JOB OPPORTUNITY: Coral Ecology Scientist (Australian Institute of Marine Science) careers.aims.gov.au/page.php?pageI… Support research projects in the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP) by contributing sound ecological knowledge, data analytical, writing, and specialised

Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men. - Pythagoras (c. 570 BC – c. 496 BC)

What part of sandalwood is "not regenerating" and "is not being sustainably harvested" didn't the Australian and Western Australian governments get when they recently decided to defer Australian sandalwood's #ThreatenedSpecies listing for another two years?

First it was 0... Then 1... Now more than a dozen. And what will the consequence be? Nothing. A system with no accountability only fuels the already declining public trust in politics. Reform to transparency & lobbying is desperately needed. afr.com/politics/feder…

Koala habitat illegally cleared for a coal mine in QLD, that might still get federal government approval in a few weeks. The coal companies defence is that they just cleared a little bit illegally…the mine will be much bigger amp.abc.net.au/article/104567…

This is unbelievable. About 97% of gas processed in the NT is EXPORTED...yet the NT has a gas shortage!?!? Where's the $$$$billions of gas NT Gov contracted from ENI's Blacktip? Meanwhile, they can't manage to connect solar power stations that would slash their reliance on

He summed it up like few could. 🫡

“There is no longer any excuse for failing to see what a second Trump Administration may bring,” David Remnick writes. “These are not the imaginings of a paranoiac. These are campaign promises announced from the podium.” nyer.cm/DnNJ0vV

Shocking. The Western Australian Labor government appears all but certain to give one of Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters the green light to operate until 2070 after it announced it would abolish state emissions-reduction requirements. theguardian.com/australia-news…

"Why does the US ruling class actively support Israel's genocide and war crimes, even in the face of massive international condemnation? Because they see it as necessary to ensure the conditions for capital accumulation." New episode here: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-ep…

The best strategy to silence science is to prevent it from happening in the first place. When you see the dismantling of scientific institutions, the weakening of research in some fields, ask yourself what is the evidence those in power are trying to preemptively kill and why.

There are a range of possible ways to reduce risk of shark bites. Electric deterrents is now well-documented to reduce likelihood of bites, but here is a novel way which could be used by surfers in the future: counter-illumination doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

If WA Labor approves this, Australian Labor and @tanyaplibersek will have to decided whether to approve a new export gas project with 4.3 BILLION tonnes of emissions. Should play well in progressive marginal seats in the lead up to the election. australiainstitute.org.au/post/approving…

"They [logging agencies] are going to get an income stream from not logging places they never would have logged but then use that money to continue logging elsewhere in the forest estate." David Lindenmayer on the flaws of a native forest carbon credit scheme #auspol #climate

Shark depredation + bycatch are common at Lord Howe Island. We identified key fisher-shark overlap areas using telemetry and vessel tracking, and collated expert fisher knowledge to aid mitigation efforts link.springer.com/article/10.100…… Australian Marine Parks UWA Oceans Institute IMOS Animal Tracking

Are you interested in conserving biodiversity outside protected areas? We’re hiring a postdoc to work on Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for 2 years. Please share with anyone interested. More information here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

I think it’s quite outrageous that a firm like Exxon gets to speak at a crisis meeting on the failure of the world to move fast enough on emission reductions when it’s been one of the main forces behind the slow action. And continues to expand oil and gas globally.

Oil and gas companies hiding their methane emissions… of course they are! Not hard in Australia given they’re not even measured. Instead they rely on assumptions, made up by, you guessed it… the oil and gas industry. ft.com/content/374e78…

simple and elegant; why we are where we are...

ditto, I'm out of here too, Twitter's turned into the neo Joseph Goebbels new propaganda machine... this is my Bluesky handle Matias Braccini.bsky.social, see you there!