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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 1d

This is worrying. theconversation.com/a-crucial-st...

A crucial store of carbon in Australia’s tropical forests has switched from carbon sink to carbon source

The woody biomass of Australia’s tropical rainforests has already switched from carbon sink to carbon source – and the reason is climate change.

theconversation.com

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 2d

#auspolitics I don’t want mediocre environment laws agreed to by the dying LNP. I want environment laws that The Greens and David Pocock and other like minded independents will support. If you agree, sign this petition.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...

PETITION: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas

The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 6d

Sign the petition. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 8d

Couldn’t agree more. We want good policy, not “deals”.

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 25d

Dude can afford the best speech writers money can buy, has unparallelled access to the world‘s top scientists, supposedly received an Ivy League education, and yet *this* … this codswallop… is what he decides to say while addressing the UN. Make it make sense! 😵‍💫

Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 25d

“It used to be global cooling. If you look back years ago in the 1920s and 1930s they said, ‘Global cooling will kill the world,’” Trump said. “Then they said ‘global warming will kill the world.’ But then it started getting cooler … It’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8d

"Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland are predicted to be pushed outside the “human climate niche” — that is, the temperature and humidity conditions in which humans can survive."

#ClimateEmergency

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 8d

3 cheers for Friederike Otto. ❤️❤️❤️

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 8d

I would read it, but the channel 7 cookie page has gone AWOL.

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Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · 9d

She is fearless...love it.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 9d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 17d

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

Jane Goodall in a tall rainforest looking up into the canopy with binoculars in her hands.

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 17d

youtu.be/XG-4CXcYVw8

Australia isn't trying to get off fossil fuels | Richard Denniss at the Senate Environment Committee

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 21d

www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07...

He was called 'the crazy white farmer', but this Australian transformed an African landscape

An Australian agronomist is using a centuries-old practice to help turn African deserts into forests.

www.abc.net.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 29d

PSA: the Coalition's pronouncements on climate & energy policies (actually any policies) are irrelevant

We're up to 32🤯 new/extensions fossil fuel approvals--why is the majority Labor choosing life- & planet-destroying actions?

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 12

Coalition is moribund

Let's talk about why Labor says it accepts the reality of climate change but approved 31 🤯 NEW/EXTENSIONS of Coal & Gas projects & counting

~80% of 🇦🇺’s contribution to global C emissions is embodied in fossil fuel exports

Read @timinclimate.bsky.social for the gory details👇

Australia Emissions 101: It’s the exports.

Where I step through the emissions impact of Australia’s fossil fuel exports so you don’t have to.

timinclimate.medium.com

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · 29d

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.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 11

Another reason why we can’t trust mining companies to mine the sea floor.
climatefactchecks.org/tip-of-the-m...

‘Tip of the Methane Iceberg’: Experts Call for Urgent Audit of Coal Boreholes - Climate Fact Checks

Australia is facing fresh pressure to address methane pollution from its coal industry after alarming leaks were detected from abandoned boreholes in Queensland. Conservation groups and researchers ar...

climatefactchecks.org

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 11

The mining companies responsible should also have to pay to offset all of this methane. After all, they were supposed to cap them. Say thru ocean CO2 carbon removal tech. Or assisting cattle farmers to move away from beef farming. Without acquiring their farms!

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 11

Make mining cos pay for government to check and clean up these 150,000 or so holes. Mining cos knew methane is far worse for climate than CO2. The sooner the uncapped drill holes are capped, the sooner methane turns into not as bad (🙄) CO2. @albomp @larissa waters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Boreholes leaking methane? Not as funny as it sounds | First Dog on the Moon

It is in fact actually quite dangerous

www.theguardian.com

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 9

We don’t need to mine the deep ocean floor. Mine waste can supply virtually all the metals USA needs for clean energy. Then there’s recycling from clean energy and e-waste.
www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines

An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste

www.newscientist.com

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Australian Conservation Foundation climate program manager Gavan McFadzean said: “If the Albanese government keeps approving new coal projects, then its climate policy is to make the climate crisis worse.”
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Environment Minister Murray Watt criticised for approving coal mine expansion

The decision comes as the federal government considers its 2035 emission reduction target under the Paris Agreement.

www.smh.com.au

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 6

Killing people for real estate. Psychopaths or satan’s property developers?

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 4

Who says solar waste is a problem without a solution? Coordinating re-use locally still needs work, though.
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-recycl...

reneweconomy.com.au

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Politicians and policymakers significantly underestimate the public’s willingness to contribute to climate action, limiting the ambition and scope of green policies, according to research."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

www.theguardian.com

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 2

But also, they have plenty of land that could be used for solar farms instead of belching cattle and cattle feed. So, plenty of options.

climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wow, USA could supply all its electricity by covering all corn methanol land with solar. news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/10/26/s...

Solar Panels Reduce CO2 Emissions More Per Acre Than Trees — and Much More Than Corn Ethanol

A response to a recent essay in the New York Times.

news.climate.columbia.edu

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climatem4tters.bsky.social @climatem4tters.bsky.social · Aug 30

This deliberate destruction of cultural and botanical heritage in July 2025 make it clear that the IDF are driven by deep hatred of everything Palestinian. They had an acceptable hostages for ceasefire deal last year. Seed banks benefit all humanity. viacampesina.org/en/2025/07/i...

Israeli Forces Demolish Seed Multiplication Unit of UAWC’s Seed Bank in Hebron | Via Campesina

Agroecology, Biodiversity and Peasants' Seeds In a grave escalation of its assault on Palestinian agricultural sovereignty, food sovereignty and Indigenous Seed Heritage, Israeli military forces carri...

viacampesina.org