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Will we stop f-ing our environment? Climate OMG 🤦🏻‍♀️ 315ppm
#auspol #linguistics #biodiversity #environment
Image by Howard Arkley
Photograph: Victoria Central Highlands
Algal bloom forgotten, yet ONGOING

News 7: the protesters BLAME fossil fuels

Well it actually IS fossil fuel emissions greenhouse gases, heat the planet, heats the oceans, creates algal blooms kill marine life. Is this so hard to report?

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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
rebellion.global/xreadiness/
The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is already shaping our world…Many systems we rely on, electricity, banking, communication, water and food, are fragile…This guide helps identify those weak points and offers real-world ways to prepare for them.
XReadiness | Extinction Rebellion
This guide is designed to provide individuals, families, and communities with essential knowledge and practical steps to increase resilience in the face of climate-related crises and other societal di...
rebellion.global
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Join 5 local Climate & Environment groups demanding meaningful leadership & action from the majority Labor govt

94 seats & angling to pass hideously regressive EPBC laws with the LNP❗️🤯

EVERY FRIDAY, 12.30pm-1.30pm
Josh Burns' office, 219 Barkly St, St Kilda

(rain or shine, everyone welcome)
Fri 13 Nov: week 25 protesting the @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's climate-, ocean-, reef-, health- & Indigenous culture-destroying North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣

We stand with protestors at #COP30 demanding a global, life & planet-preserving fossil fuel phase out✊️
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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And today, 21 Nov, our regular protest crew at the Josh Burns' office will be joined by the mighty 💪 Melbourne Climate Choir
For the Art: Climate Choir Melbourne sings for the ancient Murujuga rock art. SD 480p
YouTube video by Climate Choir Melbourne
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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This is obscene.

The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.

While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
That’s coal. Gas?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The shift from coal to clean power is not only essential for climate. It will also help increase our energy security, boost competitiveness of businesses & create 1000s of jobs”

Australia is world 2nd-biggest thermal coal exporter & 3rd of GAS
South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports
Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A: of course

#COP30 president’s 5000 word letter to delegates has zero mention of oil gas or coal, “fossil fuels mentioned once in a sentence so hopelessly ambiguous it’s a wonder it was included at all” 🤷‍♀️ #climatechange
COP is charade to placate & misdirect
youtu.be/oaDm6rfQ6ck
Has BIG OIL hijacked COP30?
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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November 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
envirojustice.org.au/un-bid-inter...
#australia Federal Court
1) has 3 challenges to NW Shelf Extension approval to operate 45yrs more, 18.5 mil tonnes of gas EVERY YEAR
2) considering if UN Special Rapporteur on human right to clean, healthy & sustainable environment can intervene as amicus curiae
North West Shelf Extension – Federal Court challenge
We've just filed a Federal Court challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf Extension on behalf of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
envirojustice.org.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Some rare good news
More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.

Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Australia’s climate action as of June 2025.
#climatechange
climateactiontracker.org/countries/au...
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit

Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for. #ThePoint

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Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for.
thepoint.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Fri 7 Nov: week 24 protesting the @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon💣

Since signing the Paris Agreement, Australia's fossil fuel production surged 77%--the largest increase among the top 15 producers

Who does govt serve❓️

Disgraceful
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Senate Committee is calling for public submissions on EPBC environmental bills before 5 December – and EJA’s legal experts have made it easy to get writing.
#australia #environment #law

envirojustice.org.au/have-your-sa...
Nature laws: How to write a strong submission
We have a once in a generation opportunity to reform our national nature laws. Learn more and make a submission by 5 December 2025
envirojustice.org.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Handy guide to the proposed amendments to the EPBC Act from Environmental Justice Australia
#australia #auspol #environment #law
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Thank you for your research into and publicity on the Atlas Network
#atlasnetwork #democracy
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
#china
This could have, should have been Australia.
#energy #australia
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This 👇@albomp
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The dilemma we face is simple: genuinely respond to the scientific reality of our predicament or endure the consequences of this profound moral failure for centuries to come.”
#climatechange #COP30 #science

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Climate Choir Melbourne sings "For the Art" (Lyrics: Jeannie Marsh, set to Laura Brearley's music "For the Trees")

World Heritage-listed Muruguga rock art is being harmed by emissions fr Woodside's North West Shelf gas project. In Sept 2025 the Australian govt granted Woodside a 45-year extension
For the Art: Climate Choir Melbourne sings for the ancient Murujuga rock art. SD 480p
YouTube video by Climate Choir Melbourne
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
No, Australia is not ‘streaking ahead’ of other nations on climate.“When it comes to reducing the emissions that really matter, which are from fossil fuels, industry waste & agriculture, Australia is at the bottom just behind South Korea,”
#climate
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

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No, Australia is not ‘streaking ahead’ of other nations on climate
We checked the Nationals’ claim that Australia is reducing emissions much faster than its peers.
www.smh.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Getup is running a campaign against election interfering Advance. Thank you.
#auspol
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/co...
Help stop Advance's billionaire machine
Advance is a billionaire-funded lobby group fuelling division and dragging politics backwards. Together, let’s build people power strong enough to fight their far-right machine and shape a fairer futu...
www.getup.org.au
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“Humans do seem to be to be dead set on conveniencing themselves into meaninglessness…

but actually I’m more optimistic than that, optimistic and defiant and I invite you to be optimistic and defiant with me”
#art #ai
Another great talk by Tim Minchin

youtu.be/ODSKfN6pSMs
Tim Minchin’s Full Speech at The Art of Tax Reform Summit 2025 - NSW, Australia
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
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November 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
How should proposed federal environmental legislation be improved?
#australia #environment #nature #law
November 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Now is the time we need every individual to write, ring & sign to make the Senate know the proposed new #australia federal nature laws must be stronger.
#nature
Environment Justice Australia’s scorecard assesses them as weaker overall than current laws. See 👇
envirojustice.org.au/environment-...
Environment law reform scorecard - Environmental Justice Australia
After years of promises, the Albanese government has finally tabled its long-awaited environment reform package in Parliament. Here's how it stacks up – independently analysed by legal experts.
envirojustice.org.au
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM