Doug Hendrie
@doughendrie.bsky.social
Editor, writer
Deputy enviro editor at The Conversation Australia
Deputy enviro editor at The Conversation Australia
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‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30
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‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30
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How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables
Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30
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‘Now the Pacific is leading the way again. Island leaders have a bold plan to become the world’s first region powered entirely by renewables and energy storage.’ #ClimateCrisis #COP30
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies).
Read the highlights in a short article:
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
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At some point embarrassment MUST come
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At some point embarrassment MUST come
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In 2015, global leaders gathered in force to get the Paris Agreement done. A decade later, the geopolitical landscape is vastly different.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In 2015, global leaders gathered in force to get the Paris Agreement done. A decade later, the geopolitical landscape is vastly different.
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Australia will go to the COP30 climate talks with better emissions targets and a desire to boost flagging action.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Australia will go to the COP30 climate talks with better emissions targets and a desire to boost flagging action.
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Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen addressed the Centre for Independent Studies on climate change on Friday where he gave them a history lesson on Margaret Thatcher's views on climate change and hit them with Pascal's Wager.
Seems he also took the opportunity to troll them on coal.
Seems he also took the opportunity to troll them on coal.
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen addressed the Centre for Independent Studies on climate change on Friday where he gave them a history lesson on Margaret Thatcher's views on climate change and hit them with Pascal's Wager.
Seems he also took the opportunity to troll them on coal.
Seems he also took the opportunity to troll them on coal.
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As China secures its role in clean tech exports, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels – and pushing allies to buy US gas.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As China secures its role in clean tech exports, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels – and pushing allies to buy US gas.
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To boost the slow uptake of EVs in Australia, authorities have focused on expanding the charger network and ensuring chargers are online. But this won’t be enough.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
To boost the slow uptake of EVs in Australia, authorities have focused on expanding the charger network and ensuring chargers are online. But this won’t be enough.
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Even as clean energy progress slows in the US and EU, developing nations such as Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are surging ahead.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Even as clean energy progress slows in the US and EU, developing nations such as Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are surging ahead.
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A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
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‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
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It doesn’t sound big. But this humble new set of rules will make it possible for many Australian households to export a lot more solar – and help the power grid .
One quiet change is about to let you export much more solar
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October 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It doesn’t sound big. But this humble new set of rules will make it possible for many Australian households to export a lot more solar – and help the power grid .
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When the UN Secretary-General is calling out PR firms for blocking action on climate change, we need to do something. My latest in @theconversation.com on PR firms and climate misinformation in Australia.
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PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When the UN Secretary-General is calling out PR firms for blocking action on climate change, we need to do something. My latest in @theconversation.com on PR firms and climate misinformation in Australia.
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Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
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Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
Getting to net zero relies on the bush. Rapid change can create tensions – but media framing and vested interests have inflamed the situation.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise – most farmers like renewables
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There are so many aspects about the astoundingly fast transition in energy that peeps fail to grasp
Here's some words from Prof Peter Newman and I about the fastest energy leap in history
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Here's some words from Prof Peter Newman and I about the fastest energy leap in history
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September 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There are so many aspects about the astoundingly fast transition in energy that peeps fail to grasp
Here's some words from Prof Peter Newman and I about the fastest energy leap in history
theconversation.com/climate-acti...
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Here's some words from Prof Peter Newman and I about the fastest energy leap in history
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
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Four Pacific nations are backing deep-sea mining, while others worry about environmental consequences. The split could threaten the region’s climate leadership.
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August 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Four Pacific nations are backing deep-sea mining, while others worry about environmental consequences. The split could threaten the region’s climate leadership.
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A healthy economy relies on healthy natural systems. But at the economic roundtable, this fact was all but absent.
We’re still not measuring our reliance on nature as we rush to boost productivity
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August 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A healthy economy relies on healthy natural systems. But at the economic roundtable, this fact was all but absent.
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Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
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Would you like to know some of Australia’s best places to see wildlife and tips for success and ensuring animals and their homes, and you, aren’t harmed? Well, @pattfinnerty.bsky.social, Rhys Cairncross and I wrote this 👉 in the @theconversation.com
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Want to see Australia’s rare and remarkable species for yourself? Here are 10 standout spots
It’s entirely possible to see shy mountain pygmy-possums, alpine dingoes or furry cuscus with your own eyes – if you know where to go and how to look.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Would you like to know some of Australia’s best places to see wildlife and tips for success and ensuring animals and their homes, and you, aren’t harmed? Well, @pattfinnerty.bsky.social, Rhys Cairncross and I wrote this 👉 in the @theconversation.com
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Conquering hills, commuting without a sweat and carrying cargo – e-bikes encourage more people get out of their cars.
E-bikes could slash our reliance on cars – but overpowered illegal models on the roads make us all less safe
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August 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Conquering hills, commuting without a sweat and carrying cargo – e-bikes encourage more people get out of their cars.
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Law of unintended consequences; since we bought an EV I drive more because it’s so much fun.
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Yes, my electric car makes me feel morally superior. Even better is burning off at the lights
Well, what if I need to drive to Lake Eyre towing a large boat? There won’t be any chargers on the Oodnadatta Track. Australians are full of flimsy excuses on EVs.
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August 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Law of unintended consequences; since we bought an EV I drive more because it’s so much fun.
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It’s cheaper to charge an EV than fuel a petrol car. But while charging can be dirt cheap, it’s not always the case.
What’s the cheapest way to charge your EV?
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August 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It’s cheaper to charge an EV than fuel a petrol car. But while charging can be dirt cheap, it’s not always the case.