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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 1d

We also have to significantly increase our generation capacity to meet future demand as we electrify our homes, industry, transport and wider economy.

However, this is still an important milestone in our energy transition and efforts to phase-out fossil fuels.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 1d

September has historically been a good period forrenewable records due to the mild weather across the country. The NEM is not the only grid in Aus: there is also WA's South West Interconnected System (SWIS), & hundreds of micro-grids across regional and remote Australia.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 1d

Wind, solar, and hydro generated more electricity than coal across the East Coast electricity grid, also known as the National Electricity Market (NEM).

Overall these sources produced a combined generation of 48.4% of electricity across the NEM for the month of September.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 3d

Our Landscapes Are Being Sacrificed in the Name of Climate Action. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.

A new national mapping project released by Rainforest Reserves Australia shows the true scale of Australia's current roll-out of wind and solar projects.

Our Landscapes Are Being Sacrificed in the Name of Climate Action. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.

Right now across Australia, vast tracts of land are being cleared. What’s driving it isn’t only coal or gas. It’s also our attempt to replace them. We must do better.

www.weplanetaustralia.org

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 6d

Disarmament is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity for long-term human and ecological survival.

Our policy position: www.weplanetaustralia.org/post/univers...

Universal Nuclear Weapon Disarmament

WePlanet Australia members vote to adopt a policy of advocating for Universal Nuclear Weapon Disarmament.

www.weplanetaustralia.org

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 6d

Nuclear weapons remain the single greatest threat to humanity and the environment. The continued existence of thousands of warheads on high-alert increases the risk of catastrophic accidents, miscalculations, or intentional use.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 6d

Our concern about fossil fuels arises from their harmful effects on human health and the damage they cause to our shared environment. Supporting nuclear weapon disarmament is logically consistent with this position and with other principles held by WePlanet Australia.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 6d

WePlanet Australia members vote to adopt a policy of advocating for Universal Nuclear Weapon Disarmament.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s not be remembered as the generation who saw it coming and looked away. Let’s be the ones who faced the truth, and did something about it.

We’re just getting started. Join us.
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Join WePlanet Australia as a Community Member

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

That’s why we must fight climate change and inequality together – because they are part of the same story.

So if you’re feeling anxious, angry, or overwhelmed right now, you’re not alone. But we can't afford to tune out. Not now. The future is not set.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

Let’s also be clear about who’s most at risk. The science shows climate change will hit the most vulnerable the hardest. Not just here in Australia, but across the world. Those with the least wealth, the least power, and the least responsibility for this crisis will suffer the most.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

We don’t need to wait for a silver bullet. We need to stop letting powerful interests block the way forward by buying our politics and dividing us.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

Because the truth is, we are not powerless.

Most of the solutions to the climate crisis already exist. Clean energy like wind, solar, and nuclear. Sustainable food systems built on modern gene science and cellular agriculture.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

But here’s the thing. These worst-case scenarios only happen if we allow fear to paralyse us.

At WePlanet, we believe the only way to avoid disaster is to realistically examine the risks without giving in to exaggeration or despair – and to act decisively, based on the best available evidence.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

Australia’s national climate risk assessment was recently released, and it made one thing clear: based on current global policies, we’re likely to hit 2.7 degrees of warming by the end of the century. That means more deadly heat, food insecurity, climate migration, and worsening cost of living.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 14d

Dr @lukekemp.bsky.social will be on our Saving the World from Bad Ideas podcast tomorrow. He warns that climate change is just one of several risks we're sleepwalking into, alongside nuclear conflict, ecological collapse, and AI-powered totalitarianism. It’s a confronting picture.

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'Dr Doom' researches societal collapse, here's why he's a 'happy happy dog'

Lethal heat, mosquito-borne viruses, mass displacement and conflict — we got a glimpse into a grim climate future. Can imagining the end of the world be good for us, or is it a path to apathy?

www.abc.net.au

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 16d

We’d love for you to join us this Saturday for our 2025 conference in Sydney.

We believe humanity can thrive while leaving space for nature. Together we can build the food & energy systems that serve everyone & protect our shared environment.

RSVP:
www.weplanetaustralia.org/event-detail...

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 20d

We’d love for you to join us at WePlanet Australia’s 2025 conference in Sydney on Saturday, September 27th.

Learn how together we can build food and energy systems that serve everyone and protect our shared environment.

Will you join us?
www.weplanetaustralia.org/event-detail...

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 22d

Veteran financial journalist Alan Kohler captures the reality: if Australia is serious about growing the economy, protecting our standard of living, and tackling the climate crisis, the Albanese government must put dogma and politics aside and finally accept nuclear energy as part of the solution.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24d

But we cannot allow fear and dogma to override evidence-based public policy, especially when lives, livelihoods, and biodiversity are at stake.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24d

Article: www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

GMO ingredient concerns suspend fire ant treatment on organic farms

Fire ant treatments have been suspended on organic farms, and alternatives sought, after baits containing genetically modified soybean oil and corn grit were found to have been unwittingly distributed...

www.abc.net.au

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24d

Farmers who want to maintain organic certification should be able to choose non-GMO options to manage pests, where those options exist and meet safety and environmental standards. But fear and dogma mustn't override evidence-based public policy when lives, livelihoods, and biodiversity are at stake.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24d

While consumers have the right to choose organic produce, organic certification standards are arbitrary and prohibit the use of GMOs even as part of pest control.

Farmers who want to maintain certification are often locked out of solutions that could reduce chemical use and protect biodiversity.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · 24d

Fear of modern plant gene science, such as "GMO”, has long held us back from growing more sustainable crops that need fewer pesticides and fungicides.

Now that same fear risks blocking an effective tool for controlling invasive fire ants, which threaten both people and ecosystems.

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WePlanet Australia @weplanetaus.bsky.social · Aug 29

Nuclear energy is clean, reliable and affordable.

That's what we learned first hand while visiting the Olkilouto nuclear power station in Western Finland.

It's time for Australia to lift the ban on nuclear energy: act.weplanet.org/overturn-aus...

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