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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 9h

>200 submissions to Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

Look forward to having a read of subs from: @caadcoalition.bsky.social, @commsdeclare.bsky.social, @cssn.org, @drilledmedia.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @pennytangey.bsky.social & more!

Submissions

www.aph.gov.au

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 7h

We shouldn’t understate the importance of the Paris agreement, she adds. “For the first time ever, we had a clear temperature goal and every country had to do their part. Was it imperfect? Yes. But net zero wasn’t even a concept in 2015.”
Catherine McKenna

Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

www.theguardian.com

Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 7h

"The view from China, now the world’s biggest auto market, is starkly different, and analysts warn about the dangers of legacy carmakers, particularly the US groups, slowing down on #EV electrification to refocus on petrol engines."

Why carmakers are falling back in love with petrol

Revival comes as industry confronts higher tariff-related costs and rising threat posed by cheap Chinese EVs

on.ft.com

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 9h

Trees! Everyone loves trees... but they love their property values even more! Booooo www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nobody hates trees more than coastally adjacent narcissists. Here’s how we should deal with them | First Dog on the Moon

A deterrent is one thing but I want revenge!

www.theguardian.com

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 10h

Even the newest coal plant in the US has been taken offline for two years to fix problems. That's 932 GW taken off the grid all at once, for two years.

Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027

The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.

ieefa.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 15h

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

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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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 2d

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

swiss coops go so hard. this is in suburbs of basel.

building is <45' deep.

22 homes: (8) x 2-BR, (10) x 3-BR, (4) x 4-BR

a third of residents are kids. 40% of households are young families. 20% are retirees. it's a passivhaus. a *ton* of community spaces.
www.hagnauer-gaerten.ch/wohnungsange...

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Grist @grist.org · 1d

The ambitious plan to protect Northern California’s Plumas National Forest from wildfires.

To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.

grist.org/wildfires/th...

#CA #California #Wildfire #Disaster #Environment

The ambitious plan to protect Northern California's Plumas National Forest from wildfires

To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.

grist.org

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 6d

The boss of Britain’s biggest energy supplier has ridiculed the idea that energy demand from a boom in data centres can only be met by gas and nuclear power plants. “It’s horseshit,” said Octopus CEO Greg Jackson.

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

We don’t need gas to power data centres, says Octopus Energy boss

Greg Jackson, CEO of Britain’s biggest energy supplier, hit back at claims from union leaders and AI bosses that only fossil fuels and nuclear could meet demand

www.thetimes.com

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Grist @grist.org · 2d

The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet.

They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.

grist.org/global-indig...

#Climate #Youth #Law #Lawyers #Legal #Kids #Environment

The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet

They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.

grist.org

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 1d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 1d

The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.

Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk

The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.

tcnv.link

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 1d

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

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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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 22d

”Civilizations either collapse from burnout or redirect themselves to prioritizing homeostasis, a state where cosmic expansion is no longer a goal, making them difficult to detect remotely.”

Posted this before, but, sigh.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Asymptotic burnout and homeostatic awakening: a possible solution to the Fermi paradox? | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Previous studies show that city metrics having to do with growth, productivity and overall energy consumption scale superlinearly, attributing this to the social nature of cities. Superlinear scaling ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

The @iea.org's guess at the variable renewable energy share in various countries by 2030 - Denmark will be around 78%.

None of this was meant to be even remotely possible!!

iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/48ecc...

a chart showing various VRE shares by region

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

rdcu.be

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

"The IPCC and other big institutions produce authoritative reports, but they are not always written in a manner accessible to non-specialists."
@lucasgeese.bsky.social + John Kenny

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 2d

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

We surveyed British MPs – most don’t know how urgent climate action is

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

tcnv.link

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

“The green agenda is dead. The idea that the French and the Dutch and the Germans were lecturing us for the last 20 years that we should all cycle or go by train or go by motorway, those days are over.”
Michael O’Leary

How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel

A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes

on.ft.com

Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

"Is keeping a roof over our heads killing Aussie dreams, and can we fix it?"

Watch Housing Stress: Insight

Watch Housing Stress for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

www.sbs.com.au

Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

"A significant amount of Australian properties are fast becoming uninsurable, which not only uproots people's lives but also dismantles entire communities."

'We're really stuck': The Australians who can't afford to stay in, rebuild or insure their homes

A significant amount of Australian properties are fast becoming uninsurable, which not only uproots people's lives but also dismantles entire communities.

www.sbs.com.au

Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

"Insurance Council calls for unified approach to climate costs."

Insurance Council calls for unified approach to climate costs

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www.sbs.com.au

Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 1d

"One in eight households can no longer afford insurance and a global insurance company has blamed a lack of risk reduction and planning laws that allow building on flood-prone land."

Home insurance is 'unaffordable' for more Australians. Here's what one firm says is to blame

Natural disasters continue to drive up insurance premiums.

www.sbs.com.au

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