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Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya Plibersek

Absolutely on point for Australia's Labor government: they perceive any environmental issue as solved if they successfully sell it to the people as solved. There is no physicality or reality to any of these problems: just polls and perception and focus groups.

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Santos ruling could deter other law firms taking action, experts warn Australia’s biggest enviro-law charity is scrambling to recover financially, after copping a $9 million legal bill in a high-profile loss against Santos. Experts fear it puts the entire future of envi...

Australian fossil fuel giant Santos’ pursuit of the Environmental Defenders Office could lead to its closure.

This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
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Plibersek praised nature positive deal with Pocock and Greens as ‘critical’ before PM scrapped it, documents reveal Correspondence released under freedom of information shows the importance minister placed on agreement

This is truly shameful. Years of work wasted and the Australian public interest sacrificed to MAGA billionaires and fossil fuels. The sixth mass extinction is underway and we’re passing 1.5C of climate catastrophe.

A "well-organised campaign" with "links to a climate change lobby." The "puppet" narrative began taking shape on Day 1 of @elliesmith4dickson.bsky.social's campaign.

Well done, @couriermail.bsky.social hack Brendan O'Malley. That's the way to get ahead ...
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Western pygmy possum on Euan Ritchie's hand.

Euan Ritchie holding two Wilkerr (dingo) pups.

Two special moments from the Little Desert Nature Lodge last year, before yesterday's devastating fire destroyed this cherished place. Unless we act on climate change such tragedies will become more common.

L - Western pygmy possum R - Wilkerr (dingo) pups
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A Red-tailed Phascogale pauses and looks over its shoulder in the middle of climbing a branch. It is a small mammal, a bit bigger than a mouse with big ears, grey fur, little pink feet and a long tail which has orange-red fur on the first half and a black, brushy tip.

This week at Mt Gibson, we're conducting a trapping survey to check in one the reintroduced Red-tailed Phascogale population. Here's on stopping to take in its surroundings after being released back into the wild.
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Lol. Dutton making the inevitable pivot from Greenie bashing to commie scaremongering.

The Queensland government pretends this is about evidence-based health.

But for the Christofascists in charge, this is pushing the Deep North version of MAGA.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights.

Garden essentials; flowers for pollinators, water bowls for heatwaves, hamster wheel for fun

Marine heatwave suspected cause of mass fish deaths in WA Authorities believe marine heatwave conditions may have led to the death of around 30,000 fish at Gnoorea Beach, south of Karratha.

30,000 fish have washed up dead on WA’s Pilbara coast. Authorities have linked the deaths to a climate-change-driven marine heatwave that is expected to continue over the next few weeks. This should be a wakeup call. Urgent #ClimateAction is needed to protect marine life, biodiversity & communities.

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Women sleeping in cars after escaping violence not a 'solution', say experts Domestic violence services in NSW are at 150 per cent capacity, with short-term refuge solutions like car parks being viewed as a response to the immediate crisis.

"I've been living mostly in my car for almost five years now after fleeing domestic violence"

In a nation as wealthy as Australia, it is obscene that #homelessness in growing.
While landlords get huge tax breaks.
And large corporations avoid tax with impunity.
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Agree. He's far less charismatic than Trump but it gives Trump supporters encouragement to consider voting for him.

Good News 24 Jan 2025 Finally a decision against PEP-11, Aussie billionaire doing good, a new type of farming called agrivoltaics, check out what renewables are where, and see the photo of the endangered red goshawk in …

People from Manly to Newcastle are relieved to hear that offshore gas mining exploration has been cancelled. knittingnannas.org/2025/01/24/g...

Traditional Western allies of the US should be working fast to put together their own alliance in the face of a more aggressive, transactional, and frankly imperialist US administration. The longer they wait, the worse things will get.

Heatwave set to ease for some Queenslanders, but warnings issued The weather bureau is predicting a reprieve from heatwave conditions in parts of Queensland, but temperatures will still be brutal in some areas.

The weather bureau is predicting a reprieve from heatwave conditions in parts of Queensland, but temperatures will still be brutal in some areas.

Federal Labor: Urgently apply the water trigger to Beetaloo fracking Australians working together to protect our land, our water and our future.

Last week about 2,000 litres of contaminated fracking waste water was pumped onto vegetation in the Beetaloo Basin. Tanya Plibersek must use the water trigger to protect the health of First Nations communities and our environment. Take action by emailing your MP here: www.lockthegate.org.au/beetaloo

Disrupt Burrup Hub said WA authorities have relentlessly pursued its activists for standing up to Woodside — “even campaigners who weren’t even present at the actions they were charged in relation to”. www.greenleft.org.au/content/disr...

Pressure works.

Labor says it will increase the fed share of public school funding to 25% and eliminate the 4% deduction loophole, which teacher unions and the Greens have been pushing for.

But it looks like 100% funding is STILL a decade away. We look forward to more details in the coming days.

= 10 PHILADELPHIA NEWS Watch News 24/7 Trump says he will approve power plants for Al through emergency declaration By Spencer Kimball,CNBC • Published January 23, 2025⚫ Updated on January 23, 2025 at 3:27 pm f RESIDE Bloomberg Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump makes a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. • President Donald Trump said he will expedite the construction of power plants for artificial • intelligence through an emergency declaration. Trump said the plants can use whatever fuel they want, including coal. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will expedite the construction of power plants for artificial

Tech is in league with both authoritarianism and the fossil fuel industry

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Fern under a gum tree looking up all green.

Hello #FernFriday

Wild to me that people, even progressives, continue to cast environmental protestors as elites when this is the reality.

I still hear a lot of arguments on the left that we can persuade or recruit M*GA but I think it's naive, and privileged, to downplay them choosing violence, and there are a lot of other, more viable people to engage in progressive politics.

Logging continues in forests earmarked for Great Koala National Park There are calls for an end to logging in forests being considered for the Great Koala National Park, as the government signals that it's close to completing the required assessment process.

Calls for end to logging in NSW state forests assessed for the Great Koala National Park www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Illustrating why environmental movements often back some kind of economic justice or protest the real 1% elites

Sleeping on beaches and staying social: how Australians kept cool in heatwaves before modern technology In 1939, Adelaide endured 13 straight days of extreme heat – residents’ diaries from the time reveal old-fashioned cooling strategies.

"Our research examines how people in the past understood and adapted to extreme weather — without the contemporary comforts of airconditioning and refrigeration"

Important in the context of the likelihood of extreme climate-intensified heatwaves knocking out power --->>

GRANT Statement on Arrest of Ruth Langford in Eastern Tiers - Tasmanian Times Media release – Grassroots Action Network Tasmania (GRANT), 21 January 2025 Statement on Arrest of Ruth Langford in Lutruwita’s Eastern Tiers Grassroots Action Network Tasmania (GRANT) expresses full ...

Grassroots Action Network Tasmania (GRANT): solidarity and admiration for respected Aboriginal community member Ruth Langford (Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung) who was arrested protecting native forests in lutruwita’s Eastern Tiers.
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Climate obstruction online is more coordinated by petrochemical industry actors than most people recognise