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Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.… more

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“New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk.”

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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by Tim Stephens

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Cover of new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from Oxford University Press. Shows cows, smokestacks, jets, oil refineries, cell phones and a man in a suit talking to an audience
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
"Political and media attacks on renewable energy and climate action in Australia in recent months have come 'out of the climate obstruction playbook' that has been honed over decades around the world by fossil fuel interests."

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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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strangerous.bsky.social
Chris Bowen taunts Dan Tehan following his visit to Nuclear sites in the US saying Tehan’s post-trip YouTube video shows “he did not visit any small modular reactors, advanced modular reactors or micro reactors, perhaps due to the small technical detail that none exist”🔥🤣 #QT
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
“The quickest way to generate more power is to roll out wind and solar. Trump is actively intervening to obstruct this.”

www.smh.com.au/business/the...
Trump is leading America into an energy crisis
The US is in danger of losing the global AI race for the most banal and careless of reasons.
www.smh.com.au
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Juan Cole, Cameron Brick , and 1 more

theguardian.com
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve. Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
Scott Morrison should never have been PM. What appalling lack of judgment to jump even more enthusiastically on the MAGA train.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
The former Australian PM describes the plan as an ‘absolute gamechanger’ as US officials arrive in Egypt for talks
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, David R. Miller , and 2 more

dbernstein.bsky.social
Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
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The New Zealand government may be about to weaken our 2050 emissions targets. New Zealand already excludes methane from agriculture and waste from the overall net-zero 2050 target: biogenic methane has a separate 24-47% reduction target for 2050. 1/-
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Patrick Stokes

incrediblemelk.bsky.social
Still struck by a Merriam-Webster IG post I saw on legal doublets: artefacts of the bilingual Norman legal system. The English synonym went first in the pair

law (English/Germanic) & order (French/Roman)
cease & desist
all & sundry
lewd & lascivious
breaking & entering
free & clear
will & testament
Legal doublet - Wikipedia
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
Yes I have, and the costs of these were examined by CSIRO and found not to be competitive with renewables in Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
New CSIRO report doubles down on nuclear price and time frames
After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at l...
www.abc.net.au
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan , and 1 more

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You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Samuel Depraz

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Looking at 100 years of October sea ice - I am sure you can guess what will happen next...

Summary of ice reconstruction: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p...
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
“Dozens of Americans are seeking asylum in Australia as their US homeland becomes increasingly fractured and politically volatile during Donald Trump’s second presidency.”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began
Applications from US citizens make up less than 1% of monthly applications but have risen steadily since Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
The Libs are flogging the dead nuclear horse. It appears little was learned from the election result.
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Robert W. Wallace, Adrian Daub , and 4 more

paleofuture.bsky.social
Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?
Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here @CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Peter Thorne, Glenn H. Shepard , and 3 more

politico.eu
Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.
www.politico.eu
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carbonbrief.org
NEW – Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Svetlana Onye w/ comment from @zacklabe.com

Read here: buff.ly/TBQ7aL8
First year sea ice forming floes in the Antarctic. Credit: Michael Nolan / Alamy Stock Photo
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chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
Hey Dave, I've got a deal for you.
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Shannon Vallor, Rebecca Solnit , and 20 more

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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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by Tim Stephens

proftimstephens.bsky.social
“Australian voters have backed the level of ambition of the Albanese government’s 2035 emissions reduction target.”

#auspol #climatecrisis

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Guardian Essential poll: Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles
Poll finds One Nation’s primary vote has doubled to 13% since the May federal election
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Adrian Vickers

chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
It's important to call this stuff out.
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Adrian Vickers

patsimons.bsky.social
Senate inquiry told that astroturfing campaigns are inflaming divisions in communities, driving up bullying, harassment and intimidation. I've seen this in far too many communities, and it is so damaging.

reneweconomy.com.au/bullying-har...
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Karen O’Leary

strangerous.bsky.social
Carly Lubicz-Zaorski uses Gina Rinehart as an example of why we need greater disclosure laws on who funds Anti Climate groups such as Advance & the IPA, after we only found out Rinehart funds the IPA bcoz it was revealed in court
Michelle Ananda-Rajah “2.3 million?”😳(in 1 year) #Estimates
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Karen O’Leary

strangerous.bsky.social
QUT DM Research Centre’s Carly Lubicz-Zaorski says a “complexity” with the climate debate is while most Australians believe in c/change, it’s mostly Progressive voters who do & relates to media
“ppl who consume SkyNews are less likely to think that climate change is real”
True😒 #Estimates
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Far right journo Chris Uhlmann on #SkyAfterDark tells Peta Credlin that just bcoz he believes climate change is “the largest scare campaign in human history”, it doesn’t give people a right to label him a climate denier or to say that he’s “denying the science.”

Yes it does.
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Andrew McLachlan complains CAAD’s Alex Murray has singled out Canavan, Rinehart & One Nation for spreading climate disinfo & says there’s nothing wrong with Senators selling Rinehart’s product in the Senate
Peter Whish-Wilson “does she disclose her funding against net zero…?”🔥 #Estimates
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Aurélien Mondon

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Alexa, what happens when you put a fracking executive in charge of the Department of Energy?
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Christopher Wright

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This shouldn't need to be said, but coal is failing in the year 2025 because it is more expensive than alternative solutions. You can't polish this lump.
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Reposted by: Tim Stephens, Joe R. Feagin, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 7 more

paulwaldman.bsky.social
1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
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