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It’s two years since we were told ‘the age of fossil fuels will end’. When will Australia get prepared for what’s coming?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/dec/10/the-age-of-fossil-fuels-will-end-coal-gas-exports-australiaA recent report by Oil Change International found Australia led the world in expanding its oil and gas industries between 2015 and 2024, increasing production by 77%. ... read full post
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Local fishermen want netting banned in Broke Inlet
https://www.mbtimes.com.au/news/manjimup-bridgetown-times/we-warned-them-13-years-ago-south-coast-fishers-say-government-ignored-warnings-as-fish-stocks-decline-c-20942764A Manjimup fisherman says the State Government has ignored more than a decade of community warnings about declining fish stocks, amid fears the recent West Coast gillnet ban will create new pressures further south. ... read full post
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Climate Nobel Prize – Continuing Alfred Nobel’s Legacy for the 21st Century
https://www.climatenobelprize.org/6
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Energy blueprint shake-up as 'market moves faster than the systems plan'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/aemo-isp-slashes-wind-forecasts-as-solar-batteries-rise/106120076Some key quotes from the article, ... read full post
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(2024) How Ziga Dorkic built his own solar-powered electric vehicle for a few hundred dollars
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-17/ziga-dorkic-solar-powered-van/10347237622
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South Australian bus ads misled public by claiming gas is ‘clean and green’, regulator finds
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/06/south-australia-bus-advertising-natural-gas-clean-green18
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Solar and wind reach 100 pct of demand in biggest isolated grid, as batteries allow it to keep its thermals on
https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wind-reach-100-pct-of-demand-in-biggest-isolated-grid-as-batteries-allow-it-to-keep-its-thermals-on/13
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Scores of baby birds displaced by land clearing for renewables project
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/10608576412
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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/30/rising-tide-protest-climate-activists-stop-three-ships-from-entering-worlds-largest-coal-port-in-newcastle31
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The Coalition’s tortuous decision to abandon the climate target was built on a big lie
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22187/2kl21FlScross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/30846832
The Coalition’s tortuous decision to abandon the climate target was built on a big lie, that the recent increases in power prices are the result of the transition to renewables – even though wholesale electricity prices have been falling.
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Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/29/police-charge-11-protesters-after-climate-flotilla-prevents-coal-ship-from-entering-newcastle-harbour20
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First confirmed cases of H5 bird flu on Australian Island - BirdLife Australia
https://birdlife.org.au/news/first-confirmed-cases-of-h5-bird-flu-on-australian-island/Edit: If you suspect a bird is sick or there are unusual deaths avoid touching it, take photos or videos and record the location if possible. Report it all to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline 1800 675 888 https://birdlife.org.au/h5-bird-flu-avoid-record-report/
There’s also AviFluMap https://birdlife.org.au/h5n1-avian-influenza/
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A moment that changed me: I adopted a koala, he bit me – and I remembered something important about myself
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/26/a-moment-that-changed-me-adopted-koala-remembered-something-important-about-myself15
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/27/labor-strikes-deal-with-greens-to-pass-long-awaited-overhaul-of-nature-protection-laws20
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Australia way off track to meet 2035 emissions goals
https://archive.ph/gSBlP22
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[Petition]Stop Deep Sea Mining Before it Starts - Greenpeace Australia Pacific
https://www.greenpeace.org.au/our-work/oceans/deep-sea-mining/Our Deep Sea ecosystems are some of the most uncharted in the world. But before we get to fully understand them, we could lose them.
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That syncon feeling: the 150 tonnes of spinning steel that could help stabilise Australia’s energy transition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/23/australia-largest-synchronous-condenser-victoria-spinning-engine-could-stabilise-energy-transitionThe capital cost of a synchronous condenser roughly the size of Ararat’s is $137m, according to a report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo). One study suggests that in a 100% renewable energy system, the equivalent of up to 40 machines could be required across the electricity grid.
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COP30 sidesteps fossil fuels, boosts climate aid for poor nations
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/cop30-climate-deal-sidesteps-fossil-fuels/106042660triple the money they provide to others for adapting to a warming world by 2035
omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it
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The silent mineral deficiency no one talks about
https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/the-silent-mineral-deficiency-no-one-talks-about,20410Once rich with magnesium and life, Australia’s soils are running on empty — and so are we ... read full post
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Free power as wind farms grind to a halt. What’s happening?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-10/renewable-energy-spilled-as-generation-outgrows-demand-/105929716I did not notice this but every year we are getting closer
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/two-out-of-three-corals-in-world-heritage-listed-ningaloo-reef-are-dead`>Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said. ... read full post
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“Every component of my life was attacked:” How wind farm misinformation tore community apart
https://reneweconomy.com.au/every-component-of-my-life-was-attacked-how-wind-farm-misinformation-tore-community-apart/6
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[Request] Company for a battery quote. SE Melbourne
I went through SolarQuotes.com.au to get an idea of battery installation prices. I've already got 6.6kw of solar. ... read full post
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