Tim Stephens
@proftimstephens.bsky.social
Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School. Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024. www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-2227 Born at 331 ppm CO2
This is a really positive development in people’s general perceptions about EV’s. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Australians cut ties with servos as EV record sales continue
Over the past year, electric car sales have tripled, as anxiety about fuel shortages and rising petrol prices continues.
abc.net.au
"Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force the Queensland and NT governments to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use with investments in renewable energy." Good. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘We will use all the powers available’: Bowen lays down law to states on data centres
Energy Minister Chris Bowen insists the data centre boom and his plans to drive down Australian emissions can co-exist.
smh.com.au
“Almost one in five Australian bird and mammal species is at high, very high or extreme risk from the bird flu virus now spreading in Australia.” www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘List of doom’: Bird flu puts one in five Australian bird and mammal species at risk
Bird flu could decimate everything from pelicans and ibises to penguins and quolls, a horrifying risk analysis shows.
smh.com.au
Proud to have been part of this submission to SCOTUS to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their decade-long disinformation about climate change. With @naomioreskes.bsky.social @geoffreysupran.bsky.social and others www.ucs.org/about/news/a...
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Suncor v Boulder Documenting Companies’ Climate Deception
Experts File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Supreme Court Case Documenting Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil Decades of Climate Deception
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I was on this Amicus to SCOTUS too—never done that before! Time to get off the bench.
Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · yesterdayProud to have been part of this submission to SCOTUS to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their decade-long disinformation about climate change. With @naomioreskes.bsky.social @geoffreysupran.bsky.social and others www.ucs.org/about/news/a...
Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
“Three lions die in Tokyo as record-breaking temperatures hit East Asia.” www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/a...
Three lions die in Tokyo as record-breaking temperatures hit East Asia | CNN
Three lions at a Tokyo zoo died within a week of suspected heat stress, as extreme temperatures sweep across Japan and other parts of East Asia.
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This is an actual conspiracy, not a conspiracy theory. Some of the replies and quotes show people who don't read. General Motors and related companies were actually convicted of doing this.
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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These scenes are shocking. When I was a kid I lived in the UK and remember the absolute delights of a British summer playing in fields and spinneys. Fossil fuel companies and the govts that support them are stealing the simplest pleasures from us all. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown
Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfall
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I see we've reached the point in this particular summer of extremes where we are now having to BLOW UP rocks in drought-striken rivers to help send water towards gasping nuclear power plants www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live
Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant
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Today's great news..." #Solar is poised to overtake #coal as China’s largest source of installed power capacity this year, as Beijing steps up its green transition with a renewed emphasis on efficiency, quality and orderly growth over sheer scale." www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
China’s solar surge nears milestone – even as Beijing hits brakes on sheer scale
Coal capacity is projected to lose its long-held crown this year, despite a pivot from raw solar panel expansion to quality.
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Temps in the Arctic circle of more that 100F. Europe on fire... Now where was that article I was reading about why Gen Z and Millennials aren't having kids... oh yes... a "cultural shift" hmmm. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
abc.net.au
“South Korea has registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, as authorities warned people to “immediately” stop all outdoor activities in affected areas.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature
Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day
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Thinest skinned pollie in Australia.
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 3d agoPauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.
“Some economists have warned that disruption due to the Rhine’s low water levels could shave as much as 0.2 percentage points off German growth.” Net Zero is much cheaper than letting emissions and temperatures rip. #climatecrisis www.ft.com/content/e5cb...
Rhine drought strands ships and forces German production cuts
Water level of crucial trade river has fallen to match 2018 record low after extreme heatwaves
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“Water levels on the Rhine river in Germany fell to near record lows on Friday as a heatwave and prolonged dry weather gripped the region, the country's navigation agency said” www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/inl...
Rhine navigable depth inches toward unprecedented low as dry spell persists
Water levels on the Rhine river in Germany fell to near record lows on Friday as a heatwave and prolonged dry weather gripped the region, the country's navigati
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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
At your next meal, take a second to think about the people working long hours in HOT 100° temps to put food on your table. They're not just statistics. They're real people who can't avoid the heat in an air conditioned house or office. #WeFeedYou
"Heatwaves to increase 'fivefold by 2050', warns French weather bureau chief" Those hot Euro summers many Aussies hanker for each year may soon be too hot to handle at all. www.rfi.fr/en/environme...
Heatwaves to increase 'fivefold by 2050', warns French weather bureau chief
"We have had more heatwaves in the last 15 years than during the previous 60 years," the CEO of France's weather bureau Météo-France, Virginie Schwarz said on Thursday. As France experiences its fourt...
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Karl Stefanovic is a national treasure. Our greatest shill. Apologies to Dave Hughes. #auspol
Tim Stephens@proftimstephens.bsky.social · 3d agoI’d sooner poke out my eyes than watch Matt Canavan, Angus Taylor and Karl Stefanovic compete to see who can say the most stupid things about climate policy. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marco Rubio says that Cuba is an "espionage super power" which poses a grave threat to the national security of the US. Actually no rational national security analyst believes this, and I doubt Rubio does either.
I wrote about JD Vance and his new memoir, which is somehow worse than his earlier one: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
JD Vance's Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir
The vice president claims to have reached a new level of spiritual maturity, but the evidence is nowhere in the pages of Communion.
thenation.com
Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
This is just extraordinary and likely to shape Australian politics in the lead up to the 2028 election just as the Black Summer fires contributed to Scott Morrison’s demise. #auspol #climatecrisis #climatechange
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d agoI'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
I’d sooner poke out my eyes than watch Matt Canavan, Angus Taylor and Karl Stefanovic compete to see who can say the most stupid things about climate policy. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The ‘great net zero debate’ was anything but – so beware Coalition claims of renewables taking over ‘two Tasmanias’ | Temperature Check
One expert described Nationals leader Matt Canavan’s claim of land used for clean energy as ‘plain wrong and plain silly’
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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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“Britain could face shortages of certain foods after punishing drought in parts of England, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned as a heatwave was forecast to continue into next week.” I wonder what William Blake would have made of this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
theguardian.com
