1/2 Yes, Coal Australia does highly deceptive astroturfing like this.

The lobby group is also a funding source for right-wing, Atlas Network-aligned think tanks and advocacy groups [such Advance and IPA], often acting to oppose #ClimateAction.

For more on this, follow @lucyham.bsky.social.

Incredible reporting here.

No one is doing the work Royce does in this space. We are so lucky to have him.

Israel has now killed more journalists than any other government since the Committee to Project Journalists began collecting records in 1992.

The Israel-Gaza war is the deadliest conflict on record for journalists, the CPJ found. https://wapo.st/4aJGqBm

Coastal community beats back seismic blasting Campaigners are claiming “an unequivocal win” after the national regulator rejected plans to conduct oil and gas exploration in waters off the Great Ocean Road. Theoné van der Merwe reports.

Lovely deep dive by UniMelb journalism student Theone van der Merwe into a David V Goliath victory for grassroots campaigners and citizen scientists fighting seismic blasting on Great Ocean Road coast. For @thecitizenau.bsky.social www.thecitizen.org.au/articles/coa...

Why cutting climate journalism is a risk we can’t afford A recent wave of lay-offs will reduce public understanding of how climate change impacts lives and weaken the media's ability to hold power to account, enabling climate misinformation to spread

Without climate journalism expertise "wildfires are reported without the underlying climate context that fuels them. Energy stories lose their climate dimension", and people's "understanding of how climate is intimately intertwined with our lives is eroded" www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/12/w...

Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push Thinktank analysis claims to show that Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in Australia and hinder move to clean energy

A glimpse inside the powerful machinery of the gas lobby @adammorton.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Otways brace for another gas fight Amid the disastrous Otways fires and flooding, exhausted communities are trying to mount campaigns against new government plans to expand gas exploration in the region.

I've been visiting the front lines of climate change as a reporter for many years. Now I live on one. In the Otways we have fires, floods, coastal erosion- and more gas expansion. How are communities responding? My story for @thesaturdaypaper.com.au today. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...

More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery

Humans heat the world, some of them profit, many of them suffer. And then there are all the creatures. Kudos to wildlife carers, reporter @petrastock.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com & photographer Doug Gimesy. Work that takes chunks out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When Victoria burns again this week, understand a handful of global fossil fuel gas executives are getting very rich making Australia hotter, drier and more flammable

Time we made them pay

Sign our petition for a disaster levy on fossil fuel exports

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Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. n.pr/3ZlA5Xz

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Thousands of flying foxes have perished in the heatwave that scorched south-east Australia last week, the largest mass mortality event for flying foxes since black summer. Extreme temperatures resulted in deaths in camps across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Grey-headed flying foxes, listed as vulnerable under federal environment laws, were the most affected. Continue reading...

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer

Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.

When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase, an expert on the U.S. media and its role in democracy explains. buff.ly/lcUuZZQ By @victorpickard.bsky.social #journalism

List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.

List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending.

They include some of the world’s most prominent and outspoken aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders:

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Joanna Macy, author and teacher who turned despair into connection and agency For much of the late 20th century, environmental writing oscillated between alarm and reassurance. One strand emphasized catastrophe; another urged optimism. A smaller, more demanding tradition…

Joanna Macy (1929–2025) taught that despair in the face of ecological crisis is a sign of care, not failure.

Through the Work That Reconnects, she helped people face grief together and turn it into agency — hope as a practiced relationship, not optimism about outcomes.

Snowy Owl declared extinct in Sweden after decade without breeding Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct after no breeding records since 2015. Climate change, declining prey and shifting ecosystems are believed to have driven the iconic Arctic owl from the country.

Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades:

Four species, 160 days, 50,000 images: meet the photographer dedicated to showing the lovable side of flying foxes Doug Gimesy’s extreme close-ups of ‘sky puppies’ are designed to trigger an emotional response that endears people to the ‘wrongly vilified’ mammals

The late Deborah Bird Rose wrote a book called 'Shimmer-Flying Fox Exuberance in Worlds of Peril'. That magic here for all to see lovely story by @petrastock.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com about conservation photographer Doug Gimesy's spectacular work. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thanks @1earthmedia.bsky.social. After years reporting the horror story of climate science, warnings & impacts, I really needed to find the stories of Nannas Dom & Helen, & all the activists I interviewed for this story. Healing and inspiring.

I have to share this SMH article on the disinformation on X as an archive link because it not only republishes an unmarked faked image, it comes up as the preview image without any visible markers or crosses warning that it's faked

I'm a bit stunned there isn't a code of practice

archive.ph/Cdcfl

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%

“Australia is the world’s 3rd largest fossil fuel exporter, its outsized role in the climate crisis calls for serious action. Every shipment of coal that leaves this port contributes to more devastating bushfires, floods and cyclones,” - story Jordyn Beazley

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Single frame. Title: “It’s simple” Sussan Let at podium flanked by David Littleproud and Angus Taylor. She says, “Net zero is not worth the cost*” Below podium is text: “*not counting the cost of: extreme weather events; mass displacement of people from low-lying areas; increased insurance premiums; habitat loss and species extinction; loss of certainty for business; worsened air quality; lack of investment in low-emission technologies; continued subsidisation of fossil fuel industries; loss of food security; (trailing beyond frame) increase in heat related deaths and infectious…”

The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

The climate crisis is expensive: net zero is cheaper for Australia than not doing more The Coalition claims net zero by 2050 will cost too much – but unchecked warming or even a delayed transition would be worse for the economy

Comparing the costs of net zero to the cost of delaying or not taking action? "At least three recent analyses have found that it is far cheaper for Australia, and the world, to make a well-coordinated effort to reach net zero by 2050" @nickevershed.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

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Abnormally hot days may hit Australia’s south-east after rare sudden warming over Antarctica Phenomenon extremely unusual in southern hemisphere and last occurred in 2019 when it contributed to worsening of black summer bushfires

Air temperatures 30km above the Southern Ocean & Antarctica have climbed to 30C above average, driving a hotter, drier SE Australia. Last time this phenomenon occurred was 2019 - you may recall what happened next.... By @petrastock.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world

'It’s time for outfits that attack science and scientists to pay the price for the threat they pose to human civilisation.' Alas no. Rather, Lachlan gets promoted and the siblings who might have contained him take the $1bn+ buyout.

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Emperor penguins and three-metre sea level rises: the cost of Antarctica’s warming The West Antarctic Ice Shelf contains enough ice to raise sea levels by three metres, and the tipping point for its collapse could be exceeded even under “best-case” carbon emission reduction pathways...

And in other news ... "catastrophic consequences for generations to come ....The research shows the accelerating effects of climate change – even if it is limited to 2 degrees – are placing the West Antarctic Ice Shelf in “severe” risk of collapse".
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

The dark cruelty of a contrarian small press that has pledged to print history "as is" defending its decision to remove the secret code this guy used to document his murders from his diaries as "unprintable", and so censoring the destruction of a people by editing history, is just next level.

Countries can be sued by neighbours over climate inaction, top court finds The International Court of Justice’s historic advisory ruling paves the way for massive compensation claims from countries facing the brunt of the climate crisis.

It also found that the legal consequences for states that breach these obligations could include paying reparations to injured states.

Truly a moment of hope #ICJAO

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World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities - Greenpeace Australia Pacific SYDNEY, Thursday, 24 July 2025 – The historic Pacific-led campaign to hold countries accountable for the climate damage they have caused  has been backed by the world’s highest court overnight,&h...

Last night, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion, finding that states must take appropriate action to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees, and that a failure to do so may constitute a wrongful act.

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