Jackson Reid

Described by The West Australian as an idiotic eco-zealot

[Jackson Reid @Jacksontreid]

@wtmpacific Great write up. You’ve gotta wonder if the Coalition even wants to win the election at this point, their half-baked policies seem more tone deaf than ever. I expected a fight at least.

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

On February 27, Peter Dutton dined with CEOs, investment bankers, and media executives at a $20,000-a-head fundraiser at billionaire Alex Waislitz’s Toorak mansion. The agenda? Tax cuts, policy influence, and campaign funding. https://t.co/apDAo5rN0O

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Just because a decision to approve 3 coal mine expansions is “in accordance with” our broken environmental law doesn’t mean it’s not a betrayal of climate and nature. Appalling decision by the Albanese government that our children will pay the price for.

https://t.co/AcJynsuVup

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

A new survey shows only 60% of Australians accept anthropogenic climate change. This is heartbreaking for a country that has been ravaged by megafires, superfloods and drought; but not unsurprising given the fossil fuel lobby's chokehold on our democracy.
https://t.co/2xwLrDvXJp

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

If it feels like you’ve been hearing about the ‘climate wars’ again in recent months, it’s because they’re back. After months of steady, albeit flawed, progress on climate action in Australia, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has thrown a radioactive spanner in the works.

A 🧵:

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

keith pitt just said on @RNBreakfast that grids can’t handle more than 10% wind+solar.

the national electricity market is already 31% wind+solar.

this is a great example of how truth is the first casualty in a culture war.

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

A must-read investigation from @Sherryn_G reveals new links between @Scomo30, deep sea mining, and #AUKUS. It’s a grim picture of the weapons industry’s interest in this disastrous practice and shores up the case to stop DSM before it begins.

https://t.co/99j9vl4kIc

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

If you read one piece of analysis about the Future Gas Strategy, make it this one by @adamlmorton , who outlines what such a strategy in a climate crisis should have focused on. We need a strategy to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, not ruin the climate. https://t.co/ZshA7x0RaF

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Meanwhile, Labor has been forced to drop its sneaky means to fast-track approvals for new gas projects. As the gas industry pushes to weaken environmental protections, it is nice to see some sense prevail. @greenpeaceap will continue to fight gas expansion in Australia.

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Huge news out of parliament just now. First, the New Vehicle Efficiency Standards have now become law, meaning Australia will avoid 80 million tonnes of emissions from the transport sector by 2035. Huge congrats to @greenpeaceap’s Electrify team on their great work.

[Tom Red Memes @TomRed43]

You know it makes sense.
#ginarinehart #vincentnamatjira #auspol

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Disappointing lack of progress on lobbying reform. From using our taxpayer dollars to prolong climate-wrecking coal and gas to slowing progress on clean transport, the fossil fuel lobby hinders climate action and undermines our democracy. https://t.co/r55iq3PAXj

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Incredible story on the resurgence of Antarctic blue whales, which were driven to near extinction by industrial whaling. Greenpeace activists helped end whaling in Australia, and our work to protect whales from threats like climate change continues today.

https://t.co/OF1YA8F6uf

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Powerful account by @IvanCNN and @bexwright1 of their visit to the Great Barrier Reef. With a mass global bleaching event underway, it’s never been more urgent that we stop burning fossil fuels to protect this beautiful place.

https://t.co/o6wl5crekh

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

BREAKING: Today, ten defenders are protesting in a TAS forest currently being logged where hollow-bearing trees critical for wildlife survival are being destroyed. These hollows are needed by wildlife — like endangered #MaskedOwls — to nest, breed, shelter and feed. #politas

[hulisa DPA @HulisaP]

@emm_mateo No amount of police intimidation will stop the protests.

You cannot stop or kill an idea whose time has come.

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

NEW Video: An Amazon worker joined pro-Palestine activists blockading an Amazon distribution center in a Minneapolis suburb during last week's #A15 global day of action against Israel’s war on Gaza. They spoke on why they protested. [CC]

More: https://t.co/3VVKepoT9y

"Today is April 15th, which is an International Day of Action that was called to do an economic blockade in support of Palestinian liberation. People from around the Twin Cities area came together to blockade this facility and to stop work. We were able to completely stop work here for two hours this morning. No trucks were able to come in and out, which meant that the warehouse had to come to a standstill. This was a place of community and joy and hope for Palestinian liberation.

Last year, Amazon committed $7.2 billion to Israel. That money is going to technology that is being used to surveil and target specific Palestinians. It's facial recognition technology like cloud storage that the IDF uses. It's, the Israeli state relies on technology that Amazon is actively selling to them. As an Amazon worker, I think it's important to speak up against the actions that the company is taking. Not only are they aiding Israel's apartheid and genocidal regime, they are also mistreating workers. They are surveilling workers here. Workers at Amazon are overwhelmingly poor immigrant people of color, and they are targeted by Amazon because Amazon knows that they will take jobs that underpay them and overwork them.

We are standing here in the heart of the Empire. We're here because we are complicit. Places that we work for, things that we support with our everyday lives are actively supporting apartheid and genocide in Palestine. It's important to me as an Amazon worker, to make my voice heard and say, I do not support what this company is doing. And I am in support of Palestinian liberation. We have to stand up and say, this is not okay."

[Bob Brown Foundation @BobBrownFndn]

⚠️Right now, we’re marching through the streets of Hobart to call for an immediate end to native forest logging! #politas

[Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman]

This tragedy is happening over and over again in leftist and progressive circles: important movements and charities die because of massive infighting. Because of a fixation on purity instead of results...

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

Another woman found dead today, killed by male violence. Found in a wheelie bin.

A woman is being killed every 4 days on average in Australia in 2024

As usual (allegedly) by men they knew

This is a national crisis and we need many more men speaking up to tackle this emergency