Climate change and environmental destruction are inflationary and add to the cost of living. No climate and environment policy = no real economic policy

More than 90% of marine animals caught in NSW shark nets over summer were non-target species theguardian.com/environment/20…

Big sunny Germany (NSW alone is twice as big, and even Tasmania is closer to the equator ) outperforming Australia on renewable power.

Scott Morrison said big batteries were as useful as a Big Banana. California's big batteries which soak up surplus daytime solar power are now the majority energy supplier in the evening peak. Great to see announcement in WA today heading for same result.

Big big news out of W.A., where another big contract to flatten the #solar duck and fill gap from closing #coal fired power stations will result in the biggest battery project to date in Australia. reneweconomy.com.au/neoens-collie-…

“It’s terrible. It’s a pointless killing... That dolphin could’ve just been happily playing around forever, but the nets have just ended its life for no reason.”

Chris Minns Tara Moriarty Penny Sharpe

Interesting report from Grattan Institute: prioritise (and coordinate) government intervention in transition from coal ; priority for snazzy market redesign more an issue for post coal era (ie the 2030s)

Nats oppose farmers having drought free income from positive impact solar and low impact wind and transmission. They prefer fracking + coal actually destroying farmland and water, and hey how good is 25000 years of radioactive waste storage

Wait what there are practical measures to separate humans and sharks which (1) actually work as a matter of reality not illusory reassurance and (2) don’t kill dolphins and turtles ? Someone tell NSW Labor Queensland Labor

Wouldnt it be great if here in Australia we had modern standards for restricting coal power station pollutants (like mercury, sulphur and particulates) like China. Instead we have weak standards here which put communities' health at risk
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Um, no. Nuclear in Australia is, and is intended as, a recipe for delaying not delivering a clean energy future.

This week Inner West LEAN hosted Ken Henry & Lyndon Schneiders from Aus Climate & Biodiversity Foundation to talk about the economics of protecting not logging our native forests.

In 2024 turning high value forests into wood chips & pallets just doesn’t make sense.

Given that Dutton's colleagues now acknowledge that 'nuclear power for Australia' is a ploy to delay urgent emissions cuts, not a means for achieving them, this post is pathetic if sincere, and contemptible if not

Old hollow trees are burning up and we are losing them. DELWP’s own research in Gippsland (Lucas Bluff 2016) finds that 20-30% of old hollow trees collapse with every planned burn & that the damage is cumulative. geg.org.au/wp-content/upl… Colquhuon Forest #GunaiKurnaiCountry

.Chris Bowen says Coalition #nuclear plan will put grid reliability at risk because it will stop renewables and storage and force ageing and unreliable coal power plants to stay open reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-says-coa… #auspol

Solar taking agricultural land … oh

So stopping logging and burning of old hollow bearing trees is essential to stopping more extinctions

My study from last year showed how a prescribed burn conducted exactly to prescription killed 77% of a critically endangered species in the block. #AustralEcology tell me it's a #TopCitedArticle ; we need change now.

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Great evening with Dr Ken Henry AC + Lyndon exploring how (genuinely high quality) carbon credits can see fossil fuel industries as we transition from them pay up for $billions needed for Australian land + forest restoration as part of delivering Nature Positive reforms

Yes. That’s the whole point.

#auspol