Jo Lauder
@jolauder
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Host of Who's Gonna Save Us? and Saving the Franklin. Currently covering climate with ABC. These are my views. Find me on Bluesky! @jolauder.bsky.social
Naarm / Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2010
I’m so excited to share this… @triplejHack and @RadioNational’s science crew have teamed up on a podcast! It’s called Who’s Gonna Save Us and it’s about climate change, but not in the way you think. It’s about solutions and the people fighting for them. https://t.co/es7rYrj8NZ
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Big story from ABC's @jcobevans. Senator Canavan says the Coalition is latching onto nuclear ..."as a silver bullet, as a panacea because it fixes a political issue for us, that it's low-emission and it's reliable. But it ain't the cheapest form of power." https://t.co/DlSMI6pDKm
abc.net.au
Nationals senator Matthew Canavan has said in an interview that his party introduced a nuclear policy as a political fix, in a video that emerges amid his colleague Keith Pitt announcing he will quit...
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Four now! Here’s @MikeySlezak on the decisions and that tweet. https://t.co/NL2isXA3zP
abc.net.au
Minutes after officially recommending a "greenfield" coal mine be approved in Queensland, and approving extensions to three others, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek boldly declared no new coal...
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Three coal mine EXTENSIONS, however, appear to have been approved today.
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Total energy investment worldwide is on track to exceed $3 trillion in 2024 for the first time And global spending on clean energy is set to reach almost double the amount going to fossil fuels More in World Energy Investment 2024 → https://t.co/IXsvLyM5Am
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Sea surface temperatures in waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef this year reached their warmest levels in more than 400 years. @benhenley
https://t.co/MfRCLTf2np
abc.net.au
Scientists have been able to look at corals like tree rings to work out how warm the Coral Sea has been each summer across four centuries. They say the results reveal an alarmingly urgent need to...
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I adore Spike Fuck, his music got lodged in my brain and heart in 2017, so it's nice to know I'm not alone. Loved this @theparis_end
https://t.co/lzRxMKeGZH
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China is relying primarily on domestically produced resources for energy security—not #LNG imports. Claims about the necessity of LNG as a "bridge fuel" from #coal to #renewables should be approached with skepticism. More in our new fact sheet:
ieefa.org
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is often pitched as a transition fuel that can help countries reduce coal usage amid the switch to renewable energy. However, evidence from China, the world’s largest coal...
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Thirty eight years ago today (June 26, 1986 ) elite politicians sitting on the "Australian Environment Council" were schooled on #climate change by CSIRO scientists. #auspol #ClimateEmergency
https://t.co/sg0zLQSvz8
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New piece about the Walkleys' ongoing sponsorship deal with fossil fuel, which forces journalists to choose between industry recognition & self-respect. Thx to @jonkudelka @firstdogonmoon @alisoncroggon @jo_m_chandler @joellegergis + many others https://t.co/1KVV4AdGN3
crikey.com.au
The Walkley Foundation is forcing journalists to pick between industry recognition and self-respect.
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No one Buys Books. Out of 58,000 books published in one year "90 percent of them sold fewer than 2,000 copies and 50 percent sold less than a dozen copies." Book publishing is essentially venture capitalism. https://t.co/PWjCBhlvVB
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A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil company. From me and @_LisaMCox in The Guardian: https://t.co/06zTw3E4Dp
theguardian.com
Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say
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Plug-in hybrids are a massive 3.5x dirtier than claimed, meaning they barely cut CO2 vs pure petrol/diesel Meanwhile, petrol cars are nearly 25% dirtier & less fuel efficient than claimed – Real-world data published by European Commission https://t.co/zqtPhZFQ1I
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You’re not closing the street to cars, you’re opening it to people. https://t.co/pNxvJLEOka
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I spent 18 months visiting disaster zones, hanging out with hell raisers and learning about the Australian oil and gas industry. Now I can finally share the cover of my latest book -- it's looking pretty... slick. It's out 1 August -- find more here: https://t.co/UAqEwn8R1i
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"I can do my entire work commute for like five to 10 bucks a week … it's ridiculously cheap." "I'm basically saving, between petrol and servicing, $5,500 to $6,000 a year," Fantastic story here from @jolauder
https://t.co/0J34TNaSkx
abc.net.au
Nanda, who lives about 60km from Melbourne's CBD, says he's saved up to $6,000 a year thanks to switching to an electric car. He's part of a growing trend that has seen EV sales in outer suburbs boom...
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My latest for ABC Climate: does the drug dealer’s defence still stack up in climate cases? https://t.co/qSJBSqkLls
abc.net.au
As Queensland environmentalists continue to fight looming coal mine approvals, Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is relying on arguments that have come under increasing scrutiny in...
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Came across this incredible statistic while doing research for an article about Perth. The average summer maximum temperature at Perth Airport has increased by ~3ºC since 1910. That's more than double the national warming trend!
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Why don't we just put our powerlines underground? 1. It would cost more than $2.5million per km (according to AusGrid) which works out to be nearly DOUBLE last year's ENTIRE state budget That's 15 times more than having lines above ground and would take 40 YEARS #springst
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Campaigners rightly say it could and should have gone further, but Barclays saying it won't provide finance to new oil and gas projects is still a big deal and part of an increasingly substantial trend.
businessgreen.com
Bank’s revised Climate Change Statement promises to halt financing for energy firms' upstream oil and gas expansion projects or related infrastructure
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