Putty Gasbag

Campaigner against CSG since 2011. Advocate for environmental protection, climate action, political reform. Lives comfortably with no mains power.

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Conferences, communities, coconuts and cuteness in our good news this week! https://t.co/XJnloyWr1s

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Data centres, coal exports, wood-fired power plants, weapons manufacturing, logging — are these the industry jobs you want for your children? https://t.co/tUwY0nDIH0

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

The Kimberley is one of the great natural places on earth but it’s under serious threat from gas fracking by Black Mountain. https://t.co/Ch3kNOY0uQ

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Happy World Environment Day! Here’s some good news for baby turtles, the ocean floor and native plants! https://t.co/dDFiHm7YOC

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Nannas persisted last week, working to save Scott Reef and koala habitat, listening to Nanna Carol’s tales of persistence leading to a win, and meeting with an MP. https://t.co/U4qfz5T4ZJ

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Something different this week: giving Japanese corporations some friendly advice. https://t.co/IK9h4JtZy6

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

This is extremely shameful.

🇦🇺Australian filmmaker Juliet said:

"I was raped by an Israeli soldier inside a darkened shipping container while handcuffed and shackled on a Gaza aid flotilla.

They also used water torture and beatings."

The matter is even more shameful when the whole world is silent and toothless on this 😭

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Click on the image for more information and more good news https://t.co/K6BQIrMWOn

[Jenny Forster 🎀 @JennyForster7]

Sign the petition: Say No to Origin's Gas Grab.
Origin Energy wants to drill another 4500 gas wells around Roma, Miles and Taroom using 30 billion litres of ground water and impacting Dawson River springs. https://t.co/arBumDvPLL

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.

As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.

First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.

And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.

In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.

Here's the bottom line:

Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!

But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.

That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.

https://t.co/vYfPDKcWWf

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Aussie participants in Sumud Flotilla welcomed home, rallies, markets and a court case kept Nannas busy, being informed about coal-mine blasting and informing others about coal expansions. https://t.co/KlhSn2MEOT

[Samuela @ShemouelNtabala]

Respecting a woman is shown through our actions and attitudes when we’re with them.😍 It’s one of the greatest things we can do. Guys, let’s be gentlemen 🤝✨

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

What did Mudgee do to deserve this and 3 massive coal mines? Please read, sign and share this petition today. https://t.co/5PrKGdur9l

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Have a cuppa and read this week’s good news – you’ll feel better about the world. https://t.co/WHmEXrU1ZV

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Climate in High Court, glider spotting in Tallaganda Forest, forest defenders win an appeal, Nature Laws Forum… Nannas were there. https://t.co/9DQe9glYj8

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Five quick petitions asking those in power to step up for future generations. Do anywhere anytime. https://t.co/zENr9j1uFg

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Lots of good news from Australia and around the world on renewable energy, waste and the environment. https://t.co/45Qss6aB1k

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

This week 🧶👵 👀 the 1st ever climate case to reach Australia’s High Court.

Judges now have to decide whether the Independent Planning Commission should have taken into account the impact of GHG emissions from Aus coal exports on the local environment in the Hunter Valley.

[Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney @knitnannasSYD]

Last week Nannas celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we welcomed back pollies, presented at a parliamentary inquiry and more. https://t.co/FmsoHiyKXt