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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 5h

Heat, humidity: Why sport faces a climate risk

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Heat and humidity: Why sport needs a climate risk assessment

If sport becomes harder, more expensive, and happens on degraded facilities, then there will be lower participation and worse health outcomes.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 5h

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New Australian electric truck company signs delivery deal with Who Gives A Crap

New zero-emissions trucking company New Energy Transport has cut a deal with Who Gives A Crap to deliver greener toilet paper, and show the path for electric trucking in Australia.

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 5h

Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal
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Renewables have now passed coal globally – and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal

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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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 5h

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 5h

ACT went first and fastest to 100 per cent renewables: It now looks like the smartest policy of all reneweconomy.com.au/act-went-fir...

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Australia rooftop solar installs up 16% as battery uptake accelerates www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/06/a...

Australia rooftop solar installs up 16% as battery uptake accelerates

Australia’s rooftop solar market has climbed by more than 16% in the past month with the latest data revealing that 237 MW of small-scale rooftop PV capacity was installed last month as consumers incr...

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Kia confirms all-electric van for Australia in mid-2026 thedriven.io/2025/10/07/k...

Kia confirms all-electric van for Australia in mid-2026

Kia confirms it will launch an all electric van, the PV5, in Australia in 2026, following an initial launch in its home market and then Europe in the coming months.

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says

Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Australia Post overshoots emissions target and hits 100% renewable electricity at operational sites reneweconomy.com.au/australia-po...

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

thedriven.io/2025/10/07/a...

Australian city lodges plans for electric ferry terminal and high voltage charging on docks

Plans unveiled for a new ferry terminal with docking for five electric ferries, along with facilities for high voltage charging.

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 1d

A spokesperson said water quality monitoring “indicated high water temperature and low dissolved oxygen in the area”, which can cause fish deaths. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...