Coral catastrophe signals our own undoing - Pearls and Irritations ⁦Julian Cribb⁩ ⁦Anthony Albanese⁩ ⁦Tanya Plibersek⁩

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It’s a Climate Emergency!

Act accordingly johnmenadue.com/coral-catastro…

👏👏 David Pocock

A great article that summarises the power of Independents.

Independents hold politicians to account and represent their communities, not a party.

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

The Anthony Albanese Government has caved to the mining industry and are scrapping their commitments to environment law reform. 🤯We need to call PM Albanese’s office TODAY & make it clear that now is the time to stop new coal and gas projects - movebeyondcoal.com/call_anthony_a…

#MoveBeyondCoal

Among the oil industry's many environmental crimes, this rates as one of the worst... noaa.gov/news-release/n…

The Australian government has quietly released the map of mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef this summer, confirming that the 5th event in just 8 years is the most severe & the most widespread ever.

This time, only the far north has escaped.

elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au/jspui/bitstrea…

We’re still blaming “higher than average temperatures” instead of anthropogenic heating….

A few weeks ago, Steve Keen joined me to unpack how economics became so 'energy blind' - including the story of the physiocrats, who predated Adam Smith & saw Earth's resources as the foundation of all economic activity:

Ep: youtu.be/lrMWSkzrMYg

Dr. Steve Keen

Today I am joining Queensland Greens we all have to take this to the ballot box! #Greens #Cairns

Heartbreaking news from the Great Barrier Reef as it faces the most severe coral bleaching event on record. Right now, coal and gas corporations can get away with building projects that pollute the GBR. 🧵1/2
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exposure to temps >35°C for extended periods poses a huge risk to human lives, potential #heatstroke and reduced productivity. The cities where such conditions are prevalent and worsening are already known. #Adaptation is essential to the survival of people in these regions.

Oil in the North Sea is expected to be net-energy negative by 2031.

Around the world, the lights will go off in nations that don’t have back-up renewables. That’s most of them.

planetcritical.com/p/the-oil-cras…

[MEDIA RELEASE] Better travel options can halve climate pollution from transport by 2030

We can slash transport pollution by encouraging the uptake of shared and active transport – like walking 🚶 riding 🚲 electrified public transport 🚌 and rideshare 🚕
climatecouncil.org.au/resources/bett…

Getting Honest About the Human Predicament | 2024 Teacher Workshop youtu.be/RQm2wt7-kPU?si… via YouTube

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ABC's 7.30 story tonight on nuclear power featured 'nuclear law expert' Helen Cook, but did not disclose that Cook is a director of Silex, an ASX listed company that produces Uranium enrichment technologies
silex.com.au/corporate/lead…

There will be no more oil—globally—in a decade.

Petroleum is the life blood of our global economy. We're heading for a crash.

Listen to the full episode now: planetcritical.com/p/global-oil-d…

Today's episode with physicist Geoffrey West covers Kleiber's Law - which describes how animals use energy more efficiently as they get larger - and how it might apply to humans and our economies.

Full episode: youtu.be/my9a9Ftr7ek

Why didn’t you include a photo of an operational SMR in your post there, Peter Dutton ?

Oh, that’s right…

57 companies take the lead in destroying a habitable earth for your grandchildren. theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is what a detailed large-scale map of aerial surveys of mass coral bleaching looks like (2016).

My prediction for 2024 is a messier map - with red, orange & yellow reefs in all regions. Unbleached green reefs will also be more scattered than before, with more in the centre.

Never 'kick down' - welfare recipients are not the problem. The issue lies with big money that fuels bribery and financial corruption, ultimately leading to bad policy decisions. Conservative governments tend to prioritise the wealthy and powerful, favoring those who can…