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Deputy enviro editor at The Conversation Australia
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Serious fires in recent days reflect deeper shifts in climate and fuel conditions. Centre Director A/Prof Rachael Nolan explains the sequence of factors driving sudden, high-intensity fire behaviour - and what to watch for next.

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Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania
Dozens of fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania over the weekend claimed dozens of houses and the life of a firefighter. This is why they were so bad.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping

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Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping
Could container ships ever go electric? The best option might be a fleet of attendant battery vessels to power these giants directly.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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First take on EPBC amendments in the compromise deal struck to get it passed

Justine Bell-James, @euanritchie.bsky.social, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & me in @aunz.theconversation.com

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Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
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November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Australia will walk away from hosting #COP31 in a compromise in which Australia takes the presidency role and the Pacific hosts a pre-COP event. @wesmorgan.bsky.social explains what happened, the broader context, and what comes next. This is an important read. theconversation.com/australia-ha...
Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next
After a three-year push to host the 2026 climate talks with the Pacific, Australia has backed down. The news is disappointing – but there’s a small silver lining.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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My latest on Brazil's efforts at the UN climate talks to push back against the tide of fossil fuel lobbying and climate misinformation @aunz.theconversation.com @cssn.org

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Brazil is trying to stop fossil fuel interests derailing COP30 with one simple measure
More fossil fuel lobbyists are coming to global climate talks to try to get favourable outcomes. Now their role is in the spotlight.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"Graphs of primary energy make it seem almost impossible to end our long reliance on fossil fuels. But primary energy doesn’t really matter. If we focus instead on useful energy, the task ahead is much more doable."

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This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is
The main way we show energy use is through “primary energy”. But this metric conceals the truly enormous waste of the energy in fossil fuels.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Hold up
ner experience of texting with vesus. Here s everytning she shared. What is Text With Jesus? Text With Jesus offers users an interactive experience with a religious deity. In other words, us s can text questions to Jesus and get a response. (Premium users can also converse with Satan.) While testing the app, Thompson was curious to ask Jesus why bad things happen to good people.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30

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How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables
Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).

Read the highlights in a short article:
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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At some point embarrassment MUST come
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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In 2015, global leaders gathered in force to get the Paris Agreement done. A decade later, the geopolitical landscape is vastly different.

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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Australia will go to the COP30 climate talks with better emissions targets and a desire to boost flagging action.

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November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen addressed the Centre for Independent Studies on climate change on Friday where he gave them a history lesson on Margaret Thatcher's views on climate change and hit them with Pascal's Wager.

Seems he also took the opportunity to troll them on coal.
Excerpt from transcript of speech given by Chris Bowen to CIS. Bowen on coal at the CIS.
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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As China secures its role in clean tech exports, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels – and pushing allies to buy US gas.

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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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To boost the slow uptake of EVs in Australia, authorities have focused on expanding the charger network and ensuring chargers are online. But this won’t be enough.

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October 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Even as clean energy progress slows in the US and EU, developing nations such as Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are surging ahead.

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October 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!

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‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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It doesn’t sound big. But this humble new set of rules will make it possible for many Australian households to export a lot more solar – and help the power grid .
One quiet change is about to let you export much more solar
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October 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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When the UN Secretary-General is calling out PR firms for blocking action on climate change, we need to do something. My latest in @theconversation.com on PR firms and climate misinformation in Australia.

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PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Cut emissions 70% by 2035? There’s only one policy that can get us there
To cut emissions fast, the Australian government will have to dial back its command-and-control approach – and put a price on carbon.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
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Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
Getting to net zero relies on the bush. Rapid change can create tensions – but media framing and vested interests have inflamed the situation.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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There are so many aspects about the astoundingly fast transition in energy that peeps fail to grasp

Here's some words from Prof Peter Newman and I about the fastest energy leap in history
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Solar is king Batteries likely to undergo similar growth from now
September 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Four Pacific nations are backing deep-sea mining, while others worry about environmental consequences. The split could threaten the region’s climate leadership.

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August 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM