(New from me): ‘Where’s the accountability?’: Indigenous elders decry ‘irreparable’ coalmine damage to heritage sites

We can bow to political antics and atmospherics — but the atmosphere keeps count. Nature can’t be fooled. Failure to act on climate change betrays our kids and their kids — and puts the Coalition on a surer path to political wilderness. My op-ed 👇 https://t.co/7vsj0C7CCL

A close-run thing with last month virtually tied as the equal second hottest on record for mean temperatures. 2015’s October was about half a degree warmer…with an anomaly of more than 3C above the 1961-90 yardstick: (via BoM) https://t.co/562tBYR5On

Let’s be clear: Tomago’s crisis isn’t about renewables. It’s about the soaring price of fossil fuels that still dominate Australia’s power mix. The real risk to industry is delay, not decarbonisation. My analysis in today’s @FinancialReview:

The diesel rebate for big mining made sense in the past. It doesn’t now. The future is electric — safer, cleaner, cheaper and more efficient. We should be incentivising that transition, not paying miners to burn diesel. #NetZero #CleanEconomy

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Queensland’s energy roadmap picks 2015 as it’s ‘reference’ weather year… that looks a bit odd: https://t.co/9WzcTEgRsS

Monthly weather charts are out for September for Australia: https://t.co/mq7TuALLPS

Australia’s southeast turned dry again in September: https://t.co/dGQ3UrVdHl

Wow. The US Energy Department has withdrawn its scam climate report and disbanded its „Climate Working Group“ in order to dodge a law suit against the scam. They must have realized that this scam report by a few „climate skeptics“ is indefensible nonsense. https://t.co/HbVObOw3n2

How Australia fared in August and winter for temperatures and rainfall:

HISTORIC DAY for #Japan 🇯🇵 Central Japan's Isesaki hit 41.8°C/107F on Tuesday — the highest #temperature ever recorded in the country. It broke the previous national record of 41.2°C/106F, set just 6 days ago.🔥

Trump’s proposed climate cuts don’t just hit the US — they threaten Australia’s ability to forecast bushfires, floods and heatwaves. The science we rely on is global. My piece in the SMH:

This is absolutely astonishing & historic. Finland has recorded 20 consecutive days of temperatures >30°C. The previous record was 13 days in 1972.

🚨South Australia’s coast is under siege from a toxic algal bloom, killing marine life and crippling fisheries. This isn’t a warning—it’s the bill of past climate denial and delay. #auspol #SAalgaeCrisis

Great to speak at @UNSW’s State of Energy Research Conference today. Falling solar & battery prices are reshaping our energy future. Power to the people has never been so close. Move over, QLD — we’re all sunshine states now! ☀️⚡️

Honoured to meet His Excellency Kazuhiro Suzuki, Japan’s ambassador to Australia. We discussed ways our two nations could cooperate on cutting carbon emissions and battling climate change. The cooperation could also extend to efforts to help our neighbours in the region.

🌏🔥 We should not need more wake-up calls on the need to act on climate change — but here is yet another, in the gruesome form of dead dolphins, sharks, penguins, and other marine species washing up dead in SA. Check out my op-ed in the @FinancialReview https://t.co/GmetXbTjcS

China’s renewable energy rollout is extraordinary — and speeding up. This year alone, China plans to install 380GW of solar (vs ~40GW total in Australia) and 140GW of wind (vs ~13GW in Australia).

Oceans soak up 90%+ of excess heat — and the consequences are hitting SA hard right now. Australia can’t afford to wait. We need a coordinated climate strategy, as @PhillipCoorey argues powerfully in @FinancialReview. https://t.co/FgmhOC4cqq

#Japan recorded its HOTTEST JUNE since records began in 1898 — and with a jaw-dropping anomaly! National average #temperature was +2.34°C above normal, breaking the previous record of +1.43°C in 2020, according to JMA. SST near Japan matched the June record set in 2024.