Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of The Death of Holden (2016), Just Money (2020) and others.
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Royce Kurmelovs
@roycerk2.bsky.social
· Jun 6
Slick has been given a reprint --now with a fancy sticker on the cover. If you want to understand Why We Are Like This on climate change, or read about things like that one time the oil and gas industry spied on the son of a prime minister, and you haven't picked up a copy, now's your chance!
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Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.
BlockFills crypto lender halts withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.
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Bangladesh is heading into national elections today. The country faces many challenges, following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in student-led protests last year. Reforms in the energy sector are also long overdue, as is a look at external debt crisis. ICYMI, a glimpse:
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Bangladesh is heading into national elections today. The country faces many challenges, following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in student-led protests last year. Reforms in the energy sector are also long overdue, as is a look at external debt crisis. ICYMI, a glimpse:
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
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"Sir, to show our appreciation, the trophy says 'the undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal'"
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"Sir, to show our appreciation, the trophy says 'the undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal'"
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The Washington Post editorial board claims the benefits of reducing climate pollution are "modest"
Who wrote this, exactly?
Who wrote this, exactly?
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Washington Post editorial board claims the benefits of reducing climate pollution are "modest"
Who wrote this, exactly?
Who wrote this, exactly?
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For those following the first ever climate case to be heard in the High Court of Australia, follow its progress on our case page here:
www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...
Johnson Legal is proud to represent local Hunter community group, Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group
www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...
Johnson Legal is proud to represent local Hunter community group, Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group
MACH Energy v Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group — Johnson Legal | Australian Environmental Lawyers
In the first High Court of Australia hearing on climate change, Johnson Legal is acting for DAMSHEG defending the landmark decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in Denman v MACH Energy. The Court found ...
www.johnsonlegal.au
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
For those following the first ever climate case to be heard in the High Court of Australia, follow its progress on our case page here:
www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...
Johnson Legal is proud to represent local Hunter community group, Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group
www.johnsonlegal.au/newsfeed/mac...
Johnson Legal is proud to represent local Hunter community group, Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group
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Killing off the endangerment finding could endanger the fossil fuels industry in court. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Killing off the endangerment finding could endanger the fossil fuels industry in court. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
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A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
I am not actually familiar with that footnote in Australian political history and was working off the materials I found going back through Trove. At a glance, I'd say it was just another flavour in the assimilationist stew at that time.
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I am not actually familiar with that footnote in Australian political history and was working off the materials I found going back through Trove. At a glance, I'd say it was just another flavour in the assimilationist stew at that time.
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The Federal Judicial Center deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges. I spoke to one of the authors of the chapter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...
Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The Federal Judicial Center deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges. I spoke to one of the authors of the chapter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...
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Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
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A must-read post, by @mrvandenbroeke.bsky.social
He kindly read and assessed a March 1980 article "Glacial melt - how soon? how fast?" and see how good the predictions were.
Aside atmospheric CO2 (mercifully less than thought), it is "remarkably accurate.
allouryesterdays.info/2026/02/10/r...
He kindly read and assessed a March 1980 article "Glacial melt - how soon? how fast?" and see how good the predictions were.
Aside atmospheric CO2 (mercifully less than thought), it is "remarkably accurate.
allouryesterdays.info/2026/02/10/r...
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A must-read post, by @mrvandenbroeke.bsky.social
He kindly read and assessed a March 1980 article "Glacial melt - how soon? how fast?" and see how good the predictions were.
Aside atmospheric CO2 (mercifully less than thought), it is "remarkably accurate.
allouryesterdays.info/2026/02/10/r...
He kindly read and assessed a March 1980 article "Glacial melt - how soon? how fast?" and see how good the predictions were.
Aside atmospheric CO2 (mercifully less than thought), it is "remarkably accurate.
allouryesterdays.info/2026/02/10/r...
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Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench…
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench…
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
…In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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For a limited time, my iconic t-shirt (yes, I'm joking) is now available as part of various @drilledmedia.bsky.social Patreon memberships. Support great climate reporting and tell Schmelon to kick rocks at the same time? Win-win www.patreon.com/cw/Drilled
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Independent Climate Accountability Journalism
www.patreon.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
For a limited time, my iconic t-shirt (yes, I'm joking) is now available as part of various @drilledmedia.bsky.social Patreon memberships. Support great climate reporting and tell Schmelon to kick rocks at the same time? Win-win www.patreon.com/cw/Drilled
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I drove through a heat wave in Port Augusta once and stopped there over on the way to the Nullarbor and eventually Perth. It was 49 degrees on the sign. The pool was too hot. The kids were jumping off the nearby pier and hanging around the outside of the shopping centre where the aircon is.
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I drove through a heat wave in Port Augusta once and stopped there over on the way to the Nullarbor and eventually Perth. It was 49 degrees on the sign. The pool was too hot. The kids were jumping off the nearby pier and hanging around the outside of the shopping centre where the aircon is.
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"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
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Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
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Great piece from @roycerk2.bsky.social on the influence that Japanese gas companies are seeking to flex over Australia's policymakers.
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Great piece from @roycerk2.bsky.social on the influence that Japanese gas companies are seeking to flex over Australia's policymakers.
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
drilled.media/news/japan-a...
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
More than 50 heat records were broken across Australia in the last week of January, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
This is climate change, and it can be lethal.
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Worth a mention that about one in five people in Port Augusta and Ceduna are Indigenous.
Japanese companies have been lobbying to lock in fossil gas production and its enabling infrastructure, even as they resell Australian cargos while they're still on the water for geopolitical advantage.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Japanese companies have been lobbying to lock in fossil gas production and its enabling infrastructure, even as they resell Australian cargos while they're still on the water for geopolitical advantage.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I pulled the camera back to look at how they've done it for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
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White House officially announcing today that the EPA endangerment finding repeal is coming Thursday.
February 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
White House officially announcing today that the EPA endangerment finding repeal is coming Thursday.
Irony? Or are you trolling?
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Irony? Or are you trolling?
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Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
I could say more but this is basically running hype without any real space given to countervailing voices.
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I could say more but this is basically running hype without any real space given to countervailing voices.
Things to consider: a) a global gas glut is emerging and will render projects unviable and b) a combination of batteries and renewables will increasingly crush demand, further weighing on the future of the industry.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Things to consider: a) a global gas glut is emerging and will render projects unviable and b) a combination of batteries and renewables will increasingly crush demand, further weighing on the future of the industry.
'Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last said the area had "serious potential to revitalise a domestic oil production industry".'
The Queensland government has approved new oil and gas exploration in a region they believe could become Australia's first new major oil province in 50 years.
New oil and gas exploration site the 'size of Singapore' approved in Queensland
The Queensland government has approved new oil and gas exploration in a region they believe could become Australia's first new major oil province in 50 years.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
'Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last said the area had "serious potential to revitalise a domestic oil production industry".'