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Maarten De Brauwer

@maartendb.bsky.social

Research Scientist at Southern Cross University Into weird fishes, estuaries, environmental DNA, and anything ocean related

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Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 5d ago

Guess who LOVES PROFIT-BOOSTING WAR & couldn't care less about deadly heatwaves, drought, fires, floods & landslides❓ "BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell & TotalEnergies will collectively earn $45 billion in net income during April-June 2026, up from $23 billion in the previous quarter"

Big Oil fuelling global heatwaves while ‘making a killing’: Oxfam calls for windfall tax to fund adaptation

Oxfam warns that soaring profits at BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies are fuelling deadly global heatwaves, with emissions linked to a quarter of such events since 2000. It urges a...

downtoearth.org.in

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 5d ago

Fri 31 Jul While Spain, France, Italy, Greece, UK, US & Canada BURN & Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, China, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, & Nigeria FLOOD Woodside Energy reaps $6 Billion fr last quarter thanks to war & fossil fuel-enabling govts like @albomp.bsky.social's

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d ago

Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices

Shell's ​net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by ‌higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...

reuters.com

Mara Wilson@marawilson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thinking about how so many people I know said Don’t Look Up was so stupid and over the top and ridiculous but my environmental scientist brother was like “Nope, that’s exactly how it feels”

Nuri@oceansteinmann.bsky.social · 3w ago

If we measure success only in km² protected, we risk celebrating paper parks. The real challenge is ensuring protected and conserved areas have the governance, financing and capacity to deliver lasting conservation outcomes. That's the spirit of #30x30. theconversation.com/the-world-ag...

The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone

So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected on paper only.

theconversation.com

Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I love what I do & I like to think it’s important & benefits society. But, governments & all universities need to ask themselves, what do we really want unis to be, & who are we really supposed to serve? Not the glossy brochure answers. We’re at a crossroads in the sector. This can’t go on.

Dave Earley@earleyedition.bsky.social · 2mo ago

3.7m Australians live in poverty, including 757k children under 15. 1 in 3 households experienced food insecurity last year, meaning they stressed about or struggled to put food on the table. Australia's billionaires increased their wealth by almost $50k a minute.

Australia’s 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty

Oxfam finds the 20 richest Australians now hold more wealth than the bottom 3 million households

theguardian.com

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In 2023, then Enviro Minister Plibersek said the heart of EPBC reforms—National Environmental Standards—would set "legally enforceable requirement for decision making – that approval decisions deliver a positive net outcome for nature" @euanritchie.bsky.social & I examine the reversal of promises

Australia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market | Euan Ritchie and Yung En Chee

One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters

theguardian.com

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Minister for Environment finally secures budget funding for Environment portfolio Unfortunately for the environment it's $500M for "unlocking major projects and helping proponents get a faster yes or a faster no" Recall, NONE of the 6 National Environmental Standards have been finalised

Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Australian Federal Minister for the Environment, Murray Watt "BREAKING: For too long Australia's environmental laws were holding up housing and energy projects while not protecting our environment. We fixed that last year, passing historic reforms to those laws. Now, our Budget includes a $500 million plan to put those laws to work, unlocking major projects and helping proponents get a faster yes or a faster no. That's a win-win for our economy and our precious natural environment."
Adam Morton@adammorton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Not much mention of it in Australia, though its officials were there. Colombia and the Netherlands this week hosted nearly 60 countries for the first dedicated international talks focused on how to transition away from fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil fuels?

Colombia hosted nearly 60 countries at pivotal time on world stage for fight to transition to a clean energy future

theguardian.com