Adding seaweed to cement could forever change the most widely used material on the planet Researchers reveal that seaweed could replace traditional cement and transform the construction industry by reducing emissions.

Seaweed makes everything better www.earth.com/news/adding-...

Teen engineer finds eco-friendly way to fight harmful algal blooms The Netflix series Outer Banks inspired this teen engineer to help clean up algal blooms in a local waterway.

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BYD announces extra 30,000 EVs and hybrids for Australia to support essential workers Just a day after delivering it's 100,000th car in Australia, Chinese car giant BYD has announces plans to bring an extra 30,000 vehicles to Australia in coming months.

Great branding thedriven.io/2026/04/16/b...

Hate the $20m petrol-saving ad campaign? You can’t handle the truth. Is petro-masculinity trumping sane advice in a cost of living crisis?

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Bloomberg Surveillance 4/13/2026 Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern speak daily with leaders and decision makers from Wall Street to Washington and beyond. No other program better positions investors and executives…

Kicked off last week on Bloomberg Surveillance to talk through how May 1st is the critical date for the Hormuz blockage to be resolved or lots of pain will come ahead.

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This little fairywren is looking better now with some fluffed up feathers! #fairywren #bird #birdart #painting

‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public

Independent body my arse www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hyundai says EVs now 20 pct of Australian orders as electric interest surges Hyundai says EVs now account for 20 per cent of its volumes - up from 3 per cent - due to the surge in interest sparked by the war-induced fossil fuel supply crisis.

#Hyundai says #EVs now account for 20 per cent of its volumes - up from 3 per cent - due to the surge in interest sparked by the war-induced fossil fuel supply #crisis.

From fires to floods, heatwaves to rising sea levels, different countries will all be impacted in different ways, but the underlying cause remains the same: climate change.

🎥 Video credit: UN Climate Change

Yes the headline should be “minute part of JP Morgan thinks about tipping points”

The first step in solving a problem is understanding what the problem is.

When it comes to climate change, it basically boils down to phasing out greenhouse gas emissions.

But what gases, exactly? And where do they come from?

Here's the latest data.

J.P. Morgan Is Thinking About Climate Tipping Points Some long-horizon investors are beginning to price in the costs of irreversible climate change.

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How is it that a low quality carbon offset (ACCU) is currently trading at 12x the price of a high quality offset (LGC)?

Let's improve 2 key Australian climate policies with a simple policy change to allow 1-way fungibility between ACCUs and LGCs with a suitable conversion factor.
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New renewable projects are struggling to reach financial close. Large Scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) have historically helped with project viability & to compensate for a lack of a carbon price. But LGCs are currently worthless, trading at ~$3.
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Amazon enters agreements for nine Australian renewable projects to power datacentres Tech company has signed on to nine deals as it aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040

Amazon enters agreements for nine Australian renewable projects to power datacentres
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That’s actually impressive

Latest Safeguard Mechanism data shows Australia’s centrepiece climate policy is primarily a clearinghouse for low-integrity offsets — Climate Integrity The latest data published by the CER shows industrial emitters relying heavily on the use of offsets to meet emissions reductions under the Safeguard Mechanism, rather than investing in long-term, sys...

'According to the government’s figures, net emissions fell by 7MT in 2024-25. This will be entirely undone by the North-West Gas shelf expansion – approved during the same period - which will add 7.7 million tonnes to Australia’s Scope 1 emissions each year.'
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Something extra interesting about this is that most of the coal power reduction is from the US

A key solution to climate change isn't happening – and that's good Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save the planet, but it looks like the flagship project will never happen

Another CCS fail www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

A remarkable divergence of strategies that will have profound long term implications, for both these countries - and the world.

Glad to see the Australian government on board. Massive milestone today with Bowen acknowledging EV growth is already offsetting the oil crisis. Increasing reserves while demand falls makes no sense.

Now for a solar carport mandate!

Charge baby charge. ☀️⚡ #Bettrification #EVs

A Japanese researcher just interrupted me in the restroom and said, “are you David Ho?” He proceeded to tell me how much he enjoyed this piece I wrote in Nature. You should read it too. 😄

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.

Vision of the future,
Vision of the past
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Tanya Plibersek humiliates Barnaby Joyce after he claims the “safe guard mechanism” was designed to “put refineries out of business”
Plibersek “the refineries closed under you, the safe guard mechanism was introduced under you.”🔥 #auspol

By which he means, stick to matters of other people's morality

Chart showing gas exports and PRRT: 2014-15: Exports $16.9bn PRRT $1.9bn 2024-25: Exports $64.6bn PRRT $1.4bn

Just in case you're wondering why the gas industry hates the idea of a 25% gas export tax and wants to keep the PRRT

Fossil fuel supporters probably wish they hadn't banged on about energy security being more important than emissions

Endless summer: How the hottest season gained 49 days in 33 years By 2023, Sydney’s warmest season lasted 125 days – up from 76 days in 1990. Within a few decades, it could stretch for half the year.

“Scientists have measured the length of summer – defined by climate rather than dates – and found it is expanding by six days every decade globally.”

#climatecrisis

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Are we heading for ‘super El Nino’ – and what could we expect? Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to record highs

Are we heading for ‘super El Niño’ – and what could we expect?

- Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to new record highs

#ElNino #climatecrisis
Explainer by @gabriellecanon.bsky.social
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Farmer braces for backlash after speaking up in support of transmission lines A farmer in Victoria's north is offering up his property for transmission lines as part of the VNI West project, saying it would give him a chance to diversify his income.

"Others didn't want it, so me and a couple of other neighbours got together and said, 'Why not bring it through our farms?'," Mr McIntosh said. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...