Graham Readfearn
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Climate and environment correspondent for @GuardianAus https://t.co/OtqwP6hKiw Dad. Burnley fan. Opinions mine.
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Joined November 2008
It’s finally here. Every day this week our major @GuardianAus investigative podcast series Australia v The climate. Part 1: Kyoto.. government insiders tell us how Australia struck a special deal that made “meeting and beating” targets easy.
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This is the story of how Australia’s behaviour across decades has made it a climate change outcast. In the first episode we hear how Australia managed to increase its emissions under a climate deal...
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On Monday, The Australian's p1 lead story said mining giant Glencore had "urged the Albanese government to slow down the transition from coal to renewables" But Glencore told me its position was "the transition should NOT be slowed" Exclusive story here.
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Exclusive: Glencore says it did not call on federal government to slow shift from coal to renewables, contradicting News Corp paper’s front-page quotation
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Here’s the latest Temperature Check column, looking at the new Sky News Aus documentary “The Real Cost of Net Zero”, plus, coal is apparently a“transition fuel” now.
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Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?
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@readfearn Could we please have this in Threadreader so that it can be posted to FB and Insta.
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What Smith didn't say, is the solar and battery have saved $1.5m in diesel costs in two years. Some 709,000 less litres of diesel have been burned on the island since the system went in, according to a report from ARENA.
arena.gov.au
This report documents an overview of the project, how it’s achieved its objectives and lessons learned during the process.
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But have costs gone up? I asked the LHI board, and they said electricity charges have risen by only 10% between 2021 and 2024. Here's a statement from an LHI Board spokesperson.
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He said: "What has now come out is they are now paying 90c a kwh for their electricity." But electricity charges on the island are as low as 26c/kwh. Here's the island's charge list.
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Too late to include in the column, but Dick Smith claimed that on Lord Howe island, people were paying 90c kw/h for electricity after solar and a battery were installed. This compared with 25c in Sydney. 1/n
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Latest Temperature Check column is out, looking at millionaire Dick Smith's rant against renewables on ABC radio show Australia All Over, and the misinformed claims on electricity prices and blackouts.
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Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe
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No climate change portfolio or minister in the new Queensland LNP government. Energy shifted into Treasurer’s portfolio.
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Likely new state LNP MP Amanda Stoker talks to ABC on nuclear in Queensland. “If it became part of the federal scene, we should look at it.”
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Two years ago @algore was congratulating Queensland for a plan to get off coal. Now climate advocates are worried a state election could halt the momentum.
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The Liberal National party’s reluctance to say how it would meet the state’s emissions reduction targets while backing coal-fired power has become an election issue
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We went to see how a Gondwanan rainforest that burned in Black Summer five years ago was “recovering”. These trees with ancient lineages are still dying.
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Rainforest trees at Nightcap national park have not evolved to deal with bushfires, leaving the landscape vulnerable for years after major burns
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I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow.
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An atmospheric scientist and weathercaster explains why his warnings about Hurricane Helene were not universally well-received, one viewer accusing him of being a “climate militant” and another...
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Temperature Check column is out. How conservatives got outraged by a call to eat less red meat that was never actually made. Plus, checking a claim net zero will mean more expensive energy.
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Climate Change Authority’s report didn’t even contain a recommendations section, let alone a command to eat less red meat
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I’m on the @GuardianAus podcast Full Story today talking about the record-breaking late winter heat and the bushfire risk for spring.
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Climate and environment reporter Graham Readfearn tells Reged Ahmad about the forces behind the unseasonable weather and the outlook for bushfires
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Large parts of the NT and Queensland, as well as a big area west of Melbourne creeping into South Australia, are facing an increased risk of bushfires this spring, an official outlook co-ordinated by @AFACnews says. https://t.co/ucbifEKnOc
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From me - Australia records hottest August on record at 3C above the long-term average
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The 2024 winter was the second hottest on record since weather data collection began in 1910
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From me - “Gobsmacking” late winter heat breaks records across Australia. On Wednesday, 48% of the country had highs in top 1% on record
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Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records
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