Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work? The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuse

Is this how a national scheme to cut climate pollution is supposed to work?
Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australian coalmines increased last financial year.
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison

Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution? | George Monbiot The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition in its tracks. It isn't working out that way.
#climatecrisis #electrifyeverything #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

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Walking for truth: Travis Lovett’s 500km journey to remind Albanese of his promise to create a First Nations truth-telling commission Former Yoorrook justice commissioner says he wants to start a national discussion on a subject that is often misunderstood by the wider public

Travis Lovett (Commissioner and co-chair on the Yoorrook Justice Commission) says “We are walking for a national truth-telling process, not a new election commitment ... This is not just for our people, but for all Australians.”
#indigenous #truthtelling #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A decisive step for Europe’s digital future. The European Commission has awarded a €180 million, 6-year contract to European cloud providers, strengthening our capacity to manage sensitive data under EU rules. 1/2

Make Gas Giants Pay Gas corporations are making record-breaking profits, and paying almost nothing in tax. It's time to change that.

Jim Chalmers: Make Gas Giants Pay!
Please sign and share this campaign.

#climatecrisis #gas #auspol
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Nuclear power is so washed at this point lol. It's only marginal if you could turn new reactors on tomorrow, but absolutely washed when considering realistic timelines. Solar and storage has totally undermined its niche

Gas's time for tax has come. It's just about what kind If the government wants to give any hope it has heard voters on a taxing gas production, it won’t push them too far on accepting second best.

Australia’s government may be planning for gas to be a major part of our nation’s energy supply until 2050 and beyond, but the countries we export it to are transitioning.
#climatecrisis #gas #tax #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

The March heatwave in western North America shattered records, and it would’ve been virtually impossible without climate change.

This isn’t just “a little warmer”:
~4°C hotter
~800x more likely

Climate change isn’t coming. It’s here.

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Global warming is making the strongest hurricanes stronger » Yale Climate Connections Recent studies link human-caused warming to more powerful, more destructive storms worldwide.

‪Prof. Eliot Jacobson‬
‪@climatecasino.net‬
Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 16, 2026 ~ a hard wind

"... we now need a 'Category 6' rating for hurricanes with winds of 193 mph (311 km/h) or greater, because global warming is expected to cause significant increases in maximum potential intensity."

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

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Debunking four myths about Australia's fuel crisis If you listen to increasingly shrill calls, it is time to rebuild our oil industry. While the sentiments might be well-meant, a few unfortunate facts have been overlooked.

Debunking four myths about Australia's fuel crisis - ABC News
#climatecrisis #fossilfuels #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea’s solar industry

How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution. Come on Australia!
#climatecrisis #renewableenergy #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Oil refinery blaze? Yes this is the exact time we talk about renewables and about ageing processing facilities.

Over half of Australia’s gas exports are given away, without payment of royalties or Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.

Australians are tired of the gas industry not paying its fair share of taxes and royalties.

✍ Sign here to support a 25% tax on all Australian gas exports: https://theaus.in/4tHJm9u

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought. Scientists called this “very concerning” as collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa & the Americas.
#climatecrisis #AMOC #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Politicians and media can’t imagine a fossil-fuel free world - and it’s holding Australians back from huge EV savings | Adam Morton Australia is well behind other countries in embracing clean cars – it’s past time we kicked into gear on going electric

Australia remains well behind other countries in embracing clean cars. The good news is that the gap is now closing reasonably rapidly. And the savings for those who drive an EV are potentially huge.
#climatecrisis #electricvehicle #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary

Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it.

~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years.

Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability.

Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it.

This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

Stories from across the world show the amazing rise in renewable fuel implementation and meteoric decline in coal use. Here in Australia our government and opposition continue to back coal! Both parties are as obsolete as coal itself #auspol

After the Robodebt disaster, we risk making the same mistakes? New automated decision-making tools are being rolled out by the government in aged care, NDIS and beyond. We need to avoid another Robodebt.

New automated decision-making tools are being rolled out by the Government in aged care, the NDIS and beyond.
#Robodebt #ndis #agedcare #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

Extreme heat is already creating “non-survivable” conditions for humans in heatwaves that have killed thousands and likely many more. New research warns people are more susceptible to rising temperatures than first thought.
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Pedal to the Metal: A Budget to Break Free from Fuel Chaos | Climate Council Australia cannot control global conflicts, but we can control how much they hurt household budgets.

Across Australia, households are being hit by another global fuel shock. As the US-Israel war on Iran unfolds, it is not only causing devastating impacts throughout the region, but is disrupting energy markets.
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Yes, and apparently the native forest industry is loss-making and heavily subsidised.
Some reports saying $20 million in forest export subsidies since 2019, as part of the Tasmanian Fright Equalisation Scheme.

Who should pay? Fossil fuel companies, and all of their current and former executives.

Labour has just moved the dial on workers’ rights – now it must go further After years of decline, workers’ rights are finally improving. The question is whether the Government is willing to enforce deeper structural change.

Labour has just moved the dial on workers’ rights – now it must go further
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Is Australia headed for a recession? A growing number of economists think so – here’s why I’m not one of them | Greg Jericho In backing down on his threats to destroy Iranian civilisation, Donald Trump has lessened concerns of a recession in Australia – at least for now

I regret to inform you all that I have made a recession almost a certainty

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Wind power sets a new state record, big batteries continue to edge out gas Latest monthly data shows Australia's wind and solar assets continuing to grow their contribution to the grid, as gas continues its year-on-year decline.

"with big batteries consistently dispatching more energy than the nation’s open-cycle gas turbine fleet."

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