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Adam Morton
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Guardian Australia climate and environment editor. Tas Inquirer co-founder. Clear Air writer - sign up here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 9d
Column today

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The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h
This is one of the many problems of the Substack model - editors are good and we've forgotten that
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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 4d
nice to hear from you Ed. hope you are well.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 4d
I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth - Sean Dooley
I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth
It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 4d
Vote early/often.

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Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
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Gabrielle Jackson @gabriellecj.bsky.social · 9d
‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad?
When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 9d
Column today

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
www.theguardian.com
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 20d
Had a conversation with Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean.

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Matt Kean on Australia’s future in a climate crisis
Podcast Episode · Australian Politics · 19/09/2025 · 33m
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 20d
Change is coming, question is how fast.

Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports could plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts

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Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts
Figure amounts to a $60bn fall by 2030 any any future scenario of emissions reduction in Australia, modelling predicts
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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 22d
amid the noise and news, this piece was beautiful today www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko
Some Māori believe that when they die, their spirit travels up New Zealand to the tip of the North Island – souls flying like birds
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 22d
Via @danjb.bsky.social: 2035 target is 62-70% below 2005 levels.

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Australia news live: Albanese to announce new emissions reduction target; annual migration numbers continue to fall
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 22d
That said - if you want to place a bet on the target you've got 18 minutes. Announcement at 12. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Kmart breached customer privacy by capturing all shoppers’ faces, commissioner finds
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 22d
Put another way - look forward to talking about the latter.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 22d
Thought before a busy arvo - 2035 target matters (frames policy ambition, is an investment signal) but will mean little to most people - and doesn't ultimately decide what emissions will be. There is no ETS.

What matters most are the policies/steps/etc needed to deliver transformational change.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 22d
This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
India to Spend $570 Million to Help Steel Companies Decarbonize
India plans to roll out a 50 billion rupee ($570 million) program to encourage steel producers to cut emissions, a top government official said.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 22d
Erwin Jackson on where Australia is at on climate adaptation and what is needed is worth a read

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Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve? | Erwin Jackson
The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 23d
I’m not sure this piece is correctly interpreted as optimism.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 23d
Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects
- Temperature Check by @readfearn.bsky.social

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Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects | Temperature Check
Nationals senator Matt Canavan and Sky presenter Chris Kenny line up to misinterpret and misquote report in effort to press case against net zero
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 24d
i think they are significantly different to Trump's lies
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 24d
‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

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‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 24d
Words today.

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The government has laid out the perils of the climate crisis – but will Albanese meet the moment?
Grave remarks on the potential shocks to people, property and the economy are all too familiar. Putting a credible number on the emissions target is the harder part
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 24d
<Reads the papers, turns on the radio, screams into the void>

Good morning, everyone.
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25d
Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths could soar, landmark climate report warns

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Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns
Climate risk assessment find heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 25d
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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.
Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now
We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25d
Labor will announce its 2035 emissions target this week. Here’s how it could shape Australia’s next decade

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Labor will announce its 2035 emissions target this week. Here’s how it could shape Australia’s next decade
Announcements to reveal ‘scary’ risks posed by climate crisis and how the government intends to combat it
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 25d
More context on what he said here

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Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’
Australia’s soon to be announced emissions reduction target for 2035 will say a lot about how Labor will prioritise dealing with the climate crisis
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