Adam Morton
@adammorton.bsky.social
Guardian Australia climate + environment editor.
Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Author of the Clear Air newsletter.
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Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Author of the Clear Air newsletter.
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The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
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A Clear Air column today. It's a pretty long one. Could have been longer.
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It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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Yes, it is very reasonable to ask how this declaration reconciles with the Aus govt's support for new fossil fuel export proposals, and what it's going to do now.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Yes, it is very reasonable to ask how this declaration reconciles with the Aus govt's support for new fossil fuel export proposals, and what it's going to do now.
Australia also joined the Belém Declaration on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, led by Colombia www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president says ‘everybody will lose’ as fears rise that conference will end without a deal
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
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November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Australia also joined the Belém Declaration on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, led by Colombia www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
While talks grind on/down at #COP30 in Brazil, a deal between Turkey and Australia on hosting arrangements for #COP31 has been finalised.
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
While talks grind on/down at #COP30 in Brazil, a deal between Turkey and Australia on hosting arrangements for #COP31 has been finalised.
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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Everything at COPs has an asterisk until it actually happens, but yes
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Everything at COPs has an asterisk until it actually happens, but yes
The elegant urgency of multilateralism
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The elegant urgency of multilateralism
Yes, I imagine this criticism will be made
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Yes, I imagine this criticism will be made
Seems like something worth focusing on now.
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
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November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Seems like something worth focusing on now.
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
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Cos it was announced only yesterday? May prove a valid point, but seems a bit soon to say and there has been a fair bit of reaction. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor MP Ed Husic urges own party to ‘pry open the jaws of Treasury’ after CSIRO announces job cuts
Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
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November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Cos it was announced only yesterday? May prove a valid point, but seems a bit soon to say and there has been a fair bit of reaction. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Mining company Greenwing Resources had the most environmental licence breaches in Tasmania during 2024-25, says the EPA’s annual report. Tassal and Cadbury also ranked high on the list of companies fined or issued warning notices. #politas
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Miner tops list of Tasmanian environmental licence breaches
A mothballed mine on Tasmania’s west coast, topped a list for the most recorded environmental licence breaches across the state, according to the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) annual report...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mining company Greenwing Resources had the most environmental licence breaches in Tasmania during 2024-25, says the EPA’s annual report. Tassal and Cadbury also ranked high on the list of companies fined or issued warning notices. #politas
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🏭 Tas EPA has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after 9000t were used for landfill without approval. Another 8000t of slag have gone to 10 more sites, but the locations have not been made public. #politas
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Tas EPA says 9000t of smelter slag reuse lacked approval
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after an investigation found 9000 tonnes was used in road and const...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🏭 Tas EPA has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after 9000t were used for landfill without approval. Another 8000t of slag have gone to 10 more sites, but the locations have not been made public. #politas
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I think that underestimates why they want to host but imagine you will not alone in that reaction
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I think that underestimates why they want to host but imagine you will not alone in that reaction
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Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
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Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
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November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
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Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
From Australia to Turkey and, reluctantly, Germany: the tug-of-war over hosting Cop31
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From Australia to Turkey and, reluctantly, Germany: the tug-of-war over hosting Cop31
A years-long standoff over who should host the 2026 climate summit leaves Brazilian hosts, and other states, frustrated
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November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From Australia to Turkey and, reluctantly, Germany: the tug-of-war over hosting Cop31
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We're going to be doing this forever, aren't we.
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We're going to be doing this forever, aren't we.
A Clear Air column today. It's a pretty long one. Could have been longer.
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The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM