Meg Penvose Clark
@megpenvose.bsky.social
Birth Carbon 312.4
She/her
Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
She/her
Trying to do my bit by pressuring our ACT federal politicians to do better. The legal concept of transboundary climate harms is my new weapon.
I post a lot but what I do in the real world is more important
Canberra Australia
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“Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Yes. I read a an essay about this by a political scientist 15 years ago and it’s lived rent free in my brain ever since.
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
In a nutshell, he said, the more unstable and out of control the world seems, the more people are willing to cede power to authoritarian leaders.” — @katharinehayhoe.com
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Time for my annual masochistic review of COP post morta. First one I "liked" is by Dyke and Rockstrom. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Time for my annual masochistic review of COP post morta. First one I "liked" is by Dyke and Rockstrom. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."
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I'm sorry. I shouldn't. But it's too rich to pass up.
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm sorry. I shouldn't. But it's too rich to pass up.
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
The centrist faction's biggest fossil-fuel promoter "genuinely" does "not understand" why Trump is gearing up to invade the sovereign nation that has the biggest oil reserves on the planet.
😂
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hell yeah we're speed running the Earth Pollution Agency
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
hell yeah we're speed running the Earth Pollution Agency
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Donald Trump exempts coal in steelmaking from Clean Air Act thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Donald Trump exempts coal in steelmaking from Clean Air Act thehill.com/policy/energ...
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The Greens trying to cut a deal with the government on this terrible enviro bill is incredibly dumb, and the best way to lose a bunch more seats at the next election imo.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Greens trying to cut a deal with the government on this terrible enviro bill is incredibly dumb, and the best way to lose a bunch more seats at the next election imo.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
The bill itself is terrible, and voting for it just takes a key issue of theirs off the agenda for this term of parliament.
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
This is shocking. Even Morrison didnt stoop to “chain refoulement”
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is shocking. Even Morrison didnt stoop to “chain refoulement”
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Australia's non-refoulement obligations require it to both refrain from sending someone back to a risk of harm, as well as from sending them to a third country that may itself send them to a risk of harm
Wow what a surprise
"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again
If Albanese is serious about ‘progressive patriotism’ he could start by prioritising the livelihoods of Australians over the profits of gambling companies.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wow what a surprise
This
Even one instance of this is too much.
This Legislation stinks!
Even one instance of this is too much.
This Legislation stinks!
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This
Even one instance of this is too much.
This Legislation stinks!
Even one instance of this is too much.
This Legislation stinks!
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A nightmare. Since March 2020, home values have risen by 47.3%, lifting the median dwelling value $280,000 to $872,500. The price-to-income ratio, years to save a deposit, & the share of income needed for rent are all at record highs. And homelessness. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crushes home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A nightmare. Since March 2020, home values have risen by 47.3%, lifting the median dwelling value $280,000 to $872,500. The price-to-income ratio, years to save a deposit, & the share of income needed for rent are all at record highs. And homelessness. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The caption reads.
From Left: Toto desperately tries to control The Tin man, The Cowardly Lion and The Scarecrow, with absolutely no success.
#WeWereNeverInFuckingKansas
#auspol
From Left: Toto desperately tries to control The Tin man, The Cowardly Lion and The Scarecrow, with absolutely no success.
#WeWereNeverInFuckingKansas
#auspol
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The caption reads.
From Left: Toto desperately tries to control The Tin man, The Cowardly Lion and The Scarecrow, with absolutely no success.
#WeWereNeverInFuckingKansas
#auspol
From Left: Toto desperately tries to control The Tin man, The Cowardly Lion and The Scarecrow, with absolutely no success.
#WeWereNeverInFuckingKansas
#auspol
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WoodCIDE is ubiquitous in West Australia
But not indomitable
In the meantime, you should learn about their bastardry & where to sheet home the blame for all kinds of health, environment, climate & planetary harms👇
🙏 @thejuicemedia.com
But not indomitable
In the meantime, you should learn about their bastardry & where to sheet home the blame for all kinds of health, environment, climate & planetary harms👇
🙏 @thejuicemedia.com
This one sums it up 🫠
Honest Government Ad | Visit WA! 🇦🇺
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
WoodCIDE is ubiquitous in West Australia
But not indomitable
In the meantime, you should learn about their bastardry & where to sheet home the blame for all kinds of health, environment, climate & planetary harms👇
🙏 @thejuicemedia.com
But not indomitable
In the meantime, you should learn about their bastardry & where to sheet home the blame for all kinds of health, environment, climate & planetary harms👇
🙏 @thejuicemedia.com
Wow - i wish i had written this article.
It is a comprehensive and devastating account of the ways The Albanese Government has systematically betrayed those who believed their promises.
If you voted ALP last time I beg you to read before the next election.
theaimn.net/the-great-be...
It is a comprehensive and devastating account of the ways The Albanese Government has systematically betrayed those who believed their promises.
If you voted ALP last time I beg you to read before the next election.
theaimn.net/the-great-be...
The Great Betrayal: How the Albanese Government Perfected the Art of Accountability Laundering
They were elected on a promise of integrity. They vowed to be kinder, more transparent, and to govern for all Australians. The Albanese government presented itself as the antidote to a decade of Coali...
theaimn.net
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Wow - i wish i had written this article.
It is a comprehensive and devastating account of the ways The Albanese Government has systematically betrayed those who believed their promises.
If you voted ALP last time I beg you to read before the next election.
theaimn.net/the-great-be...
It is a comprehensive and devastating account of the ways The Albanese Government has systematically betrayed those who believed their promises.
If you voted ALP last time I beg you to read before the next election.
theaimn.net/the-great-be...
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Politicians in both major parties continue to fail us on immigration policy. That is opening the door for Pauline Hanson - a politician who we all know has zero policy or administrative nous. Just lots of hate.
Our politicians continue to fail us on immigration policy
As One Nation rises by recycling anti-immigration rhetoric, both major parties are fumbling their response – missing the chance to offer a clear, credible and principled long-term plan.
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Politicians in both major parties continue to fail us on immigration policy. That is opening the door for Pauline Hanson - a politician who we all know has zero policy or administrative nous. Just lots of hate.
Now is the time to maximise pressure on Labor to make good on those commitment.
"Sliding doors moment:" Australia signs up to initiative to phase out oil, gas and coal reneweconomy.com.au/sliding-door...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Now is the time to maximise pressure on Labor to make good on those commitment.
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Good riddance
🔴The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-and Israeli-backed private organisation that provided aid to the Palestinian enclave but was criticised by the UN, said it was ending its mission.
Click here for more 👉 https://go.france24.com/wXj
Click here for more 👉 https://go.france24.com/wXj
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Good riddance
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It’s bad enough that the ALP aren’t already banning native forest logging, but to hold the EPBC to ransom over it is… well, typical.
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It’s bad enough that the ALP aren’t already banning native forest logging, but to hold the EPBC to ransom over it is… well, typical.
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"Housing affordability has never been worse in Australia"
Because housing and tax policy has never been worse.
If Labor keeps tinkering at the edges,
and driving up prices with stupid measures,
they will hasten more #poverty, #inequality and #homelessness. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Because housing and tax policy has never been worse.
If Labor keeps tinkering at the edges,
and driving up prices with stupid measures,
they will hasten more #poverty, #inequality and #homelessness. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crush home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Housing affordability has never been worse in Australia"
Because housing and tax policy has never been worse.
If Labor keeps tinkering at the edges,
and driving up prices with stupid measures,
they will hasten more #poverty, #inequality and #homelessness. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Because housing and tax policy has never been worse.
If Labor keeps tinkering at the edges,
and driving up prices with stupid measures,
they will hasten more #poverty, #inequality and #homelessness. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“Compared to similar countries, Australia is significantly behind on how much it spends on science. The average OECD country spends about 0.73 per cent of their GDP on research, while Australia sits at about half that, at just 0.36 per cent.” #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/science...
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“Compared to similar countries, Australia is significantly behind on how much it spends on science. The average OECD country spends about 0.73 per cent of their GDP on research, while Australia sits at about half that, at just 0.36 per cent.” #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Human rights and nature are the perennial enemies of profit. Societies which fail to see this are on a path to lose all of their human rights, and all of their natural environments.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Human rights and nature are the perennial enemies of profit. Societies which fail to see this are on a path to lose all of their human rights, and all of their natural environments.
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Hopefully the Greens won’t cave this time. The Safeguard Mechanism was a disaster and this looks even worse.
Labor offers Greens forestry deal in exchange for support on environment laws
The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hopefully the Greens won’t cave this time. The Safeguard Mechanism was a disaster and this looks even worse.
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...