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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 2h

"Air pollution in China had plunged 41 percent since 2014. That added almost two years to the country’s average life expectancy" - An often over-looked dividend

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 11h

Falling in line with US Agencies where climate is a swear word?

Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 12h

It really does say something when an article about reactions to a coal power plant continuing to operate says nothing about climate change, the existential threat it poses and the need to phase out oil, gas and coal.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 12h

Communities across Queensland have welcomed plans to keep coal and gas burning across the state, though some warn a lack of future planning could undermine short-term benefits.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · 12h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s Saturday’s good news story. Australian Wildlife Conservancy do a great job buy properties, excluding predators and reintroducing wildlife

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

www.theguardian.com

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 8d

My very first piece for @theatlantic.com

My first piece for @theatlantic.com

“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”

#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social

The Truth About Amelia Earhart

Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.

www.theatlantic.com

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Greenpeace Australia Pacific @greenpeaceap.bsky.social · 18d

A huge win for people power: 60 countries have now ratified the Global Ocean Treaty, bringing this landmark agreement to life. This will pave the way for high seas marine sanctuaries, giving life the chance to recover and thrive.

A global win: 60 countries ratify the Global Ocean Treaty - Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Big news for our ocean, 60 countries have now ratified the Global Ocean Treaty, meaning we now have enough ratifications to bring this landmark treaty to life, allowing governments to…

www.greenpeace.org.au

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 2d

Working through the submissions to the Senate inquiry on climate misinformation and the patterns emerging sure are interesting.

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 1d

Partly on the moon
- shrapnel everywhere

Dylan McConnell @dylanjmcconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Thought this was going to be a parody piece, based on the title

www.smh.com.au/national/nuc...

Nuclear-powered villages could be on the moon within 10 years. Where do we fit in?

The world is also firmly in the grips of Space Race 2.0 as the US and China battle to occupy the moon – and beyond.

www.smh.com.au

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 1d

“Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down” You forgot to add

And “crucially, don’t bail it out!”

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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PhENtastic.bsky.social @phenominal.bsky.social · 1d

"Gets created" by advertising. This is why we should ban fossil fuel ads like we did smoking!

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

www.ft.com/content/5ba8...

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 3d

They deliver

reneweconomy.com.au/australia-po...

reneweconomy.com.au

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Rory Koehler @rorykoehler.bsky.social · 4d

Former Arsenal and current Betis footballer Hector Bellerin bikes to work and advocates for "greener cities, with fewer cars". Great to see him using his voice for this cause #urbanism #walkable #carsruincities #cardependency #carfree

'With power comes responsibility' - Hector Bellerin wins BBC Green Sports Award

Former Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin talks about his attempts to live a more sustainable life as he wins the BBC Green Sports Award.

www.bbc.com

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 12d

Mad that the NYT is having to produce videos on basics such as "yes, climate change is happening" and "yes, renewables have become much cheaper"

But here we are. This is very nicely and clearly done by
@sominisengupta.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/video/climat...

Video: Three Charts To Set the Record Straight On Climate Change

In his United Nations address, President Trump lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change. Somini Sengupta explains the f...

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 10d

The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.

But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.

New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Pat Simons @patsimons.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing graph showing how quickly renewables can displace gas and reduce wholesale prices.

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) @accr.bsky.social · 8d

Brian Spak, from Energy Consumers Australia (ECA), warns that if nothing changes it will be renters, apartment dwellers and low-income households – those with the biggest barriers to going all-electric – who will be left stuck on gas with spiralling bills. reneweconomy.com.au/consumers-co...

reneweconomy.com.au

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First Nations Clean Energy Network @firstnationscen.bsky.social · 8d

Clean energy in remote First Nations communities is about more than reducing diesel.

It's also about community flourishing; energy security and affordability; community growth and well being.

That’s the finding of a new report by Pembina Institute.

www.pembina.org/pub/restorin... #auspol

Restoring the Flow | Pembina Institute

Remote communities, the majority of which are Indigenous, are not connected to the electricity grid and have historically relied exclusively on diesel generators for electricity. These generators are ...

www.pembina.org

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 8d

Insurance quickly becoming affordable only if you don’t need it

Barbara Ryan @disasterbarb.bsky.social · 8d

Of 200 wildfires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable

Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade

www.theguardian.com

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 8d

Pretty much the only progress made after the burning of the carbon tax plunged us into a decade of policy vacuum

Australian Renewable Energy News @solardirectory.bsky.social · 8d

Australia has more solar panels per person than anywhere else in the world. One in three houses now has rooftop solar.

#solarpanels #Australia

theconversation.com/one-quiet-ch...

One quiet change is about to let you export much more solar

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 .

theconversation.com

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 11d

Not just large #EVs, but those bloody large utes, that get tax incentives, and burn diesel with little to no emissions controls.
thedriven.io/2025/09/24/a...

Australia needs to drop its obsession with large EVs if it wants to meet climate targets

Australia needs regulatory and policy changes that focus on encouraging small EVs, not large ones, if it is to meet its big climate targets.

thedriven.io

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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 10d

Yes, it's like it's taken forever
We in no way started at Kyoto
Paris did provide a positive move, but no moonshot
And we're still subsidising/protecting /enabling fossil fuels
But, yes, yes it will
Less than a decade old
The fastest energy transition in human history
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 28d

The fastest energy transformation in human history

@fssau.futuresmart.com.au

expanded graph for pace of adoption of electricity generation by source from >100TWh annual generation threshold point

pace of adoption of electricity generation by source from >100TWh annual generation threshold point

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Tom Swann @tomswann.bsky.social · 10d

NT government subsidising Beetaloo fracked gas through a loan guarantee.

Meanwhile there are multiple solar farms in the NT built but not connected to the grid.

Failed state.

www.afr.com/companies/en...

Beetaloo gas to hit market in 2026, thanks to $75m NT guarantee

An unusual loan guarantee granted by the Northern Territory government has underscored how much gas from the project is needed.

www.afr.com

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 10d

“The fed govt watered down a key new condition policing the #emissions of Woodside’s huge NW Shelf #gas facility after the #energy giant warned it could jeopardise…the multibillion-$ project…
A document shed new light on negotiations between the Albo govt & Woodside.
www.afr.com/companies/en...

Watt watered down gas project conditions after Woodside warning

Documents shed new light on backroom negotiations between Woodside and the federal government over the future of the huge North West Shelf gas facility.

www.afr.com

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 13d

The secondhand car market for EVs is so inefficient. I’m sure the salvage value of battery upgrades isn’t priced in. Looks like fertile ground for a business or hedge fund, although I’m not over all of the challenges for scaling up

Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 13d

Now, this is interesting…

‘The demand for secondhand EV batteries is surging, with buyers repurposing them for everything from solar storage units to off-grid energy systems that can replace diesel generators.’
#batteries #ProductStewardship
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Powerful lithium batteries in written-off EVs now hot property at salvage auctions

Demand for secondhand electric vehicle batteries is surging across Australia, as buyers repurpose them for everything from solar storage to off-grid energy

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 13d

A last minute decision to "do something" for my birthday today involved a foray around Djidi-djidi Ridge near Julimar State Forest, and was blown away by the amazing diversity of wildflowers on display at the moment!

A collage of eight flower photos taken from Djidi-djidi range. It includes fringe lilies, purple tassels, nodding blue lilies, blue leschenaultia, pimelea imbrecata, creamy candle, Magle's kangaroo paw and York Road poison (a pea flower).

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 13d

In Canberras Parliament House nearly a quarter of all registered lobbyists are from the fossil fuel industry. Yet FF workers represent only 1% of the workforce.

Could explain why even new MPs fire back FF talking points when we visit them ie ‘gas is a clean transition fuel’.

Fossil fuel lobbyists flood Canberra as agencies and media exposed in 2025 F-List - Comms Declare

Comms Declare and Clean Creatives today released the F-List 2025, exposing the scale of fossil fuel influence in Australia’s advertising, PR, lobbying and media sectors.

commsdeclare.org

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