John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected]

Citizen Journalist, reluctant #climate warrior, Convenor @Camoreland, parent, 🚴‍♂️, NTEU, NGO observer #COP21 #COP22 #COP23 #COP25 🌏💦

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

Humbled to Receive the Environmental Sustainability Award at #MorelandAwards last night for my work on #climateaction. Here is my acceptance speech in which I quote @antonioguterres and @GretaThunberg #morelandcouncil https://t.co/daMV2yeljh

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

“With 50km to go We have joined the #Bedpeloton. “
#couchpeloton
#JulietandJones

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

And my chihuahuas have taken up position on the #Couchpeloton
For Stage 3 #JulietandJones
https://t.co/BcGZodsDQV

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

@sophoife are you monitoring mastodon for #FRATL? The Chihuahuas want to now

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

@susanmm3 The chihuahuas and I were glued on the couch last night. A real queen stage shaking up the general classification and with Chris Harper's Stage win.
Tonight we are off to bed early.

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

The chihuahuas are going to bed early tonight. Have fun #Couchpeloton with #FRATL and the race into Roma
https://t.co/guAIn3OFyt

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

Talk about puppy doggies… the chihuahuas in action today. Cruisin’ with Mountain Sound. Of Monsters and Men.
🐶🐶
#couchpeloton
#JulietandJones
#tourdog x 2
https://t.co/xJjbYhTKQv

[Christine Milne AO @ChristineMilne]

Is Aust ready yet to put levy on every tonne of coal and gas exported to go into a disaster relief fund? Fossil fuel corps are intensifying flooding events, why shouldn’t they pay for damage they cause? Why should community keep paying while these corps transfer profits offshore?

[Kate Chaney @ChaneyforCurtin]

We’ve always had cyclones, but climate change is making them worse. We hear today that Cyclone Alfred cost us $1.2bn - mitigation and adaptation makes economic sense. This is not an issue that’s going away. #auspol

[Stephen Parnis @SParnis]

I'm generally supportive of free trade & open markets. But when it comes to health, equitable access has to be the highest priority. For anyone thinking that Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is problematic, see this slide from an American conference I just attended.

[Dr Colin Hughes @drcwhos]

Australia does have Trump cards; North West Cape, Pine Gap, US Marine Rotational forces in Darwin, AUKUS Cmon @AlboMP stand up for Australia End all visits by nuclear powered or nuclear capable planes and ships @IPAusNet https://t.co/pwY6vyWIXZ

[Craig F̶o̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ @Craig_Foster]

Can’t understand how this has not been released.

Australians have a right to know the risks we face from climate change, including regional and/or global security risks.

The Climate Risk Assessment Report was delivered in 2023, and yet still has not been released.

While more Australians can’t get house insurance, and the bill for the recent Cyclone exceeds $1.2 billion, neither all members of parliament, nor the Australian people have been appraised.

This directly affects the lives, living standards, safety and future of Australians, indeed of everyone.

We all have a right to understand exactly what the future looks like and what steps Australia should take to mitigate and prepare for those risks.

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

"Harnessing the Severn estuary’s potential with the world’s first tidal energy lagoon could put Britain at forefront of a electricity revolution, a UK commission has found."
https://t.co/mNpYPocKuc

[Mark Ogge @MarkOgge]

You know you've hit nerve when the trolls and bots lose their mind!

Did I mention that coal is unreliable and expensive...

[the Juice Media @thejuicemedia]

The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election https://t.co/T87G2N1stm

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

"Scott Morrison hitched Australia's security wagon to the unstable & unreliable Trump administration, with Labor's support. But it's not too late for PM Albanese to unhitch us from Trump & chart a more independent path for Australia."
@ebony_bennett in the Canberra Times. #auspol

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

If you criticise an ideology in public, you can now be charged with a crime by police. But only if that ideology is Zionism.
Communism? Marxism? Feminism? Liberalism? No worries, go for it. Just don’t dare criticise Zionism. They will pull all stops out to put you in jail. At this point we might ask, just who are the police working for?
Apropos the argument most Jews are Zionists.. arguably most Australian women are feminists but most of us aren’t crazy enough to want people who criticise feminism in jail.
Here is the law police used to charge @HashTayeh
https://t.co/ZWTPewRQlo
Thanks to @PaulrGregoire for yet another great article
https://t.co/GCvvSTZP4p

[Australian Conservation Foundation @AusConservation]

Failing coal and gas plants = higher power bills.
The Australian Energy Regulator warns that electricity prices could increase by up to 9% next year due to failing coal power plants and sustained rises in fossil gas prices—all while the transition to clean energy isn’t happening quickly enough.

In 2024, 40% of our power came from renewables, but we need more solar, wind and batteries to bring prices down. The majority of our energy still comes from finite, climate-wrecking fossil fuels, leaving us in a precarious position.

Almost 8GW of batteries are being built right now—enough to rival eight massive coal plants! These will store cheap solar and push fossil fuels out of the market.

The Coalition’s nuclear plan would take at least 20 years to materialise—far too slow to address the climate crisis—keeping coal plants open longer and adding 2 billion tonnes of pollution. That’s equivalent of 200 years of Australia’s emissions from aviation! Experts, such as the CSIRO, confirm nuclear is Australia’s most expensive energy option.

For lower power bills and a cleaner future for families, we must keep investing in an economy underpinned by reliable, affordable renewables.

Read more from ACF’s nature and renewables campaigner Jack Redpath in the Canberra Times today. https://t.co/ARKWgKI9oZ

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Good climate news this week
1 UK 2024 emissions down 3.6% to lowest since 1872
2 Global EV sales up 30% so far in 2025
3 In a historic first, wind and solar overtake coal in the US in 2024
4 US EV sales up 28% so far in 2025
5 EU EV sales up 29% so far in 2025
6 China EV sales up 35% so far in 2025
7 German emissions down 3.4% in 2024
8 Brazil to launch $125b fund to protect tropical forests at COP30
9 Africa adds 2,400MW of solar in 2024 and to double 2024 cumulative installed capacity in next 4 years
10 Two in 5 new homes in England now have solar panels, with share of new properties with solar panels up from 13% to 42% in one year
11 Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners raises $13b for its latest green power fund
12 Fortescue to retrofit its capesize bulk carriers with zero-carbon engines by 2030
13 Western Australian Labour party re-elected for a third straight term, promised to turn the state into a renewables powerhouse
14 97% of Singapore-listed companies reported climate-related disclosures in 2024
15 US farmers and environmental groups sue Department of Agriculture for deleting web pages with climate data and information about federal loans and other types of assistance

[John Englart EAM 🌏 on Mastodon as @[email protected] @takvera]

I’m watching #QandA talking #AUKUS submarine deal, Trump and national security, yet no mention of ONI climate security report to determine our Australian defence & security priorities given #ClimateCrisis @QandA

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

Graph of the Day: New Zealand heads towards 100 pct renewables https://t.co/X46OY6vOCQ