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[Omar Sakr @omarsakrpoet]

very glad I read this incredibly distressing essay about how all the fish are dying or poisoned and the oceans are poisoned and dying and we're all poisoned and dying, due purely to our relentless stupidity and greed. excuse me while I crawl under my bed https://t.co/RjghHEf4iV

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

Wow. Read @brynnobrien response to @Qantas justifying its participation in Australia’s appalling treatment of asylum seekers.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

the government's release is _not_ the modelling, but a summary of the results sheet from a model with questionable assumptions & opaque methodology.

two things the model doesn't explain:
• how did they arrive at $550?
• which year does the reliability guarantee first triggered

[SmartEnergyCouncil @SmartEnergyCncl]

The "National Energy Guarantee":
👉 reduces emissions by a pathetic 0.2% per year
👉 does nothing to improve reliability
👉 does nothing to reduce electricity bills
👉 does nothing to encourage investment

Fix the #NEG, or ditch the NEG. #auspol

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

The National Energy Emissions Audit shows that current NEG modelling will effectively create an investment cliff for the otherwise booming renewables sector, with no investment in further renewable energy generation after 2021. #qanda

Full report here > https://t.co/KOPQZmCHMj

[@peterhannam1.bsky.social @p_hannam]

Dirty coal: health fears of a town covered in dust from disused power station https://t.co/uU892PDgZZ

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

the biggest problem with this junket is that the not-so-curious #GeorgeChristensen has just spent a few days with the @MineraIsCounciI, no doubt flying first class and being wined and dined.

he'll come back *full* of MCA 🐂💩 propaganda.

not hard to buy influence in australia.

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

this is so messed up!

@mattjcan has sent #GeorgeChristensen to japan🇯🇵, at @MineraIsCounciI expense, with 2 messages:
1. 🇦🇺 government is energy technology neutral
2. “Dear Japan, build us a ‘clean coal’ power station!”

matt, they’re laughing at us!

https://t.co/2rXCvBGzdl

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

sure, the target for the #NEG is important — but is the *mechanism* fit for purpose?

23 leading australian energy researchers from 11 universities are calling for the for the *full* release of the #NEG modelling to undertake a proper peer review.

https://t.co/fEuJICGYh8 #auspol

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

ATTN state energy ministers — this may help you with your #NEG deliberations.

short answer: no hurry — study the mechanism.
#auspol

[David Paul @SenatorDPaul]

Thank you #Vanuatu for becoming the 26th country to join the Declaration for Ambition. The Declaration remains open for signature! 🇲🇭🇫🇯🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇩🇰🇪🇹🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇱🇺🇲🇻🇲🇽🇲🇨🇳🇱🇳🇿🇳🇴🇵🇹🇷🇼🇱🇨🇪🇸🇸🇪🇬🇧🇻🇺 @RRegenvanu https://t.co/7PsO4MLgHG

[Climate News Hub @ClimateNewsHub]

Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ drought odds tripled by #ClimateChange @UniofOxford @NEN_nl @Princeton @NCAR_Science @INRedCross @IFRC
https://t.co/m1UIbHslx9

[Ben Doherty @BenDohertyCorro]

Update: Thileepan was removed from Australia late Monday night. https://t.co/IPOslenN72

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

so i wrote up my entirely one-sided interaction with #GeorginaDowner, who is still doing a cracking job at hiding from one very simple question:

“georgina, do you accept the scientific consensus of anthropogenic global warming?”

https://t.co/m9eay9BmnB #aupol @crikey_news

[EVERALD COMPTON @EVERALDATLARGE]

Gone forever is the compassionate #Australia I grew up in eight decades ago. We are now a nation without a soul.
Australia to deport #Tamil #asylumseeker and separate him from baby daughter https://t.co/KRkoWE3qJg

[EnergyBoom @EnergyBoom]

Exxon Quits Koch-Backed Business Group After Climate Change Row #climatechange #climate
https://t.co/8CZekHZumj

[💧simon holmes à court 🦋 @simonahac]

one of the world’s largest solar farms has just begun generating in india — 750MW capacity, producing power for AUD 5.9¢/kWh.
https://t.co/WLydmUZCRT

[Behrouz Boochani @BehrouzBoochani]

I am pleased to announce the publication of my book No Friend but the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison. It will be available 31 July and I look forward to hearing your feedback. It is the product of 5 years of imprisonment and systematic torture.@MacmillanAus @Picador_Aus

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

"Al Gore warns Germany losing climate edge" | @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/dED8daxKe2

[Alvaro Cedeno Molinari 🚢 @alvarcidane]

@kuminaidoo This US how your article on climate migrations looks in Spanish. Very pertinent and serious issue for the world of today and tomorrow. https://t.co/ZOZR1K91VG