The Greens will call News Corp Australia executives to appear before a Senate inquiry into greenwashing over a series of front pages promoting gas without clearly disclosing a commercial relationship with gas companies.
The top graph is South Australia's energy grid. The bottom is Queensland's. Yellow is solar, green is wind, orange is gas, purple is imports, and black is coal.
Over the last week, Queensland used 27.3% renewable power, and South Australia used 81.4%. Source: https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/au/
Living down here you realise Tasmania is an ecological disaster area, truly horrifying
:( and it's only getting worse..
I had this argumwnt with a few people.. :(
Contrary to Newscorp and Barnaby's bullshit rhetoric
Sigh :(
I'mma start an instagram about the moths and insects in my kitchen every night.
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Soft coral grippers, with a side order of AI.
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A longer piece about the people and environment of Lord Howe Island.
The New South Wales supreme court has set aside a Minns government decision to cut off access to Newcastle harbour to try to prevent a four-day climate protest. ... read full post
Healthy coastal ecosystems like mangroves, seagrasses, and saltmarshes can provide an incredible array of services to both people and nature. They provide nursery habitat for fish and crabs, feeding areas for shorebirds, help improve water quality and protect communities and homes from storm surge events and flooding. They can also absorb and store carbon at concentrations up to four times higher than terrestrial forests and retain the carbon in sediment for millennia. ... read full post
Reefs across the north of the Great Barrier Reef have seen “substantial losses” of coral cover after a summer of extreme heat, two cyclones and major flooding, according to the first results of surveys from government marine scientists. ... read full post
This discussion thread is for all things COP29, with a particular focus on Australia and our close partners New Zealand and the Pacific. So state your objectives for this COP29, along with your personal and professional links to the fossil fuel lobby to gain entry here! /j ... read full post
Interesting, certainly runs counter to prevailing narrative.