Adam Morton

The red goshawk is at risk of extinction - and of being eliminated on day one of the Australian #birdoftheyear competition! Can you/will you save it? Here is @readfearn.bsky.social on why you should care: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds @birdlifeoz.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com

nice to hear from you Ed. hope you are well.

I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me

I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth - Sean Dooley

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

Vote early/often.

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‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? by @lisacox.bsky.social #birdoftheyear #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve

Column today

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Matt Kean on Australia’s future in a climate crisis Podcast Episode · Australian Politics · 19/09/2025 · 33m

Had a conversation with Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean.

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Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts Figure amounts to a $60bn fall by 2030 any any future scenario of emissions reduction in Australia, modelling predicts

Change is coming, question is how fast.

Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports could plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts

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In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko Some Māori believe that when they die, their spirit travels up New Zealand to the tip of the North Island – souls flying like birds

amid the noise and news, this piece was beautiful today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australia news live: Albanese to announce new emissions reduction target; annual migration numbers continue to fall Follow live

Via @danjb.bsky.social: 2035 target is 62-70% below 2005 levels.

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Australia news live: Kmart breached customer privacy by capturing all shoppers’ faces, commissioner finds Follow live

That said - if you want to place a bet on the target you've got 18 minutes. Announcement at 12. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Put another way - look forward to talking about the latter.

Thought before a busy arvo - 2035 target matters (frames policy ambition, is an investment signal) but will mean little to most people - and doesn't ultimately decide what emissions will be. There is no ETS.

What matters most are the policies/steps/etc needed to deliver transformational change.

India to Spend $570 Million to Help Steel Companies Decarbonize India plans to roll out a 50 billion rupee ($570 million) program to encourage steel producers to cut emissions, a top government official said.

This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the political resolve? | Erwin Jackson The National Adaptation Plan is only a small step towards a comprehensive strategy to build resilience into Australia’s economy

Erwin Jackson on where Australia is at on climate adaptation and what is needed is worth a read

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I’m not sure this piece is correctly interpreted as optimism.

Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects | Temperature Check Nationals senator Matt Canavan and Sky presenter Chris Kenny line up to misinterpret and misquote report in effort to press case against net zero

Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects
- Temperature Check by @readfearn.bsky.social

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i think they are significantly different to Trump's lies

‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns

‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

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The government has laid out the perils of the climate crisis – but will Albanese meet the moment? Grave remarks on the potential shocks to people, property and the economy are all too familiar. Putting a credible number on the emissions target is the harder part

Words today.

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<Reads the papers, turns on the radio, screams into the void>

Good morning, everyone.

Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warns Climate risk assessment find heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C

Millions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths could soar, landmark climate report warns

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Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month

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Hooray, huzzah, happy days - it’s @australia.theguardian.com Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on #teamganggang - nominate your favourite Australian bird now.

Labor will announce its 2035 emissions target this week. Here’s how it could shape Australia’s next decade Announcements to reveal ‘scary’ risks posed by climate crisis and how the government intends to combat it

Labor will announce its 2035 emissions target this week. Here’s how it could shape Australia’s next decade

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Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’ Australia’s soon to be announced emissions reduction target for 2035 will say a lot about how Labor will prioritise dealing with the climate crisis

More context on what he said here

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Offshore wind was touted as a key part of Australia’s energy transition – but does it still have a future? Plans to have first turbines spinning by 2032 look increasingly unlikely as investors back out of multiple projects – but proponents say benefits will flow once industry established

Offshore wind was touted as a key part of Australia’s energy transition – but does it still have a future?

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Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw Government rules out using taxpayer funds to buy off competing bid as Pacific leaders urge Turkey to step aside as an ‘act of good faith’

Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw

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Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art Approval met with fury from conservation groups and the Greens, who called it a ‘betrayal’ of Australians who want climate action

Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art

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Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’ Australia’s soon to be announced emissions reduction target for 2035 will say a lot about how Labor will prioritise dealing with the climate crisis

Chris Bowen’s defining climate moment is nigh. And he knows what it means ‘if we get it wrong’

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Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualified

Story from last month. Murray Watt repeated this commitment yesterday. But what will qualify as a no-go zone?

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