As Iran war exposes global dependence on fossil fuels, the biggest emitters are reaping the rewards Worst polluters hold world’s future in their hands as they benefit from higher fossil fuel prices, but global trends favour renewables

Worst #polluters hold world’s future in their hands as they benefit from higher #fossil_fuel prices, but global trends favour #renewables

As Iran war exposes global dependence on fossil fuels, the biggest #emitters are reaping the rewards

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‘Makes Covid look like a tea party’: Australian food prices could rise for the next year, farmers warn Iran conflict could see shortages not just in fuel, but fertiliser and fossil fuel resins – used to make milk bottles

‘Makes Covid look like a tea party’: #Australian #food_prices could rise for the next year, farmers warn

#Iran conflict could see shortages not just in fuel, but fertiliser and #fossil_fuel resins – used to make milk bottles

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Former defence leaders say Australia is already in a fight with its biggest threats Australians are already deeply emersed in a global disinformation war about fossil fuels and climate change, former defence leaders say in an extensive new review.

Former defence leaders outline already-present #fossil_fuel dependence, climate disinformation threats

#Australia needs to fight back against big US tech companies that are exacerbating fossil fuel dependence and #climate #disinformation, former defence leaders say

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Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support A target to identify financial support of fossil fuel industries harmful to the environment was unmet in Australia's self-assessment on its progress to meeting international biodiversity commitments.

Australia's biodiversity report card leaves out fossil fuel support

In its first report on its progress towards stopping #biodiversity decline, #Australia neglects to provide any estimate of its financial support to the #fossil_fuel industry

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Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

Australian governments subsidising #fossil_fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds

#Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

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The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal In this week’s newsletter: The south-east of the country is suffering through the worst heatwave since 2019’s ‘black summer’, while the government continues to back fossil fuel projects

The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by #Australian standards, this summer is brutal

The south-east of the country is suffering through the worst #heatwave since 2019’s ‘black summer’, while the government continues to back #fossil_fuel projects

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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

Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid #fossil_fuel lobbying push

Thinktank analysis suggests Japan campaigns to prolong the carbon industry in #Australia and hinder move to #clean_energy

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Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright | Clean Air The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of #Australia’ s #fossil_fuel policy shines bright

The #heatwave in #Melbourne and #Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare now

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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

Half of world’s #CO2 emissions come from just 32 #fossil_fuel firms, study shows

Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging #climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

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Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report Environmental advocates welcome Net Zero Commission’s report which found the fossil fuel was ‘not consistent’ with emissions reductions commitments

#Coal mine expansions would breach #climate targets, #NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Environmental advocates welcome #Net_Zero Commission’s report which found the #fossil_fuel was ‘not consistent’ with #emissions reductions commitments

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Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’

#Australia’ s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for #climate_change action – and the risk of arrest

#Fossil_fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of #Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure

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Are electric cars really that clean?
Fossil Fuel Generation (59% of Global Generation)
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#electric_cars #Fossil_Fuel #gas_power_plants #EV #renewable_sources

South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say

South Korean decision to close all #coal fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for #Australian_exports

Decision announced at #Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for #Australia’ s reliance on #fossil_fuel exports, analysts say

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Fossil fuel emissions still rising despite renewable energy growth: report Despite rising CO2 emissions there are hopes for exponential growth in renewable energy take-up as major emitters like China near a peak for greenhouse gas creation.

Fossil fuel emissions still rising in world's latest 'carbon budget' despite renewable energy growth

#Fossil_fuel use is still growing globally but total human-caused CO2 #emissions are expected to dip slightly by the end of 2025 because of a decline in deforestation

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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

How thousands of #fossil_fuel #lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent #climate_action

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‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened

‘Shock and anger’ as #Labor proposes giving states more power over #fossil_fuel projects

Extracts of planned changes to the #EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear #nature protection will be weakened

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Team Trump will spend $625 million and open public lands to revive a dying industry Coal is the world's most expensive and polluting fossil fuel.

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🇺🇸 We've said that Clinton should have made the "Road to the 21st Century" a one-way street. Trump's returning us to the 19th!

"The White House will open 13.1 million acres of public land to #coal mining while providing $625 million for #coal-fired power plants." #fossil_fuel #pollution

Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order The global shift toward renewable energy is challenging old geopolitical power structures. So where does Australia stand?

Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: how the #clean_energy shift is reshaping the world order

For more than a century, global geopolitics has revolved around oil and gas. Countries with big #fossil_fuel reserves like Saudi Arabia have amassed huge wealth

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Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

#Carbon_emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly #heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual #fossil_fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

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#KemiBadenoch
#Climate policy change
#Fossil_fuel rewards
Wrong policy.
#Green_Energy is the future.
For UK energy independence, stability and jobs for us.
Plus #energy_security
Think again
@octopus.energy
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

World Court lights match under Australia's fossil fuel export industry The International Court of Justice was unequivocal about the consequences for countries that make the climate crisis worse. As one of the world's biggest fossil fuel exporters, it puts Australia on no...

World Court climate decision lights match under Australia's #fossil_fuel industry

As a major fossil fuel exporter, #Australia has been put on notice after a decision by the World Court over climate responsibility

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Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show

#Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells

Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational #fossil_fuel company paid in royalties, documents show

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The criminal investigations I started, and #trump stopped, showed that the #fossil_fuel powers know all of that, but are still blocking all research into efforts to stop it - and save our lives.

Assuming they are not suicidal, they have a survival plan.

If that plan included us, they'd be bragging

Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved ‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says

#Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on #climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive #fossil_fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says

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Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch Despite warnings of a climate catastrophe, a slew of polluting gas projects are either poised to begin or lie firmly in industry’s sights.

#Woodside #North_West_Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch

The science is clear: no #fossil_fuel projects can be opened if the world is to avoid catastrophic #climate_change

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Brazil’s environmental governance is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry (The Guardian)

Politicians reviled environmental minister Marina Silva in the senate this week, but new legislation is fuelling the fire.

Next year’s presidential election seems to be weighing on president […]

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The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear an Evan Davis podcast about heat pumps? (The Guardian)

The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival.

Why? The answer is simple: economic power […]

Coalition says it will allow gas producers to access $4bn net zero fund for critical minerals Shadow resources minister tells Sydney conference Coalition would give gas the same status as a critical mineral to boost industry funding

The #LNP #Coalition has told a gas industry conference it would give gas – which is #methane, a #fossil_fuel – the same status as a critical mineral, to allow the industry to access a $4bn export finance fund set up to support the transition to net zero.

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Gambling, fossil fuel and big pharma open wallets for politicians The AEC has published political donations data for the past financial year, revealing Australia's major parties hauled in eight-figure sums.

#Gambling, #fossil_fuel and big pharma open wallets as political players gear up for #election

The #major_parties each raised in the order of $70 million in the 2023-24 financial year, according to AEC disclosures

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‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spread

‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on #fossil_fuel industry to pay for #wildfire damages

Experts say #climate_crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spread

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