Ben Smedley

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction.

Add your name to the petition to phase out fossil fuels
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Motherfucking wind farms…

‘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

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Pope Bag of Crisps III

Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

Footage shows coral bleaching at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef – video Conservationists are calling for urgent government action as a prolonged heatwave affects the renowned reef

Continued fossil fuel emissions are a “death warrant” for #Ningaloo - and also for other tropical reefs including the Great Barrier Reef.

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Arsenal must sign a disappointing left 8 every summer, so they can become a highly impactful striker in every February

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

Living in Perth, Western Australia so don’t get to The Emirates much anymore.

Watch every game hoping for a goodly morning!

Glad to see you on this site

The Truth About Kids Getting ‘Hyped Up’ on Sugar It’s not the candy — it’s the confirmation bias

Fun fact: there's no evidence that sugar actually makes children hyperactive

In fact, parents usually can't tell whether their kids have had sugary vs sugar free candy in scientific investigations

Some good(ish) news for Halloween!
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The West Australian goes big on Woodside’s ‘keeping the lights on’ claim but keeps readers in ... Newspaper endorses CEO Meg O’Neill’s position the company’s gas is needed to keep the state’s lights on but doesn’t mention the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...