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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 2d

“Banks that finance deforestation not only destroy habitat and drive species towards extinction, they also expose themselves, their shareholders and the broader economy to escalating environmental and financial risks.” www.theage.com.au/business/ban...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 2d

NAB shareholders will today file Australia’s first bank shareholder resolution on deforestation. www.acf.org.au/news/nab-to-...

NAB to face Australia’s first bank shareholder resolution on nature…

NAB shareholders will today file Australia’s first bank shareholder resolution on deforestation.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 8d

This is what a good transition looks like, with the company giving adequate notice of this change. The market is moving. The Qld govt should not hold it back. #qldpol
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 8d

This is what a good transition looks like. The company has given adequate notice of this change. The market is moving. The Queensland govt should not hold it back. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Rio Tinto announces early retirement of Gladstone Power Station

Queensland's largest and oldest coal-fired power station could be retired six years earlier than expected.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 8d

Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing

Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 10d

Calls to overhaul Australia’s food system to prioritise public health and the environment. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907619...

'Not the cow, the how': calls to overhaul food system

Look around any supermarket and fresh produce appears abundant but new food security strategy plans reveal friction between...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 13d

Amid rising tensions, clear words from the UN Secretary General. ‘I call on states that possess nuclear weapons to lift this shadow hanging over humanity... and commit to the total elimination of nuclear weapons.’ Time to act. Time to sign the @nuclearban.bsky.social
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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | United Nations

The General Assembly commemorates 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This Day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment t...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 15d

Global report confirms and details nuclear power’s stagnation. Someone needs to tell the Coalition. #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/global-repor...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 15d

Australia’s 2035 emissions reduction target does not match the urgency of the crisis outlined in the govt’s own climate risk assessment, nor its Paris commitments, say 60 scientists in an open letter to PM Albanese. #auspol www.theage.com.au/environment/...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 15d

“Every increment of global warming brings more loss and damage from climate impacts, so all emissions count. It is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes (roughly Australia’s annual emissions) of CO2 don’t matter. They materially do.” #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

Australia’s emissions are only about 1.1% of the global total. But it is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes of CO2 don’t matter, experts say

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Josh Meadows @joshmeadows.bsky.social · 16d

The federal govt will be required to create recovery plans for the greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart in a major legal win for the Wilderness Society. Story by @lisacox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government required to create plan to protect greater glider in major legal win for Wilderness Society

Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 17d

A message to Australia: Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 21d

Albanese govt’s timid target puts coal and gas ahead of community safety and nature protection: ACF. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/albanes...

Albanese govt’s timid target puts coal and gas ahead of community…

A target range of 62–70% falls significantly short on all measures of what’s needed, with the government’s plans preparing Australia only to meet the…

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 21d

The govt is set to announce its 2035 emissions reduction target today. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Government set to announce Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was poised to showcase Labor’s climate credentials with a new 2035 emissions target as business leaders warn of heavy economic costs.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 22d

ACF’s new report, the first of its kind, identifies areas where renewable energy projects can be built with minimal impact on Australia’s threatened wildlife and ecosystems. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Quicker, less destructive renewables rollout possible, report finds

The Australian Conservation Council says it has mapped the east coast of Australia to identify sites suitable for renewable projects that don't impact biodiversity, helping Australia reach net zero by...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 22d

Unions and environment groups call for a strong 2035 target as National Climate Risk Assessment shows “truly devastating consequences... will result if we do not act with urgency.” #auspol www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 23d

A groundbreaking report that maps where renewable energy projects can be built without destroying nature shows good siting is key to speeding up Australia’s clean energy transition. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/report-...

Report finds renewables can be fast-tracked without destroying nature

A groundbreaking report that maps where renewable energy projects can be built without destroying nature shows good siting is key to speeding up…

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 24d

The National Climate Risk Assessment, two years in the making, paints a picture of a profoundly altered Australia and its dire warnings demand an emergency response from the Albanese govt. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/frighte...

Frightening forecast demands a serious 2035 target

The National Climate Risk Assessment, two years in the making and released today, paints a picture of a profoundly altered Australia and its dire warnings…

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 24d

The scale of the Albanese govt’s climate action ambition for the next decade will be set this week with the anticipated release of its 2035 emissions reduction target. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Labor will announce its 2035 emissions target this week. Here’s how it could shape Australia’s next decade

Announcements to reveal ‘scary’ risks posed by climate crisis and how the government intends to combat it

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Josh Meadows @joshmeadows.bsky.social · 27d

“No matter where Australian gas is burned, it puts people and nature in harm's way by fuelling more extreme weather.” #auspol au.news.yahoo.com/green-tick-m...

Controversial gas project approved, with conditions

The government has greenlit the expansion of a massive gas development, despite fears the project could damage nearby ancient rock art.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 27d

Media release: Albanese government detonates NW Shelf carbon bomb. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/albanes...

Albanese government detonates NW Shelf carbon bomb

Conditions the Albanese government has applied to the extension of Woodside’s NW Shelf gas hub on WA’s Burrup Peninsula cannot curb the climate damage…

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 27d

The massive climate impact of Woodside’s expansion plans is outlined in analysis released by ACF last year that places the NW Shelf gas hub in a national and international context. www.acf.org.au/news/burrup-...

Woodside’s Burrup Hub a climate bomb in the making

New analysis that shows Woodside’s proposed Burrup Hub gas mega project in Western Australia would be the largest new fossil fuel project in the Southern…

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 27d

If the Albanese govt approves the NW Shelf gas hub to 2070, it will be the largest new fossil fuel project in the Southern Hemisphere and will be among the biggest carbon bombs globally. au.news.yahoo.com/pacifics-top...

Gas call takes shine off Australia's Pacific blitz

Australia's fossil fuel exports remain a source of tension as Pacific leaders double down on supporting a bid to co-host global climate talks.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 28d

Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change of Vanuatu, said Australia would need to address its fossil fuel production pipeline if it is to co-host the COP31 climate summit with the Pacific. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

'Wrongful act': Vanuatu warns Australia may break international law if gas project goes ahead

A senior pacific minister has warned Australia's energy transition is no longer defensible, following a landmark legal ruling.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 28d

Vanuatu warns Australia that expanding Woodside's North West Shelf gas project could breach international law. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Australia wants to expand a massive gas project but Pacific nations aren't happy

Australia's move to expand Woodside's North West Shelf gas project has not been welcomed in the Pacific, which is fighting the most dramatic effects of climate change.

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