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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · 2d

"We find a strong possibility that Asian countries could increase their support for CCS through to 2050, risking a significant lock-in of unabated fossil fuels & stranded asset costs, let alone risks to the world achieving the Paris Agreement 1.5˚C warming limit"
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Asian adoption of CCS could see huge emissions rise - report

Asian countries are considering CCS to address fossil fuel emissions, which could create a "considerable and unnecessary risk" not only to the Paris Agreement, but also to their own economies.

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Recourse @re-course.org · 8d

Our new report with Trend Asia follows the money behind the Tangguh LNG project and makes key demands to multilateral development banks:

🛑 Do not fund #TangguhLNG expansion

🛑 Close loopholes leaking public money to filthy #FossilGas

Read it here: bit.ly/Tangguh25

#BankOnRenewables #Indonesia

Photo of man crouching on a rooftop to clean solar panels. Blue text against the cloudy sky "Stop funding fossil gas". White text against the roof tiles "MDBs, bank on a renewable energy future for Indonesia".

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Recourse @re-course.org · 8d

Tangguh LNG: Big project, huge risks⚠️

This #FossilGas project in West Papua has destroyed vital mangrove forests, violated local people's rights & increased emissions in a climate-vulnerable region.

Who's behind it? ⤵️

Find out in our new report: bit.ly/Tangguh25

Blue background, white text "Tangguh LNG: Big project, huge risks. Read the report to learn about the MDBs and financiers behind Indonesia’s largest fossil gas extraction and LNG production site." Screenshot of report cover page and logos of co-publishing organisations.

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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · 14d

It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

I just signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition: Phase out fossil fuels. Will you join me? ✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels

Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

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Reclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 16d

🔴 BREAKING: Big banks poured over 2× more into fossil fuels than sustainable energy between 2021–2024!

Our new report Banking on Business as Usual offers the first full comparison of global fossil vs. sustainable power finance.

Read the 3 key findings below⤵️

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 16d

🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands.
#FixtheFinance

➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/

We Can Pay For It - Oil Change International

We Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 28d

Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now.

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet

Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:

🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026

Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference

#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · 24d

Rise up to #DrawTheLine for a shift to a sustainable, low-carbon economy that is fair and equitable! Let’s reclaim our future.

Learn more at drawtheline.world

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Sep 4

Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt

A graph showing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector rising in lockstep with production of these fossil fuels. That suggests the industry is failing to take steps to reduce methane emissions along its supply chain.

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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · Sep 1

Japan's fossil fuel share of electricity generation has just hit a record low, dropping below 60%; underscores the fact that no new fossil fuels are needed to maintain Japan's electricity supplies.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

Japan's utilities cut fossil fuel electricity share to new lows

Fossil fuels generated a record low share of Japan's utility-scale electricity supplies over the first half of 2025, marking an important milestone in the energy transition momentum of one of the world's largest fossil fuel consumers.

www.reuters.com

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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) @accr.bsky.social · Aug 28

As of 28 August, heavily polluting industries had lodged 22 ICSID claims this year. Across all ISDS tribunals, nearly $114 billion overall had been awarded to investors as of December 2023. In the biggest payouts made so far, fossil fuel companies have been the main beneficiaries

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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD @ploya.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚨 OUT NOW! Our new @science.org study led by @kohrathefog.bsky.social is the first to comprehensively quantify the health impacts of and inequities in outdoor air pollution exposure across all stages of the US oil and gas lifecycle: extraction ➡️ transport/storage ➡️ refining/processing ➡️ end-use. 🧵

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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · Aug 19

"Four-fifths of Australian gas is consumed by the gas industry itself in an “ouroboros” that is then used to justify continued gas development" reneweconomy.com.au/australian-g...

Australian gas industry is the biggest user of Australian gas, says new report

New report finds the gas industry alone burns more gas just to operate LNG export terminals than the entire Australian manufacturing sector.

reneweconomy.com.au

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Recourse @re-course.org · Aug 6

🟢 The AIIB boasts that its capital markets projects are innovative & sustainable.

🔴 But a closer look finds support for huge fossil fuel projects that put livelihoods, energy security & climate goals at risk.

Learn more in our data blog ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbon... #climate #FossilFuels

Of carbon bombs and floating fossil gas pipelines

Do the AIIB's capital markets projects really finance sustainable infrastructure? By Marjorie Pamintuan At the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s recent Annual Meeting (24-26 June), much fa...

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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · Aug 4

Great feature of our Gas Empire report in Energy Tracker Asia: energytracker.asia/whats-behind...

What's Behind Gas Expansion in Australia - New Report

Experts urge Australia's government to decide whether to continue helping gas corporations profit, or take a stand and prioritise renewables.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jul 29

👀 Something Japan and the #IEA don’t want you to see.
📣 New report by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, Friends of the Earth Japan & Oil Change International documents significant #methane emissions from #LNG and the serious #ClimateRisks across the LNG supply chain.
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▶️ oilchange.org/wp-content/u...

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 18

Japan & Korea’s corporate Gas Empire is costing Australians, essentially giving away a large proportion of gas for free. 💸 Energy prices soar 📈 while corporations pay no royalties & almost no tax. ❌ Uncover how Australia is enabling this: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire #AusPol

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 🧵 Today, Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing LNG Canada, a massive fracked gas project built without their consent on unceded territory in so-called British Columbia.
▶️ oilchange.org/blogs/our-la...

“Our Land, Our Law”: First Nation Leaders Demand Accountability for Human Rights Violations at Japan-Funded LNG Canada Project - Oil Change International

On July 17, Wet’suwet’en First Nation hereditary leaders filed a formal complaint against the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing LNG Canada, a massive fossil gas project…

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

When the Albanese government has signaled changes in Australia’s energy policies, Japan & South Korea's fossil fuel interests brazenly intervene to keep the tap running. Our new report examines how the Albanese government is enabling this: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire #AusPol

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Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 17

OUR NEW REPORT: Japan & South Korea poured taxpayer-funded USD$20.5 billion into Australian LNG in 2008-2024. Yet companies reap the profits: Japanese companies earned at least USD$14 billion in gas-related profits in 2023-2024 alone. Learn more: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

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Friends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · Jul 15

Mozambique LNG is a known site of environmental and human rights violations – and the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) approved billions of tax dollars to fund this project without proper environmental review, economic assessments, or public input.

We're taking them to court.

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Dr Suhailah Ali @suhailah.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’m thrilled to have my first report with Jubilee out into the world today; I hope it’s an informative read and a helpful resource for advocating against Australian gas expansion.

Jubilee Australia Research Centre @jubileeaus.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 NEW REPORT❗Exposing how Australian gas fuels Japan & South Korea’s corporate profits, delays renewables in Southeast Asia & leaves Australians little to show for it. Co-published with @ausconservation.bsky.social and Fossil Free Japan: www.jubileeaustralia.org/resources/pu... #GasEmpire

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Jul 15

Japan and South Korea have sunk billions of dollars in public finance into Australian gas infrastructure to build a "gas empire" across Southeast Asia, a new report says.

New from me in @reneweconomy.com.au:

How Japan and Korea financed Australian gas and used it to lock Asia into fossil fuels

Japan and South Korea have been building a “gas empire” by massively investing in Australian gas to on-sell to other Asian countries, a new report says.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Jul 15

Federal Court Justice Wigney is beginning his summary of his decision in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth with a sketch of the changes to the Torres Strait islands. He is describing profound changes to the landscape.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Jul 15

At 2pm today, we'll learn whether a group of Torres Strait Traditional Owners who sued the Australian government for negligence over its failure to meaningfully address climate change have been successful, and whether they've won.

I'll be reporting the decision for @reneweconomy.com.au.

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