Adam Morton
@adammorton.bsky.social
Guardian Australia climate and environment editor.
Clear Air newsletter writer. (Sign up here: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton)
Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
Clear Air newsletter writer. (Sign up here: www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/sign-up-for-the-clear-air-australia-environment-newsletter-with-adam-morton)
Tasmanian Inquirer co-founder.
On the declining amount of CO2 being injected underground at Chevron's Gorgon much touted CCS development - and the state of CCS generally.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On the declining amount of CO2 being injected underground at Chevron's Gorgon much touted CCS development - and the state of CCS generally.
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After a bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a Tasmanian iron ore plant, it was quietly buried without informing residents. The Environment Protection Authority warned the company about health risks, but not the public. #politas
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Open-air asbestos waste dump exposed after bushfire at Tasmanian iron ore plant
A bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a north-west Tasmanian mineral processing plant, but the issue was quietly buried without informing residents or one of the unions repr...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
After a bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a Tasmanian iron ore plant, it was quietly buried without informing residents. The Environment Protection Authority warned the company about health risks, but not the public. #politas
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Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
- by @petrastock.bsky.social and @joshtaylor.bsky.social
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- by @petrastock.bsky.social and @joshtaylor.bsky.social
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Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them
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December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?
- by @petrastock.bsky.social and @joshtaylor.bsky.social
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- by @petrastock.bsky.social and @joshtaylor.bsky.social
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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
NSW police arrest 141 as campaigners demand govt cancel planned fossil fuel projects + tax existing operations at 78%
By @jordynbeazley.bsky.social
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NSW police arrest 141 as campaigners demand govt cancel planned fossil fuel projects + tax existing operations at 78%
By @jordynbeazley.bsky.social
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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%
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November 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
NSW police arrest 141 as campaigners demand govt cancel planned fossil fuel projects + tax existing operations at 78%
By @jordynbeazley.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NSW police arrest 141 as campaigners demand govt cancel planned fossil fuel projects + tax existing operations at 78%
By @jordynbeazley.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The superb parrot breeding season has just wrapped but the field season still hasn’t finished - gang gangs are up next! The team is getting pretty tired🫠
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The superb parrot breeding season has just wrapped but the field season still hasn’t finished - gang gangs are up next! The team is getting pretty tired🫠
As the attention caravan quickly rolls on, some weekend reading possibilities on the national environment laws passed by the Aus parliament this week.
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More in the 🧵
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Also - a Clear Air column on what Labor-Greens deal means - or at least what it could mean. A complicated beast:
Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details
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Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details
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Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details | Adam Morton
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
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November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As the attention caravan quickly rolls on, some weekend reading possibilities on the national environment laws passed by the Aus parliament this week.
More in the 🧵
bsky.app/profile/adam...
More in the 🧵
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Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest
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Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest
Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’
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November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest
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Australia’s emissions down 2.2% last financial year.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
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November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Australia’s emissions down 2.2% last financial year.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
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John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31
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It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
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November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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While talks grind on/down at #COP30 in Brazil, a deal between Turkey and Australia on hosting arrangements for #COP31 has been finalised.
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
While talks grind on/down at #COP30 in Brazil, a deal between Turkey and Australia on hosting arrangements for #COP31 has been finalised.
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
(Before you ask: yes, Guardian style is Turkey, not Türkiye.)
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Seems like something worth focusing on now.
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offer world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
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November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Seems like something worth focusing on now.
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
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- by @readfearn.bsky.social
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
- by @readfearn.bsky.social
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- by @readfearn.bsky.social
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Mining company Greenwing Resources had the most environmental licence breaches in Tasmania during 2024-25, says the EPA’s annual report. Tassal and Cadbury also ranked high on the list of companies fined or issued warning notices. #politas
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Miner tops list of Tasmanian environmental licence breaches
A mothballed mine on Tasmania’s west coast, topped a list for the most recorded environmental licence breaches across the state, according to the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) annual report...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mining company Greenwing Resources had the most environmental licence breaches in Tasmania during 2024-25, says the EPA’s annual report. Tassal and Cadbury also ranked high on the list of companies fined or issued warning notices. #politas
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🏭 Tas EPA has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after 9000t were used for landfill without approval. Another 8000t of slag have gone to 10 more sites, but the locations have not been made public. #politas
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Tas EPA says 9000t of smelter slag reuse lacked approval
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after an investigation found 9000 tonnes was used in road and const...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🏭 Tas EPA has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after 9000t were used for landfill without approval. Another 8000t of slag have gone to 10 more sites, but the locations have not been made public. #politas
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