This is, in technical terms, "not good".

Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS)@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Many of these changes were once considered unlikely to happen this quickly. Antarctica is sending us clear warning signs." – ACEAS outgoing Director, Professor Matt King (@utas.edu.au) Read the news story ▶️ antarctic.org.au/warning-sign... 👏 @deformedearth.bsky.social | Laure Poncet

Private actors are increasing their control over the essentials of life in energy, fuel, housing, food, healthcare & education. They drive inflation & drag down living standards. We need price controls & more public delivery to protect Australia from inflation & profiteering. My op-ed with SMH.

New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: Real domestic emissions barely moved in Labor’s first term. Matthew Ryan argues the ALP’s climate approach is a Faustian bargain with private capital — and its ‘tactical fatalism’ on fossil fuels is driving us deeper into overshoot. doi.org/10.1080/1036...

hell freezes over, the FT opens the door to nationalization

The #mining industry is burning even more diesel for the same amount of production as they have to dig digger for hard to cut coal, and lack of action on #electric options.

Miners are burning a lot more diesel than four years ago, just for same amounts of now hard-to-get coal

The mining industry is burning even more diesel for the same amount of production as they have to dig digger for hard to cut coal, and lack of action on electric options.

reneweconomy.com.au

"This budget is ... a government just waiting for things to return to “normal”... The only responsible action for a government is to ... protect citizens from the impending chaos of fossil fuel collapse." This budget is silent on climate. As Joshi puts it elsewhere, this is "tactical fatalism".

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3mo ago

Hey Australia: my latest in Crikey, on the budget! American aggression has broken the world's fossil fuel economy. There is no going back. But the Australian government keeps acting they can have a pint and wait for all this to blow over 🍺 www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/a...

There is no combination of magic words that will convince large segments of capital to be ok with decarbonizing the U.S. economy!

No surprises here: the Business Council of Australia pushes back at data centres being regulated to cover climate pollution, and instead calls for increased use of high-polluting fossil gas at data centre projects instead. Much more from me, coming soon.. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/ren...

Publication day! Here I try to figure out what the ALP is up to with climate and energy. I argue by relying on private capital to build out its "transition", the Albanese gvt will ultimately fail to decarbonise. Open access! No paywall! @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

100 episodes of After America. It's been quite a journey. @emmashortis.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-uni...

The United States we thought we knew is gone

A majority of Australians now think Donald Trump is a bigger threat to world peace than either Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.

australiainstitute.org.au

READ THIS! Brilliant writing from a fantastic person, one @natashaheenan.bsky.social. Well worth the subscription to the exciting new @the-breakdown.bsky.social journal. There is so much writing on the climate - but Tash really challenges me think differently. www.break-down.org/producing-th...

Producing the Climate

To produce a new climate in the ruins of the old we need more than technofixes. We need a politics of climate repair.

break-down.org

Must read by @danielagabor.bsky.social @benbraun.eurosky.social "This, we argue, is the pathway for the Santa Marta countries to achieve the decarbonized sovereignty imperative—the strategic pursuit of decarbonization as a matter of national security" www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aga...

Against Carbon Shock Therapy | Daniela Gabor & Benjamin Braun

The war in Iran has sent oil prices skyrocketing. Daniela Gabor and Benjamin Braun argue the ripple effects and states (non)responses to the crisis represent a

phenomenalworld.org

Bad news alert! Just when you thought things couldnt get worse, the Minns NSW govt opens up far west NSW to fracking. There is *no case* for this, beyond private profiteering. The good news is that we wont take this lying down. www.resources.nsw.gov.au/sites/defaul...

"To find optimism in geopolitical rivalry is to place one’s faith in abstract forces rather than human beings. It is, in this sense, a kind of pessimism." New from Casey A. Williams, on why the renewable boost driven by war in Iran may not be cause for optimism. www.break-down.org/why-climate-...

Why Climate Politics Still Matter

In this moment of geopolitical upheaval, many see hopeful signs for renewed momentum on decarbonization. But what if this optimism actually amounts to a surrender?

break-down.org

If you have a few $$, join your Union @nteunion.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/s... It is the only protection against corporate greed gone mad. Perhaps some of these "managers" should face criminal charges?

'Immense relief': Sydney University tutor claws back $142,000 in stolen wages

Total stolen wages across Australia's university sector could be as high as $300 million, the NTEU estimates.

crikey.com.au

A Scott Morrison-era university policy is likely worsening Australia's skills shortages, with poorer students not choosing different degrees but deciding to forgo university entirely. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/16/s...

It’s time to axe the Morrison-era policy strangling Australia’s humanities degrees

'Unless we have lawyers from all class backgrounds, we will have a legal system that is shaped by a particular narrow set of perspectives and assumptions and blind spots.'

crikey.com.au

"If you had told me that in 2026, almost four years into the life of a Labor government, JRG would still be firmly in place, I would not have believed you." I thought @frankbongiorno.bsky.social never missed! Well he doesnt here. JRG @jasonclaremp.bsky.social? insidestory.org.au/the-preserva...

The preservation of pure self-interest • Frank Bongiorno

Five years later, does the future of Australian universities in the post-Covid era look any rosier?

insidestory.org.au

Happy #PiDay! Here are some pies to consider: If nothing changes, the remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5°C, 1.7°C, and 2°C will be used up in 4, 12, and 25 years, respectively. Let’s eat up by setting all the fossil fuels on fire.

Opinion | Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her "difficult", the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite public support. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/g...

The difficult truth

Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her 'difficult', the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite…

crikey.com.au

"It isn’t a stretch to claim, as Malm and Carton do, that an actual energy transition—of the sort that Fressoz shows has never occurred—would challenge the basic power structures of global capitalism and geopolitics." Excellent review with far-reaching implications from @triofrancos.bsky.social

Thea Riofrancos@triofrancos.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Read here thebaffler.com/latest/gimme...

Not only does the Australian Government give Japanese gas export giant Inpex all the gas it exports from Darwin FOR FREE, and lets them pay virtually no tax... Inpex "systematically underestimated' by 40X leaks of cancer causing benzene near Darwin. Consequences? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Inpex emissions 'systematically underestimated' since 2018, report finds

An independent review into oil and gas company Inpex has found widespread and persistent failures in how emissions were calculated, recorded and reported, dating back to the start of production in 201...

abc.net.au

I cannot ever stop tearing my hair out about climate activists being labelled 'unrealistic' when the fossil fuel business bros persistently do shit like this www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

It never ceases to confound me just how many folks think the point of essays is to provide teachers with essays. That teachers just like, collect them, or need them for sustenance or something. Rather than the point of them being the *actual fucking act of learning how to think about shit*

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5mo ago

what even is the fucking point

"Angus Taylor is preparing his new opposition leader’s office, with oil and gas lobbyist Sam Riordan set to be made his chief of staff. Riordan has been with the Australian Energy Producers since August last year."

Oil and gas lobbyist in line for Angus Taylor’s lead role

The Australian Energy Producers advisor Sam Riordan appears odds-on to head the opposition leader’s office.

afr.com

Critical work from incredible scholars - especially my brilliant colleague @lizhumphrys.bsky.social "...a collective effort to unsettle the existing conditions that regulate the toxicities of academia for everyone. We intend this article as a provocation..."

Elizabeth Humphrys@lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Academic work is challenging & relentless, but how is it experienced by disabled scholars? How does structural ableism impact working lives? In this collaborative autoethnography, we (a group of disabled academics) share our experiences of working in higher education. doi.org/10.1080/0309...

If economists want to talk about crowding out, they should have a very strong look at the gas industry Building new mines that are not needed (80% of gas is exported), and are terrible for climate change,take workers away from build roads, rail.. and homes. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

New research from The Australia Institute finds that Australia is the most expensive developed country for families to send a child to high school. It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average. Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp

It's been a hot January in Australia. A fast attribution study shows that heatwaves like that of 5-10 January have been made 5x more likely by anthropogenic climate change. A "total transformation of the Australian summer" says @sarahinscience.bsky.social www.21centuryweather.org.au/climate-chan...

Climate change made January heatwave five times more likely

New analysis finds climate change made Australia’s heatwave five times more likely, added 1.6°C, and could make events biennial without rapid emissions cuts.

21centuryweather.org.au

Public renewables and actual planning now!

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 8mo ago

Remarkable to see this finally being uttered out loud but I'm wondering why it took half a decade (including three years under the Labor gov't) for it to be even acknowledged as a problem. The Free Market sucks at causing a rapid energy transition. Gov't policy can potentially not suck.