Sybilla Gross
@SybillaGross
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Reporting all things precious metals w @business. Podcast lover. Mediocre plant mother. Views my own. [email protected] for tips
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2017
Gleeful news for Sydney’s mischievous seagulls this week. (Watch to the end for birds aggressively swiping my brunch.)
Smashed avo on toast at slashed prices? Australia is swimming in avocados after lockdowns canceled cafe brunches for months. @SybillaGross explains the glut https://t.co/e9a35PDpmB
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Excellent reporting on the business of Australian water by @AngusWhitley1 @SybillaGross @cynduja and Peter Waldman
Water has the power to make or break livelihoods. On the world's driest inhabited continent, it's also making a few big investors very rich. Read The Big Take ⬇️
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The water trade is booming and sucking Australia dry. This story is a must-read for all Australians, & impressive work by my colleagues, including @SybillaGross & @AngusWhitley1 ⬇ https://t.co/8LEp73pOgD
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Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes are named among bidder groups seeking to acquire Australia’s Sun Cable after the clean energy startup collapsed following a dispute between the billionaires https://t.co/TLkBYZUZRI via @business
bloomberg.com
Billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes, whose dispute over strategy prompted the collapse of Australia’s Sun Cable, are among parties who’ve made offers to acquire the clean energy...
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Australia’s government is mounting a defense of natural gas even as it seeks to accelerate cuts in emissions in one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters w @Ben_Westcott
https://t.co/HHdO1hm2NO via @business
bloomberg.com
Australia’s government is mounting a defense of natural gas even as it seeks to accelerate cuts in emissions in one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters.
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This is an enzyme called "Huc." Scientists say it may power your cellphone someday 🦠📱 Huc can produce a small electrical current by consuming hydrogen in the air, acting like a "natural battery" that generates power from almost nothing By @SybillaGross
https://t.co/FjFAhOtbbg
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Soaring energy costs are squeezing global ski resorts already reeling from the impacts of climate change - via @shoko_oda
https://t.co/bVbxMIheH5 via @business
bloomberg.com
Higher electricity and fuel prices pose another challenge for global winter resorts already reeling from the impacts of climate change.
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Plant blogs are always like, “if your plant is dying, it could either be because of too much water, or not enough. Or it could be too much sunlight, or too little.” It could also be because I looked at it the wrong way and didn’t remember its birthday? How is this helpful?
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"Ardern will be remembered as an extraordinary crisis manager and a trail-blazer for working women." https://t.co/eqe3acY0Bf via @bpolitics
bloomberg.com
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced she is stepping down in a shock resignation ahead of a general election later this year.
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If there’s to be any hope of halting global temperatures from rising more than 2C this century, it will require a mammoth scaling up of carbon dioxide removal technologies to vacuum up billions of tons of the stuff from the atmosphere. https://t.co/hipWOZ8yhS via @business
bloomberg.com
Study finds that engineered approaches for CO2 removal must increase by a factor of at least 1,300 by mid-century.
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The elusive dream of a subsea power grid sending clean energy across Asia has hit a new setback: feuding billionaires. via @SStapczynski
https://t.co/cGArMYcEag via @business
bloomberg.com
The elusive dream of a subsea power grid sending clean energy across Asia has hit a new setback: feuding billionaires.
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Billionaire Andrew Forrest is reviewing proposals to take control of the struggling Sun Cable project to export solar power to Singapore via a 4,200-km submarine cable. Any potential deal would require the exit of the existing management team https://t.co/3956WDVbve via @markets
bloomberg.com
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest is reviewing proposals including a potential deal to take control of the struggling Sun Cable project to export solar power to Singapore via a 4,200-kilometer...
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Australia’s largest polluters would need to cut emissions by at least 4.9% a year by 2030 as the nation starts cranking down allowances under efforts to hit net zero by mid-century https://t.co/Mb8YGFBtl4 via @business
bloomberg.com
Australia’s largest polluters would need to cut emissions by at least 4.9% a year by 2030 as the nation starts cranking down allowances under efforts to hit net zero by mid-century.
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China is buying Australian coal again 🇨🇳 🤝 🇦🇺 🪨 One of China’s top coal buyers struck a deal this week for Australian cargoes slated for February delivery 🚢 Beijing is moving to ease an unofficial ban on Australian coal that’s been in place since 2020 https://t.co/biafn6oEvo
bloomberg.com
One of China’s biggest coal importers struck a deal for Australian cargoes and others are already in talks for purchases as curbs on imports from the producer are eased.
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One of China’s biggest coal importers struck a deal for Australian cargoes and others are already in talks for purchases as curbs on imports from the producer are eased @cangsizhi @SStapczynski
https://t.co/N7sYznByT1 via @business
bloomberg.com
One of China’s biggest coal importers struck a deal for Australian cargoes and others are already in talks for purchases as curbs on imports from the producer are eased.
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I’ll be on the energy beat for the next 3 months with Bloomberg’s best. (Seriously, the year’s hardly begun and already the China scoops are flowing.) Here’s the latest from us: https://t.co/4thp9KiquC via @markets
bloomberg.com
Chinese buyers need to act fast to secure guaranteed supplies of Australian coal as a ban on imports is eased, according to a key shipper of the fuel.
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Chinese women found a new voice to demand change in 2022. The government’s tentative response suggests tensions may only deepen in the coming year
bloomberg.com
Chinese women found a new voice to demand change in 2022. The government’s tentative response suggests tensions may only deepen in the coming year.
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In just one year, investors’ bullish exuberance for commodities has turned into a spectacular retreat
bloomberg.com
Sharp daily fluctuations in prices have market players bowing out.
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Our growing global dependence on just a few crops makes us vulnerable — but some countries are trying to reverse the trend. Read the Big Take ⬇️-- you'll definitely learn a thing or two! https://t.co/9ZdjNuvaYj via @bbgvisualdata
bloomberg.com
The convergence of global diets means just three crops provide 50% of the world’s calories. When shocks come, they hurt.
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Australians may be forced to curb their appetite for hot chips as a potato shortage forces Coles to impose a purchase limit. https://t.co/pFl5rG1TRQ via @business
bloomberg.com
Australians looking forward to demolishing a serving (or three) of fries at home this summer may be forced to curb their appetite after a top grocer restricted purchases following a potato shortage.
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If you read one thing today, make sure it's this. So powerful.
Last year a particularly bad tweet aimed at Black players after England lost in the Euro finals swept property firm Savills into the spotlight
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