Also there seems to be PFAS and asbestos too so that’s fun.) www.boilingcold.com.au/gas-seeping-...

Snowy Hydro's "vision" to build a diesel and gas plant in the current century gets its come uppence. Locals shut down its commissioning as the stink is just too much. reneweconomy.com.au/unacceptable...

For decades gas pipeline companies have been earning super profits at the expense of consumers. Now the gas death spiral has taken hold the same companies want consumers to bear all the pain. What happened to investment risk? reneweconomy.com.au/not-fair-to-...

…and if the oil and gas industry paid their dues like the rest of us, like the rest of us, they will not leave the country. Their scare mongering is bollocks.

Past, present, and future. . .

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is pushing a tax reform agenda Here is hoping that he listens to former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry's proposal to raise some meaningful revenue from coal & gas exports, & lower domestic gas prices Henry's proposal could raise a whopping $48 billion in annual revenue

Santos' "for sale" sign has been up so long it has faded in the sunlight. It has been a shockingly bad performer for long term investors. www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Steel yourself - calls for gas industry bailouts not that far away

The gas death spiral has taken hold in Australia Gas is rapidly becoming a niche fuel as escalating costs hasten the transition to electricity We need policy to make gas' exit from the energy system orderly reneweconomy.com.au/amid-calls-f...

The @australianlabor.bsky.social party is engaging in "tacticle fatalism" when it comes to #ClimateChange This article explains why this is more dangerous than climate denialism www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Heavy accusations of doctoring of the report into the effects of Woodside's #Gas and #LNG project on the globally significant rock art in Western Australia. youtube.com/watch?v=rykM...

Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures “This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.” open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

Embarrassing: “The newly approved North West Shelf expansion (until 2070) would not jeopardise emissions goals because the site is legally required to ratchet down its own emissions toward net zero”. Of course, the ‘site’ doesn’t include exported emissions. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

The government's home battery storage subsidy signals a significant shift away from centralised generation of electricity. Consumers will increasingly become independent of the grid. Alan Kohler explains youtu.be/KCjb1Rh_ktw?...

Meanwhile, 🔥🔥🔥 STOP SUBSIDISING FOSSIL FUELS STOP APPROVING NEW FOSSIL PROJECTS STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP