Clouds Creek
@cloudscreek.bsky.social
Meredith Stanton - Koala, greater glider and local forest guardian.
#SaveCloudsCreek and Nymboida River forest habitats in the #KoalaPark b4 it's too late!
#SaveCloudsCreek and Nymboida River forest habitats in the #KoalaPark b4 it's too late!
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Clouds Creek
@cloudscreek.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Glider Reviver! We did it! 🥳 🙏 ☮️ 💚
Clouds Creek Greater Glider Sanctuary is protected from logging!
420 days of dawn vigil to hear the #GreatKoalaNationalPark announcement with a moratorium on logging across 176,000 hectares! Congratulations forest defenders and koala lovers!
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Clouds Creek Greater Glider Sanctuary is protected from logging!
420 days of dawn vigil to hear the #GreatKoalaNationalPark announcement with a moratorium on logging across 176,000 hectares! Congratulations forest defenders and koala lovers!
🐨🌳 🥰
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Ken Henry
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
Georgina Woods
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#epbc
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🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
The People's Blockade 2025 GUIDE [PUBLIC]
The People’s Blockade Guide 2025 Make history as we escalate for the climate Protest Camp: Thur Nov 27 - Tue Dec 2 Protestival: Flotillas + Festivities: Sat 29 + Sun 30; Climate Concert: Sat 29 If yo...
docs.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
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The Deputy Mayor of #Gloucester will be with us, among thousands - hope you’re also joining our climate defence protestival this weekend in #NewcastleNSW.
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
Why I always take part in Rising Tide's protest: deputy lord mayor
Opinion | 'If we give up, our collective failure will negatively impact everyone and everything'
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Deputy Mayor of #Gloucester will be with us, among thousands - hope you’re also joining our climate defence protestival this weekend in #NewcastleNSW.
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
www.gloucesteradvocate.com.au/story/912032...
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Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
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Rising Tide Protestival is underway. These Nanna faces do the talkin’. (See the red line on the ship? It shows the ship is empty if visible. The load of coal is heavy, the red is underwater, the ship is full of
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Rising Tide Protestival is underway. These Nanna faces do the talkin’. (See the red line on the ship? It shows the ship is empty if visible. The load of coal is heavy, the red is underwater, the ship is full of
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
Coal. Off to offload its Scope 3 emissions elsewhere. Not our concern, they say.)
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News from the Nannas on day one of the Rising Tide Protestival knittingnannas.org/2025/11/28/r...
Rising Tide Blockade Day 1
Thursday 27 November: Nannas arrive at Rising Tide Blockade, Labor makes a deal with the Greens, watching coal ships coming and going in Newcastle coal port.
knittingnannas.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
News from the Nannas on day one of the Rising Tide Protestival knittingnannas.org/2025/11/28/r...
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Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
www.netimes.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Citizen scientists act to prevent destruction of endangered Glider Habitat
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
A citizen scientist has taken direct action in an effort to protect habitat critical to the endangered Greater Glider, amid growing tensions over native forest logging east of Armidale.
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World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
www.netimes.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
World’s best climate-smart farmers under threat from science cuts
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
Australian farmers have been confirmed as the world’s leading climate-smart producers in the same week the Government moves to cut the CSIRO scientists that help them do it.
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NSW Government responds to Bushfire Inquiry reforms
The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state’s ability to prepare, respond and recover when bushfire strikes.
The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state’s ability to prepare, respond and recover when bushfire strikes.
NSW Government responds to Bushfire Inquiry reforms
The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state’s ability to prepare, respond and recover when bushfire strikes.
www.netimes.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NSW Government responds to Bushfire Inquiry reforms
The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state’s ability to prepare, respond and recover when bushfire strikes.
The NSW Government has now responded to all 76 recommendations from the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, transforming the state’s ability to prepare, respond and recover when bushfire strikes.
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You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
You cant protect nature if you wont protect native forests from chain saws & bulldozers
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great column by Virginia Young on Labors deeply flawed new ‘nature laws’…the ones that’s are so flawed the mining industry are desperately lobbying the Liberals to vote for them
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The so called reforms are spin!
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Worse the legislation completely fails to recognise how the biodiversity crisis and climate crisis amplify each other, that neither crisis can be solved unless they are solved together and that if we fail on one we will fail on both.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Worse the legislation completely fails to recognise how the biodiversity crisis and climate crisis amplify each other, that neither crisis can be solved unless they are solved together and that if we fail on one we will fail on both.
Australians are being asked to believe we can protect nature by exploiting it faster and with less scrutiny
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The so called reforms are spin!
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Worse the legislation completely fails to recognise how the biodiversity crisis and climate crisis amplify each other, that neither crisis can be solved unless they are solved together and that if we fail on one we will fail on both.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Worse the legislation completely fails to recognise how the biodiversity crisis and climate crisis amplify each other, that neither crisis can be solved unless they are solved together and that if we fail on one we will fail on both.
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An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?
Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
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While this scandal relates to liquid biofuels, the same rules around accrediting and monitoring (or rather not monitoring) sustainability certification for wood #biomass, too.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
While this scandal relates to liquid biofuels, the same rules around accrediting and monitoring (or rather not monitoring) sustainability certification for wood #biomass, too.
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The refinery and the company behind it don't exist. No evidence that the certified trader exists either. While the certificate has been suspended, the responsible certification body, Certi W Baltic, has not. Yet fuel certified as coming from the non-existen refinery was shipped to Rotterdam...
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The refinery and the company behind it don't exist. No evidence that the certified trader exists either. While the certificate has been suspended, the responsible certification body, Certi W Baltic, has not. Yet fuel certified as coming from the non-existen refinery was shipped to Rotterdam...
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🧵The latest on #bioenergy certification, exposed by investigative reporters in Germany: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se... . The UK's and EU's (and probably world's) biggest certifier of 'sustainable' #biofuels, ISCC certified renewable diesel from a refinery in UAE as meeting EU/UK criteria. The problem?
Betrug mit Biotreibstoffen: "Besser als Drogenhandel"
Seit Jahren klagen Produzenten von Biotreibstoff über den Import von gefälschtem Biodiesel und HVO. Neue Gesetze sollen den Betrug nun erschweren. Doch wie eine effektive Prävention aussehen soll, ist...
www.ndr.de
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🧵The latest on #bioenergy certification, exposed by investigative reporters in Germany: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se... . The UK's and EU's (and probably world's) biggest certifier of 'sustainable' #biofuels, ISCC certified renewable diesel from a refinery in UAE as meeting EU/UK criteria. The problem?
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of ‘Great People’s March’ calling on governments to step up climate efforts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Lock the Gate Alliance condemns Federal Labor’s environmental law reforms, saying they are worse than current laws, & take the country backwards on protecting environments, backwards on integrity, & backwards on community rights & interests."
✍️ Open Letter 👉 www.lockthegate.org.au/federal_envi...
✍️ Open Letter 👉 www.lockthegate.org.au/federal_envi...
Labor’s new environment laws take Australia backwards
Lock the Gate Alliance condemns Federal Labor’s environmental law reforms, saying they are worse than current laws, and take the country backwards on protecting environments, backwards on integrity, a...
www.lockthegate.org.au
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"Lock the Gate Alliance condemns Federal Labor’s environmental law reforms, saying they are worse than current laws, & take the country backwards on protecting environments, backwards on integrity, & backwards on community rights & interests."
✍️ Open Letter 👉 www.lockthegate.org.au/federal_envi...
✍️ Open Letter 👉 www.lockthegate.org.au/federal_envi...
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BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at COP30 | Amazon Watch
The peaceful protest was a powerful statement from Indigenous and traditional communities about the impacts of Brazil’s grain export corridors on rivers, fisheries, territories, and local livelihoods.
amazonwatch.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
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“The government wants to drill for oil in the Amazon & build a railway. We will all face problems if this continues. I told Lula not to exploit oil in the Amazon & that we don’t want the Ferrogrão. If necessary, I’ll scold [him]. He must show respect,” Raoni stated. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
Major River Mobilization With More Than 5,000 Leaders from the Amazon Arrives at COP30 | Amazon Watch
“The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."
amazonwatch.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“The government wants to drill for oil in the Amazon & build a railway. We will all face problems if this continues. I told Lula not to exploit oil in the Amazon & that we don’t want the Ferrogrão. If necessary, I’ll scold [him]. He must show respect,” Raoni stated. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
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For the new environment laws to work, they have to apply to forestry, and they can’t be pushed aside every time the mining and fossil fuel industries get in the Minister’s ear.
The govt has to scrap the ministerial discretion clause and demonstrate real intent by protecting native forests
The govt has to scrap the ministerial discretion clause and demonstrate real intent by protecting native forests
Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For the new environment laws to work, they have to apply to forestry, and they can’t be pushed aside every time the mining and fossil fuel industries get in the Minister’s ear.
The govt has to scrap the ministerial discretion clause and demonstrate real intent by protecting native forests
The govt has to scrap the ministerial discretion clause and demonstrate real intent by protecting native forests
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The VFA has launched a citizen's database on PLANNED BURNS: to lift the lid on destructive fire management conducted by FFMV. 🔥
See something? Report. Help us collect evidence on the blatant mismanagement of fire in our forests.
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/citizen_reports_planned_burns
See something? Report. Help us collect evidence on the blatant mismanagement of fire in our forests.
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/citizen_reports_planned_burns
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The VFA has launched a citizen's database on PLANNED BURNS: to lift the lid on destructive fire management conducted by FFMV. 🔥
See something? Report. Help us collect evidence on the blatant mismanagement of fire in our forests.
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/citizen_reports_planned_burns
See something? Report. Help us collect evidence on the blatant mismanagement of fire in our forests.
www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/citizen_reports_planned_burns
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Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass
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New short report by @gfc-forest.bsky.social and @environmentalpaper.bsky.social exposes the impacts of large-scale #biomass energy, mostly for use in industry, on communities and ecosystems: globalforestcoalition.org/decarbonisat...
Decarbonisation or Dispossession? Industrial-Scale Biomass in Latin America and Its Impacts - Global Forest Coalition
As COP30 convenes in Brazil, governments and corporations are spotlighting biomass as a key part of the “green transition,” promoting it under national decarbonisation and bioeconomy agendas. The Bele...
globalforestcoalition.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New short report by @gfc-forest.bsky.social and @environmentalpaper.bsky.social exposes the impacts of large-scale #biomass energy, mostly for use in industry, on communities and ecosystems: globalforestcoalition.org/decarbonisat...