Meg Penvose Clark
@megpenvose.bsky.social
Birth Carbon 312.4
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Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
She/her
Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
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It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
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The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens’ amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
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The only thing that can save the environment is stopping new gas and coal
The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens' amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
australiainstitute.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens’ amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
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Effing stupid this
The Aukus nuclear submarine deal and Australia’s involvement in military conflicts will be considered by a secretive new committee of federal parliament, dubbed a “closed shop” by the Greens over plans to exclude minor parties and independents.
Everything else is s**t
Albanese Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus –but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will b appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Albanese Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus –but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will b appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Effing stupid this
This is fabulous news
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information
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Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of environmental activist Ben Pennings.
Pennings declared victory on Thursday, after the Queensland supreme court signed off on orders on Wednesday, ending the five-and-a-half-year court battle. The order requires Pennings not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information or to ask others to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is fabulous news
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A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
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Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
Episode 14 of Law at the End of the World is now out. I love this one. @prof-mac.bsky.social has a brilliant chat with César Rodríguez-Garavito (NYU Law) about making a difference in the world. It’s full of hope and inspiration.
Making a Difference through More-than-Human Rights - Episode 14 (with César Rodríguez-Garavito) - Law at the End of the World
In this conversation, César Rodríguez-Garavito (NYU Law) reflects on his fascinating academic career, explaining his drive to produce 'action research' that enables a positive impact for communities a...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Episode 14 of Law at the End of the World is now out. I love this one. @prof-mac.bsky.social has a brilliant chat with César Rodríguez-Garavito (NYU Law) about making a difference in the world. It’s full of hope and inspiration.
Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
fake climate solutions:
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
fake climate solutions:
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
- green capitalism
- carbon offsets
- billionaire-backed techno-fixes
real climate solutions:
- buying less stuff
- $ into public transit
- community-owned energy
- degrowth in rich nations
- land back
Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
Remember the euphoria accompanying Labor's triumph over the despicable Dutton & his crew of ne'er do wells?
At last a huge mandate for progressives to really get things done.
Fading dreams.
How naive & stupid were we?
Disillusionment is a bitter pill.
At least I voted Independent & Green.
At last a huge mandate for progressives to really get things done.
Fading dreams.
How naive & stupid were we?
Disillusionment is a bitter pill.
At least I voted Independent & Green.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Remember the euphoria accompanying Labor's triumph over the despicable Dutton & his crew of ne'er do wells?
At last a huge mandate for progressives to really get things done.
Fading dreams.
How naive & stupid were we?
Disillusionment is a bitter pill.
At least I voted Independent & Green.
At last a huge mandate for progressives to really get things done.
Fading dreams.
How naive & stupid were we?
Disillusionment is a bitter pill.
At least I voted Independent & Green.
Reposted by Meg Penvose Clark
Australians!
Stop drinking the ALP's Koolaid.
They went to the dark side a while ago.
Stop drinking the ALP's Koolaid.
They went to the dark side a while ago.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Australians!
Stop drinking the ALP's Koolaid.
They went to the dark side a while ago.
Stop drinking the ALP's Koolaid.
They went to the dark side a while ago.
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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“Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
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Time for my annual masochistic review of COP post morta. First one I "liked" is by Dyke and Rockstrom. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Time for my annual masochistic review of COP post morta. First one I "liked" is by Dyke and Rockstrom. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
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I'm sorry. I shouldn't. But it's too rich to pass up.
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm sorry. I shouldn't. But it's too rich to pass up.
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
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hell yeah we're speed running the Earth Pollution Agency
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
hell yeah we're speed running the Earth Pollution Agency
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Donald Trump exempts coal in steelmaking from Clean Air Act thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Donald Trump exempts coal in steelmaking from Clean Air Act thehill.com/policy/energ...
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The Greens trying to cut a deal with the government on this terrible enviro bill is incredibly dumb, and the best way to lose a bunch more seats at the next election imo.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Greens trying to cut a deal with the government on this terrible enviro bill is incredibly dumb, and the best way to lose a bunch more seats at the next election imo.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
This is shocking. Even Morrison didnt stoop to “chain refoulement”
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is shocking. Even Morrison didnt stoop to “chain refoulement”
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Wow what a surprise
"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again
If Albanese is serious about ‘progressive patriotism’ he could start by prioritising the livelihoods of Australians over the profits of gambling companies.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wow what a surprise