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Graham Readfearn @readfearn

Climate and environment correspondent for @GuardianAus bit.ly/2pO0NaF Dad. Burnley fan. Opinions mine.

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Graham Readfearn@readfearn
24 Oct 2021
It’s finally here. Every day this week our major ⁦⁦@GuardianAus⁩ investigative podcast series Australia v The climate. Part 1: Kyoto.. government insiders tell us how Australia struck a special deal that made “meeting and beating” targets easy. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto

This is the story of how Australia’s behaviour across decades has made it a climate change outcast. In the first episode we hear how Australia managed to increase its emissions under a climate deal...

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On Monday, The Australian's p1 lead story said mining giant Glencore had "urged the Albanese government to slow down the transition from coal to renewables" But Glencore told me its position was "the transition should NOT be slowed" Exclusive story here. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

‘The transition should NOT be slowed down’: energy story in The Australian wrongfooted by mining...

Exclusive: Glencore says it did not call on federal government to slow shift from coal to renewables, contradicting News Corp paper’s front-page quotation

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Here’s the latest Temperature Check column, looking at the new Sky News Aus documentary “The Real Cost of Net Zero”, plus, coal is apparently a“transition fuel” now. theguardian.com/environment/…

Sky News Australia documentary The Real Cost of Net Zero fails to live up to its hubris, with...

Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?

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Could we please have this in Threadreader so that it can be posted to FB and Insta.
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Latest Temperature Check column is out, looking at millionaire Dick Smith's rant against renewables on ABC radio show Australia All Over, and the misinformed claims on electricity prices and blackouts. theguardian.com/environment/…

Dick Smith’s ABC radio rant against renewables overflows with ill-informed claims | Temperature...

Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe

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But have costs gone up? I asked the LHI board, and they said electricity charges have risen by only 10% between 2021 and 2024. Here's a statement from an LHI Board spokesperson.
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What Smith didn't say, is the solar and battery have saved $1.5m in diesel costs in two years. Some 709,000 less litres of diesel have been burned on the island since the system went in, according to a report from ARENA. arena.gov.au/knowledge-bank/…

ARENA Knowledge Sharing Report: Public Project Knowledge Sharing

This report documents an overview of the project, how it’s achieved its objectives and lessons learned during the process.

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Vaccine doses allocated for 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox reut.rs/3NUnftR
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No climate change portfolio or minister in the new Queensland LNP government. Energy shifted into Treasurer’s portfolio.
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Likely new state LNP MP Amanda Stoker talks to ABC on nuclear in Queensland. “If it became part of the federal scene, we should look at it.”
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Two years ago @algore was congratulating Queensland for a plan to get off coal. Now climate advocates are worried a state election could halt the momentum. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Queensland’s reliance on coal is back on the agenda and conservationists are firing up

The Liberal National party’s reluctance to say how it would meet the state’s emissions reduction targets while backing coal-fired power has become an election issue

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We went to see how a Gondwanan rainforest that burned in Black Summer five years ago was “recovering”. These trees with ancient lineages are still dying. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are...

Rainforest trees at Nightcap national park have not evolved to deal with bushfires, leaving the landscape vulnerable for years after major burns

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7 Oct 2024
I debated whether to share this. I did apologize on the air. But I invite you to read my introspection on @BulletinAtomic of how extreme weather 📈 driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, YOU should be shaken too, and demand #ClimateActionNow. thebulletin.org/2024/09/hurr…

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future.

An atmospheric scientist and weathercaster explains why his warnings about Hurricane Helene were not universally well-received, one viewer accusing him of being a “climate militant” and another...

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Temperature Check column is out. How conservatives got outraged by a call to eat less red meat that was never actually made. Plus, checking a claim net zero will mean more expensive energy. theguardian.com/environment/…

Don’t eat up the claim, peddled by the Coalition and conservative media, that greenies are ‘coming...

Climate Change Authority’s report didn’t even contain a recommendations section, let alone a command to eat less red meat

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I’m on the @GuardianAus podcast Full Story today talking about the record-breaking late winter heat and the bushfire risk for spring. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australia’s weather mood swings and the climate crisis – podcast

Climate and environment reporter Graham Readfearn tells Reged Ahmad about the forces behind the unseasonable weather and the outlook for bushfires

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Large parts of the NT and Queensland, as well as a big area west of Melbourne creeping into South Australia, are facing an increased risk of bushfires this spring, an official outlook co-ordinated by @AFACnews says. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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From me - Australia records hottest August on record at 3C above the long-term average theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average

The 2024 winter was the second hottest on record since weather data collection began in 1910

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From me - “Gobsmacking” late winter heat breaks records across Australia. On Wednesday, 48% of the country had highs in top 1% on record theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures

Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records

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