A few years ago I became aware of the advocacy work done by the Clean Ocean Foundation. They have assessed ocean sewage discharges (treated to differing degrees) at an Australia-wide scale. Read more here (nespmarinecoastal.edu.au/publication/na…)

Join us next Thursday, May 2nd, for our virtual Economics of Mental Health Seminar with
Michelle Escobar 🇺🇦 presenting on 'Can Psychological Interventions Provide Resilience to Negative Shocks?' Time: 12-1 pm AEDT. Sign up for the Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Great update on global EV state of play.

Our communities haven’t been centred nearly enough in the energy transition and this is a moment to do it differently. When really genuine engagement and consent of First Nations communities is done well, the projects actually look considerably different.

abc.net.au/listen/program…

We’re turning 10 at Double J and inviting you to a big all day party! 🖤

abc.net.au/listen/doublej…

We're looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to research high-impact weather systems that cause adverse health impacts. part of Weather of the 21st Century, based at ANU Fenner School For enquires related to the position please contact me. Applications close the 15th May.
lnkd.in/gKucDXhm

New paper with Igor Francetic & Rachel Meacock 🇪🇺

A lot of attention has been paid to reducing 'avoidable' attendances at emergency departments

We looked to see whether these ‘avoidable’ attendances cause detrimental effects for 'non-avoidable' patients
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhea…

Great to see the new street tree planting in the widened & upgraded footpaths being rolled out along Crown St in Surry Hills.
👏👏👏City of Sydney Clover Moore AO
For a better #publicsydney

The science is building against #hydrogen in homes, with an new study showing a sharp increase in #gas leaks from appliances using full or blended hydrogen ow.ly/nKfX50RhO0C

There are no 'laws of economics'. The economy is a social construct that we can choose to reconstruct. The current 'laws of economics', left intact long enough, will slowly reduce home ownership rates until 1% of people own all of the houses. Is that what we want? #housingforall

Mass #coralbleaching . Today's The Age cartoon.

In the loop.
My The Sydney Morning Herald cartoon.

Dear FaceBook/Meta, you are ripping off my fellow Australians by allowing these DeepFake ads of me, to continue promoting worthless 'wellness' products. When this was reported to you, you said it was fine. What will you do to fix this?

Time of use tariffs in the news - it's an important debate - esp. when larger households will struggle to change electricity use during peak times of day.
Without demand reduction technologies and/or a hh battery, why choose time of use?
Energy Consumers Australia
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Thanks for visiting us Giuseppe Moscelli 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇦 ! It was a pleasure having you and learning about your fantastic work. Such an important paper on a very serious issue faced by every country including Australia!

I’m seeing some “free market” simps defending Nature’s 12k open access fees. Guess it’s time to bring this back around.

(New from me): Carbon price should be set at $70 a tonne and rise six-fold by mid-century, says AEMC | Australia news | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

Ok, I’m calling it. Sydney’s autumn is here!
It was chilly at dawn as I took in this dual structure shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge hiding under the ANZAC Bridge.
Why is it colder at dawn than before dawn? I’ve had it explained to me before, but it didn’t make sense.

What a debacle!

ARC 'Board positions are not open to individuals employed by an organisation in receipt of grant funding from the ARC'

That's in the ad for ARC Board members!

It locks out *anyone* at unis from ARC Board, incl. actual researchers!

For those interested, DCCEEW have published the submissions to the #FirstNations #CleanEnergy Strategy.
90 submissions made. There are 68 published responses on the website & 22 were confidential
app.converlens.com/climate-au/fir…