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Graham Readfearn

@readfearn.bsky.social

Climate and environment correspondent @australia.theguardian.com https://bit.ly/2pO0NaF Dad. Burnley fan based in Brisbane. Opinions mine.

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Reged Ahmad@regedahmad.bsky.social · 14h ago

Could renewable energy companies be doing more for the communities where solar and wind projects are being rolled out? @readfearn.bsky.social talks to us about why campaigns against renewables might be gaining traction. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The ‘extremely effective’ campaigns undermining support for renewables – podcast

The Guardian’s environment and climate correspondent Graham Readfearn joins Reged Ahmad to unpack Australia’s relationship with renewables

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 15h ago

From me. Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed.

Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed

Assessment of more than 2,000 native species warns nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Fresh from interviewing far-right British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, Karl Stefanovic welcomed Coalition leaders Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan for a "debate" about net zero. I watched it. Beware claims of renewables covering "two Tasmanias" of land.

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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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some crazy record July temperatures in Australia's alpine region this weekend (where it is winter, for northern hemisphere followers). Mount Hotham's usual daily max temp is zero C, but it saw 12C at the weekend - 3.3C above it's previous hottest July day. More in this story from me.

Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Resorts in New South Wales and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areas

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · last mo.

Most of the corals on Australia's remote Norfolk Island are likely new species. But scientists are worried they are currently facing a triple threat of El Niño, disease and now a government-backed dredging project right next door. This exclusive from me.

Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging

Exclusive: Most of the island’s corals are likely to be species that have not been formally described by science, researcher says

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · last mo.

How deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach. The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species? by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... via @australia.theguardian.com

The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shark-bite trends around the world are mostly flat. But in Australia they are rising sharply. After another tragedy, people want to know what’s going on. I had a look. The answers are not simple

A spate of shark bites has Australian ocean lovers on edge. People want to know why they’re rising

Warming ocean temperatures mean sharks are spending more time in high-population areas, yet shark net data shows no significant changes in numbers

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Antarctica’s west coast is missing an area of winter sea ice the size of France, sparking concerns for threatened penguins other marine life and global sea levels.”… an exclusive from me.

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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Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average - Vast area of Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now - one expert calls the loss of ice ‘depressing’ Story 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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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Went out to an undisclosed location - a creek in Queensland's vast Sunshine Coast hinterland - to get a closer look at Australia's incredible, and threatened, spiny crayfish. There are 52 known spiny crayfish species and 36 of them are on the national threatened species list.

The fight to save Australia’s ‘incredibly captivating’ endangered spiny crayfish

Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystems

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lord Howe island is a seven-million-year-old volcanic treasure trove of unique wildlife 600 kilometres off Australia's coast. After a successful program to eradicate invasive rats and mice, the island's "wonderful" and unique insect life is now bouncing back.

Lord Howe Island got rid of its rats and mice – now its ‘wonderful’ insect life is back

Invasive vermin decimated the island’s native flora and fauna – but its unique cockroaches and beetles are thriving once again

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Michael Brown@mjibrown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There’s been a lot of attacks on renewables, batteries and EVs since Trump’s war started. @readfearn.bsky.social picks apart the many issues with an attack broadcast by Channel 7, by a reporter who used to work for Shell. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Channel Seven’s Spotlight digging for dirt on clean energy ignores fundamental facts and basic journalistic standards | Temperature Check

Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China

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Lenore Taylor@lenoret.bsky.social · 9mo ago

www.theguardian.com/environment/... The temperature check column checking facts on heat deaths, which are in fact "a thing", contrary to coalition's briefing

Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’ | Temperature Check

Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future

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Lenore Taylor@lenoret.bsky.social · 10mo ago

An anti-renewables group made submissions naming non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and citing scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist, a Guardian Australia investigation has found. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says

Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

One from me. A conservation group known for its anti-renewables stance used AI to help them with more than 100 submissions. They pointed to papers, organizations and a wind farm that didn’t exist. They also admitted they used AI to help them answer my questions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says

Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm

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