Graham Readfearn

What is ‘renewable gas’ and is it really just around the corner? | Temperature Check The green gas nirvana touted by industry is hydrogen made using renewable energy and biomethane produced from organic waste – and it’s decades away

This has been a while coming. @readfearn.bsky.social raised the issue in 2022

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Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds Study from Nasa and Australian universities shows cloud coverage at the poles has shrunk over past 24 years, but mystery of 2023 global temperature spike remains

this science was undertaken using data from u.s. satellites at the end of their life. trump (and musk) slashed any chance of replacing them.

it is REALLY important that the world stop relying on the united states.

(amazing report from @readfearn.bsky.social)

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Plastics campaigners warn Australia’s pledge at UN needs to be matched with ‘high ambition at home’ Environment minister Murray Watt is returning from oceans conference where he pledged to curb the scourge of plastics and ratify a treaty to protect the high seas

Pleased to be quoted in this excellent piece by @readfearn.bsky.social

#unoceanconference #highseastreaty #marineplastics

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‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

For those who missed it, I recommend this by @readfearn.bsky.social

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CHRIS UHLMANN Fossil fuel haters loudly, proudly living a lie One wonders if journalists at The Guardian ever pause to consider how the material world they live in was made, and where their privileged lifestyle was forged.

Uhlmann continues the memeing

“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs”
“This is what 1.5C above the preindustrial [average temperature] means. Things will get a lot worse before it gets better, and that’s what makes me sad.”
Dr James Gilmore

Also related - by @lisacox.bsky.social

‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

“It was our hope spot”: Vast coral bleaching and now coral death has swept across Western Australia’s coral reefs - many, like the remote Rowley Shoals, were pristine spots. Government scientsts are seriously shaken by what they have seen. From me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia

World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events.
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Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’ Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels

Back from a break.. and straight to an oil and gas conference where Woodside boss Meg O’Neill had some views on young people. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment * Australian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updates * Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Analysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear: the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one new policy. But Anthony Albanese and his climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, emerged with their ambitious goal of the country getting 82% of electricity from solar, wind and hydro by 2030 not just intact, but emphatically endorsed. Labor’s position has been relentlessly attacked by the Coalition, rightwing organisations backed by fossil fuel interests and one of the country’s biggest news media companies. Australians rejected this comprehensively. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air

Tracing the worst coral bleaching event in recorded history – video Two years into the worst coral bleaching event on record, more than 80% of the planet's reefs have been affected

According to data from Coral Reef Watch, the worst global bleaching event on record has now hit more than 80% of the planet’s reefs, prompting scientists to warn that we are in “uncharted territory.”

Read more from @readfearn.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:

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In case you missed it, the @australia.theguardian.com Last Chance series highlights the plight of some of our country’s most beloved species. Why aren't they on the election agenda? bit.ly/3EPv2Ij

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Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds Only one in two Liberal party voters are in favour of lifting the national ban, according to the National Climate Action Survey

This from me: Since Peter Dutton started promoting nuclear as a key plank of the Coalition's energy platform, support for Australia's ongoing ban on nuclear power has actually gone up. Some other fascinating insights on the public's view of nuclear here, including what Coalition voters think.

More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

Probably worth a bit more attention than it is receiving.

“With the ongoing bleaching it’s almost overwhelming the capacity of people to do the monitoring they need to do...that this most recent, global-scale coral bleaching event is still ongoing takes the world’s reefs into uncharted waters."

More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record

- An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

#climatecrisis
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says

From me - "It’s an ashen pallor": More than 80% of the world’s reefs now hit by bleaching during worst global event on record.

‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own With Peter Dutton’s views on climate change in the spotlight, the focus has turned onto whether there will be any policies to reduce emissions in the next decade

‘Bordering on incredible’: Coalition under fire for planning to scrap Labor climate policies and offering none of its own, by @adammorton.bsky.social and @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society says

Grateful to the fella from AIMS on the radio this morning saying if Australia wants the Great Barrier Reef to live, there must be no further coal and gas mining. Grateful to @readfearn.bsky.social and @australia.theguardian.com for taking the real world seriously www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How a Sydney scientist became enamoured with the ‘Ferraris of the crustacean world’ – and discovered a new shrimp species Prof Shane Ahyong discovered ‘brutish’ mantis shrimp so unusual it needed its own new genus

There are not too many stories that are fun to write on this beat, but this was. “Sydney scientist identifies new genus of mantis shrimp, the crustacean that has a punch as fast as a bullet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australia’s next government may be Great Barrier Reef’s last chance after sixth mass bleaching, conservationist says Consecutive and severe bleaching is ‘fundamentally changing’ nature of reef, the International Coral Reef Society says

The Great Barrier Reef was hit by a sixth widespread coral bleaching event since 2016 last summer, the second time the world’s biggest coral reef has seen the phenomenon strike in back-to-back years.

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Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Day 6 of Last Chance series - the koala

Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

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Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Since the koala officially appeared on Australia’s threatened species in 2011 - a step which should offer it more protection - almost 2m hectares of its habitat has gone. Here’s the exclusive, as part of our Last Chance series.

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#Nature #wildlife #habitat #biodiversity #extinction

‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction

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‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems * Explore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this election * Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Australia’s most skilled aerial mammal, the yellow-bellied glider, is on an “inexorable slide” to extinction as global heating creates more extreme bushfires that are robbing the species of the food and tree hollows it relies on to survive. Thanks to large parachutes of skin stretching from their wrists to their ankles, yellow-bellied gliders can travel up to 140 metres in a single jump, the furthest of any Australian mammal, including the larger and better known endangered greater glider. Continue reading...

‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction

‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

This is part of our Last Chance series, looking at the "inexorable slide" to extinction of Australia's incredible Yellow-bellied glider. Watch the video too featuring the tradie, Josh Bowell, who is trying to save them in his corner of Queensland. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Massive swarms of bogong moths once resembled rain clouds – then their numbers crashed to earth Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

On day 3 was the extraordinary story and decline of the bogong moth, deberra.

Video by @lisagrace.bsky.social and story by @petrastock.bsky.social.

A high-flying visitor – the wondrous far eastern curlew – faces fresh threat in NT wetlands haven Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Day 2 was on the threats facing a migratory bird that flies from Russia and China to Australia and back again each year - the far-eastern curlew.

Video by @lisagrace.bsky.social, story by @lisacox.bsky.social.

From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Day 1 was on what's been happening to Western Australia's Carnaby's cockatoo.

Video, again, by the terrific @lisagrace.bsky.social.

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