Adam Morton
@adammorton.bsky.social
Guardian Australia climate + environment editor. Clear Air newsletter/column writer. Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Good piece by @readfearn.bsky.social setting out the facts in response to a p1 story and editorial in The Oz www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Great Barrier Reef isn’t dead yet. According to News Corp that makes climate science a ‘pseudo-religion’ | Temperature Check
‘High coral cover is evidence of recovery and resilience, not evidence that the disturbances causing mortality didn’t happen’, scientist says
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During last week's media frenzy over #NeilTheSeal, a #salmon company quietly disclosed the death of an Australian fur seal at one of its fish farms. Bob Burton writes on the death toll at salmon farms in #Tasmania, where the seals have no names. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/analysi...
💊 Antibiotic residues have been detected in eel, sediment and water samples downstream of a freshwater #salmon hatchery on the Derwent River, the Tasmanian EPA has revealed. Bob Burton reports on the results of the monitoring. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/antibio...
Antibiotic traces found in eels, water samples and sediments near Tasmanian salmon hatchery on Derwent River
Antibiotic residues have been found in eel, sediment and water samples from a freshwater salmon hatchery on the banks of the Derwent River, according to a report submitted to the Tasmanian Environment...
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A news story: Predicted $27bn wartime windfall for Australian LNG exporters (based on government estimates out today) reignites calls for new gas tax by Patrick Commins www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Predicted $27bn wartime windfall for Australian LNG exporters reignites calls for new gas tax
David Pocock says the huge revenue boost for gas companies underscores that Australians are ‘missing out on a fair return’
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NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
A Clear Air column - last one for a few weeks. The year is half over, lot's happening, some thoughts on some of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Donald Trump is the accidental hero of a real-life feelgood climate tale even as a creeping horror story plays alongside | Clear Air
Even as we watch a deadly heatwave sweep through Europe, the US president’s ineptness has created reason for optimism on the climate crisis
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Right now I'm in the epicentre of the heatwave, in southwest France, where the brutality of the heat has ground life to a halt. And I have to keep reminding myself: this is only the beginning.
Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???
Euro heatwave context from the guru Blair Trewin: "By the time this is done Paris will probably have had 10 consecutive days above 36 (they're currently on 7) - this has only ever happened once in a major Australian city, the March 2008 event in Adelaide."
📓 Despite tweaks to the ministerial diaries disclosure scheme, the government is still telling Tasmanians far less about meetings held by the premier of the day than a decade ago. Bob Burton has a deep-dive analysis you won't find anywhere else. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/analysi...
Analysis: New Tasmanian ministerial diaries scheme leaves disclosure standard weaker than 16 years ago
Tasmania's new ministerial diaries disclosure scheme will result in the disclosure of far less information about who the Premier is meeting than was the case 16 years ago.
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BoM forecasts strong El Niño and warns climate change could amplify effects on Australia www.theguardian.com/environment/...
BoM forecasts strong El Niño and warns climate change could amplify any effects on Australia
El Niño events linked with extreme weather around the world – and can increase risk of bushfires in Australia and coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef
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Perhaps someone can ask Barnaby Joyce how the climate change department - the existence and actions of this department - has “deindustrialised Australia”. What actions and what is the deindustrialisation that has happened as a result. Thanks v much.
A Sunday Clear Air column - denial back in vogue as Australia leads climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Denial is back in vogue. As Australia leads climate talks, it’s beyond time we took the issue seriously
It is unlikely that many voters are flocking to Pauline Hanson for her scientific insights – but that is where they are lining up, regardless
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‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive? - by @petrastock.bsky.social, photos by Ellen Smith www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive?
Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos
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Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average - by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’
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A Temp Check by @readfearn.bsky.social : When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it | Temperature Check
The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible
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Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures www.theguardian.com/science/gall...
Blue mushrooms, shy trees and glowing seas: Beaker Street science photography prize – in pictures
The 12 finalists will be exhibited at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, including images of newborn fish, a native wasp and satellite trails across the night sky
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One Nation wants to roll back abortion rights in Australia – and is emboldening activists seeking US-style laws www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
One Nation wants to roll back abortion rights in Australia – and is emboldening activists seeking US-style laws
Support for Pauline Hanson’s populist party has given fresh impetus to a loose network of activists trying to chip away at reproductive rights
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Significant - and counter to so much of the political and media discussion about gas in Australia. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Gas usage has peaked and is now in structural decline across Australia, report says
Grattan Institute calls on Labor to set policies that will further reduce the use of gas in order to meet net zero targets
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Ahead of the public release of a review of the management of Kunanyi, the Mt Wellington Cableway Company has hired a lobbying firm run by former Liberal MP Simon Behrakis. It remains unclear what tasks the lobbyist has been engaged to perform. ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/company...
Company proposing cable car on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington hires lobbying firm headed by ex-Liberal MP | Tasmanian Inquirer
The proponent of a cable car on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington has hired a lobbying firm run by a former Liberal MP ahead of the public release of a review of the mountain’s management.
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Read and follow Sarah Martin, she’s doing great work www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hanson and Joyce bill taxpayers for flights to private events on luxury cruise ship hosted by Rinehart
Exclusive: Parliamentary records show the One Nation MPs claimed travel expenses for fundraising events on exclusive cruise liner where mining billionaire owns an apartment
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A new one for me: a kind invitation from Hobart's public science festival Beaker Street, who are hosting Mylinda Purtell and ABC Radio's @rykgoddard.bsky.social's wedding, for me to chat with Radio National's Tegan Taylor about plasticity, life changes and "second acts" in life. Should be fun!
THE SECOND ACT: A WEDDING
Yes, really, it's a wedding. And you're invited.
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I think I can hear 70 million Chinese people saying "We're responsible for less than 1% of global emissions, so why should we have to do anything?! We can't solve climate change!" Oh, look there's another group of 70 million Chinese people saying "We're responsible for less than 1%..."
James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis is such a weak, imprecise, and shabby argument from Blair.
This week’s Clear Air was about the the BHP files. Headline is accurate but only part of the story. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Australian taxpayers subsidise Big Mining’s use of fossil fuel to the tune of $4bn a year. It’s a strange way to tackle emissions | Adam Morton
Given the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact
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Australians with disabilities copped the biggest cuts in the budget. Yet conservative media’s heart bleeds for the wealthy - by @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Australians with disabilities copped the biggest cuts in the budget. Yet conservative media’s heart bleeds for the wealthy | Greg Jericho
The reaction to the budget has revealed Australia’s warped priorities, with the appalling inequality in dental care among the issues actively ignored
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World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation
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UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution
The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure
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