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Bruce Robertson
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Jan 28
Obscenely high gas prices are slowly strangling energy intensive manufacturing in Australia

A small number of companies control the gas market & force prices up to the detriment of all gas & electricity consumers

It's way past time for domestic gas reservation

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
'Obscenely expensive' wholesale gas prices driving manufacturing offshore
Australia has a wealth of coal and gas resources as well as renewable energy, so why are energy costs so high — especially for manufacturers?
www.abc.net.au
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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · 4d
David Pope in Canberra Times
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4d
Inpex quietly admitted that its Ichthys LNG project drastically underreported its emissions of the cancer-causing chemical benzene by more than 13,000%.

The gas industry is continuing to harm our health and our climate, yet our governments are failing to act.

#auspol
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 4d
Global renewable capacity is on track to more than double over the next five years – led by solar PV

But as renewables' role in power systems grows, the sector is facing growing headwinds, from supply chain pressures to grid integration challenges

More: iea.li/3KWUbDv
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · 4d
Santos has been an awful investment
It has delivered a total return (inc. dividends) of -2.1 per cent over the past three years, while the MSCI world energy index (ex Australia) has delivered 20.9 per cent.
Questions are being asked of the validity of their accounts
www.afr.com/chanticleer/...
Here’s the next point of tension between Santos and its investors
Beyond the leadership and governance questions that have followed the CFO’s exit is an issue that has burned brightly over the company for years: underperformance.
www.afr.com
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · 4d
With all the palava over yet another failed takeover offer for Santos, it can't go unnoticed that the Chief financial officer has resigned.
It all looks distinctly smelly.
The market should concentrate on the carrying value of assets.
Are there big write-offs in the pipeline?
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 6d
"They make a desert and call it peace"
- Tacitus, AD 85
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d
Inpex has been under-reporting cancer-causing emissions from its Icthys LNG plant in Darwin, as reported this week in The Australian.

The people of Darwin deserve answers, and real action to protect their health.

🎙️Senior Contributing Fellow Stephen Long
#auspol @stephenlongaus.bsky.social
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 6d
That's right folks, focus on the real story (LNP is moribund): ~80% of Australia's contribution to global carbon emissions is embodied in fossil fuel exports

The @albomp.bsky.social gov's ceaseless enabling of NEW/EXTENSIONS of Coal & Gas projects (31🤯 & counting) is fuelling climate disaster
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Peter Lee @leepete.bsky.social · 6d
Direct Air Capture a Ponzi scheme, Climeworks, occupies second place in TIME World's Top GreenTech Companies of 2025”. It “Failed” to offset the carbon footprint of its own employees never mind its construction, operations or supply chain! The numbers simply don’t add up! heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · 9d
@mzjacobson.bsky.social Stanford University Professor of Civil and Environmental engineering explains how Carbon Capture and Storage INCREASES emissions

www.youtube.com/shorts/GvFir...
Why Carbon Capture and Direct Air Capture Increases CO2 and Air Pollution and Should be Abandoned
YouTube video by Mark Z. Jacobson
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13d
We actually KNOW that carbon sinks are failing

Nonetheless, governments are rowing back on green measures and FF corporations are expanding production

We can't keep lying to ourselves

We are well down the road to a society-busting climate cataclysm

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 16d
The data is from April but holy moly
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 20d
People seemed to like that earlier shot I posted of the red-rumped parrot about to have a drink at Lake Hattah. So, here's another - with his beak in the water 🙂
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Rosemary Vass @coonavass.bsky.social · Sep 21
This is VERY good news. Rarely does the media discuss the extreme danger that methane poses due to its short term effect on climate. The story is always re Carbon but methane turbo charges climate breakdown and is not being effectively monitored.
brucearobertson.bsky.social Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Sep 21
Gas demand forecast to plummet by the Treasury of the Australian government.

"Treasury sees output from the gas industry falling by 27-29 per cent between now and 2035, and by 67-68 per cent to 2050"

The Treasury is, as usual, very conservative.

theenergy.co/article/surp...
Surprise outperformer in Australia’s emissions cuts
Treasury projections are sharply at odds with the outlooks of coal and gas majors
theenergy.co
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Sep 21
Gas demand forecast to plummet by the Treasury of the Australian government.

"Treasury sees output from the gas industry falling by 27-29 per cent between now and 2035, and by 67-68 per cent to 2050"

The Treasury is, as usual, very conservative.

theenergy.co/article/surp...
Surprise outperformer in Australia’s emissions cuts
Treasury projections are sharply at odds with the outlooks of coal and gas majors
theenergy.co
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · Sep 14
Gas power cut to a single megawatt, as PV and batteries reshape the grid reneweconomy.com.au/gas-power-cu...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 14
"Anthony Albanese's claim that more fossil gas is needed for the energy transition is unscientific nonsense - it is gas industry propaganda raised to the level of state policy – and reflects a stampede toward more fossil fuels rather than a transition away."
Australian government gaslights the nation as it puts Woodside ahead…
Climate Analytics responds to the Australian government's approval of Woodside Energy's gas production project out to 2070
climateanalytics.org
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · Sep 2
The IEA in 2014 saw European coal demand rising 0.1% between 2013 and 2019. In practise, it fell 30%.
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Sep 2
“Methane is one of the most actionable levers to slow climate warming,” said Sean Bay, a researcher at Melbourne’s La Trobe University. “Fixing leaks like this should be a top priority.”

Just fix it Santos
(& SK Innovation E&S, Inpex, Eni, Jera & Tokyo Gas)
Now
www.broomead.com.au/business/oil...
LNG plant leaked methane for decades, group claims
A liquefied natural gas export plant in the Northern Territory leaked methane for almost two decades, according to a local environmental group.
www.broomead.com.au
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · Sep 1
This is a great cartoon of the illogical narratives I hear refuting climate warming. As I have said many times, it's not "either/or" when it comes to natural variability and human contributions, it's "both/and." Grass grows naturally and it grows differently when you fertilize the lawn....
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · Sep 1
The Norwegian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🇳🇴
Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Aug 31
A stunning example of the under reporting, or total lack of reporting, of methane leakages.
In this case a major methane leak from the Darwin LNG plant is not even reported in national inventories of greenhouse gases.
Gas leaks at all stages of gas production.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
'Huge' leak from gas plant kept secret from public in 'national scandal'
Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.
www.abc.net.au
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Aug 27
What has the Coal Seam Gas industry delivered to Australians?
Higher prices for major industrial users
Higher energy bills for households
Higher inflation
Says IEEFA
Quite a contribution
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/queen...
www.theaustralian.com.au
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Aug 21
One of the world's biggest Carbon Capture and Storage projects, Chevron's Gorgon project , captures just 1% of the CO2 it produces
1% of its emissions at a cost of over $3bn makes it one very expensive, government subsidised, waste of money

michaelwest.com.au/chevron-carb...
Carbon Capture fractions. A corporate con-job on the taxpayer dime - Michael West
Australia’s best-known Carbon Capture & Storage plant run by Chevron captures a fraction of the total emissions it generates.
michaelwest.com.au
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Bruce Robertson @brucearobertson.bsky.social · Aug 19
Full domestic gas reservation , at a competitive price, is the only solution

BlueScope has sounded the alarm over Australia's energy crisis, warning that unsustainably high gas prices are pushing domestic manufacturing to a "tipping point".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Soaring energy costs threaten Future Made In Australia, steel boss warns
Skyrocketing electricity and gas prices are pushing domestic manufacturing to a tipping point, BlueScope warns, as its full-year profit drops 90 per cent.
www.abc.net.au
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