Cam Walker
@camwalker.bsky.social
Campaigns co-ordinator, Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Australia.
Activist, mountain enthusiast, climber, skier, volunteer firefighter. Living on Dja Dja Wurrung country, Central Victoria.
Activist, mountain enthusiast, climber, skier, volunteer firefighter. Living on Dja Dja Wurrung country, Central Victoria.
Dieback in snow gums:
'Matt travelled up to Thredbo & confirmed the worst. Guthega was the same. I then drove up into the Brindabellas to find it there at the top. Same on the Bogong High Plains. There was an Alps-wide infestation'.
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'Matt travelled up to Thredbo & confirmed the worst. Guthega was the same. I then drove up into the Brindabellas to find it there at the top. Same on the Bogong High Plains. There was an Alps-wide infestation'.
theaustralianalpsnationalparks.org/wp-content/u...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Dieback in snow gums:
'Matt travelled up to Thredbo & confirmed the worst. Guthega was the same. I then drove up into the Brindabellas to find it there at the top. Same on the Bogong High Plains. There was an Alps-wide infestation'.
theaustralianalpsnationalparks.org/wp-content/u...
'Matt travelled up to Thredbo & confirmed the worst. Guthega was the same. I then drove up into the Brindabellas to find it there at the top. Same on the Bogong High Plains. There was an Alps-wide infestation'.
theaustralianalpsnationalparks.org/wp-content/u...
Andrew Bolt continues his ridiculous campaign against the technology of the 21st century. Thankfully its behind the pay wall.
He clearly prefers a coal mine open cut to some turbines.
He clearly prefers a coal mine open cut to some turbines.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Andrew Bolt continues his ridiculous campaign against the technology of the 21st century. Thankfully its behind the pay wall.
He clearly prefers a coal mine open cut to some turbines.
He clearly prefers a coal mine open cut to some turbines.
'Mamdani has vowed to address climate issues while in office — enforcing the city’s building decarbonization law, enacting his green school policy & handling the climate change-related issues residents often face, like flooding & extreme heat'.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues - Inside Climate News
Zohran Mamdani will need to enforce the city’s building decarbonization law, enact his green school policy and handle the climate change-related issues residents often face—like flooding and extreme h...
insideclimatenews.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
'Mamdani has vowed to address climate issues while in office — enforcing the city’s building decarbonization law, enacting his green school policy & handling the climate change-related issues residents often face, like flooding & extreme heat'.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
Since Black Summer we have been lobbying gov about the need for VIC to establish a volunteer remote area fire fighting team, as most other states already have.
Now the CFA have released a Standard Operating Procecedure covering Remote Area (Arduous) Ops.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/thinking_fire
Now the CFA have released a Standard Operating Procecedure covering Remote Area (Arduous) Ops.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/thinking_fire
Thinking about fire differently
Mobilise! Resist! Transform!
www.melbournefoe.org.au
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Since Black Summer we have been lobbying gov about the need for VIC to establish a volunteer remote area fire fighting team, as most other states already have.
Now the CFA have released a Standard Operating Procecedure covering Remote Area (Arduous) Ops.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/thinking_fire
Now the CFA have released a Standard Operating Procecedure covering Remote Area (Arduous) Ops.
www.melbournefoe.org.au/thinking_fire
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@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Folks...
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Folks...
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Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.
What we know so far, 9:30pm
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
—Dems flip VA-Gov & VA-LG.
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani up
—Dems seem to flip 2 statewide offices in GA
—JD Vance's half-brother loses in Cincy.
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—PA: Dem justices up big
—Maine anti-mail vote measure down
—Krasner wins
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.
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Federal Labor went to the last election with a promise to fix our broken nature laws. After years of delays, they have introduced new laws to Parliament. But they’re not good enough & will fail to protect nature.
The laws must be strengthened.
www.foe.org.au/strong_natur...
The laws must be strengthened.
www.foe.org.au/strong_natur...
Australia needs strong nature laws
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...
www.foe.org.au
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Federal Labor went to the last election with a promise to fix our broken nature laws. After years of delays, they have introduced new laws to Parliament. But they’re not good enough & will fail to protect nature.
The laws must be strengthened.
www.foe.org.au/strong_natur...
The laws must be strengthened.
www.foe.org.au/strong_natur...
Research shows that ‘Long-unburnt snow gum forests (now) comprise ~1% of snow gum forests in the Alps’. The forests that our parents knew are now largely gone.
It’s strange how quickly this calamitous state of affairs has become ‘normal’.
themountainjournal.com/2025/11/04/s...
It’s strange how quickly this calamitous state of affairs has become ‘normal’.
themountainjournal.com/2025/11/04/s...
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Research shows that ‘Long-unburnt snow gum forests (now) comprise ~1% of snow gum forests in the Alps’. The forests that our parents knew are now largely gone.
It’s strange how quickly this calamitous state of affairs has become ‘normal’.
themountainjournal.com/2025/11/04/s...
It’s strange how quickly this calamitous state of affairs has become ‘normal’.
themountainjournal.com/2025/11/04/s...
'The arsenal, & therefore the calamity in El Fasher & the wider Darfur region, is sponsored by the United Arab Emirates. A staunch historical ally of the RSF, the Emirates has pumped funds & weaponry into the RSF’s hands & extended the intensity of Sudan’s war'.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
'The arsenal, & therefore the calamity in El Fasher & the wider Darfur region, is sponsored by the United Arab Emirates. A staunch historical ally of the RSF, the Emirates has pumped funds & weaponry into the RSF’s hands & extended the intensity of Sudan’s war'.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Net zero" is a signifier with no actual meaning.
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Net zero" is a signifier with no actual meaning.
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
--
Have you subscribed to my blogletter yet?
And that, of course, is why it is so beloved of the major parties and the press gallery. They can sound serious and committed without actually promising to do anything. Net zero commitment indeed.
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Have you subscribed to my blogletter yet?
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📢 @climate200.bsky.social launches:
The Canavan Climate Trust
we're cataloguing the stupidest statements by climate denying Nats.
👇 all proceeds → airing ads highlighting Nats' unhinged comments in @liberalaus.bsky.social marginal seats next election!
www.climate200.com.au/campaign/the...
The Canavan Climate Trust
we're cataloguing the stupidest statements by climate denying Nats.
👇 all proceeds → airing ads highlighting Nats' unhinged comments in @liberalaus.bsky.social marginal seats next election!
www.climate200.com.au/campaign/the...
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
📢 @climate200.bsky.social launches:
The Canavan Climate Trust
we're cataloguing the stupidest statements by climate denying Nats.
👇 all proceeds → airing ads highlighting Nats' unhinged comments in @liberalaus.bsky.social marginal seats next election!
www.climate200.com.au/campaign/the...
The Canavan Climate Trust
we're cataloguing the stupidest statements by climate denying Nats.
👇 all proceeds → airing ads highlighting Nats' unhinged comments in @liberalaus.bsky.social marginal seats next election!
www.climate200.com.au/campaign/the...
The Nationals will shift their focus to climate adaptation instead of being “focused solely” on reducing emissions.
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
The Nationals abandon rural and regional communities to more disaster
After many months of speculation, The Nationals have formally abandoned a commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, said the party would shift …
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Nationals will shift their focus to climate adaptation instead of being “focused solely” on reducing emissions.
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
This is what policy defeatism looks like - we can't do much on our own, so why even try?
australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/11/03/t...
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The National Party has agreed unanimously to re-commit to its target of making the Liberal Party completely unelectable by 2050, saying it will continue to put forward ridiculous climate policies until every urban Coalition seat is lost.
Nationals Commit to Liberals Achieving Net Zero Seats by 2050 — The Shovel
"If we continue to take into consideration what Australians want done on climate, and then do the exact opposite of that, we can get a lot of those suburban seats changing hands pretty quickly"
theshovel.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The National Party has agreed unanimously to re-commit to its target of making the Liberal Party completely unelectable by 2050, saying it will continue to put forward ridiculous climate policies until every urban Coalition seat is lost.
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Community health centres are a cherished innovation from the Whitlam era – yet they are at risk of collapse unless today’s Labor governments throw a lifeline, Royce Millar reports. satpa.pe/yJfNiKr
Community healthcare centres under threat
Community health centres are a cherished innovation from the Whitlam era – yet they are at risk of collapse unless today’s Labor governments throw a lifeline.
satpa.pe
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Community health centres are a cherished innovation from the Whitlam era – yet they are at risk of collapse unless today’s Labor governments throw a lifeline, Royce Millar reports. satpa.pe/yJfNiKr
Final reading of the Treaty legislation. A historic moment for our state.
Who supported: ALP, Greens, Animal Justice Party, Legalise Cannabis VIC.
Who opposed: Libs, Nats, Shooters, One Nation, Libertarian.
Who supported: ALP, Greens, Animal Justice Party, Legalise Cannabis VIC.
Who opposed: Libs, Nats, Shooters, One Nation, Libertarian.
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Final reading of the Treaty legislation. A historic moment for our state.
Who supported: ALP, Greens, Animal Justice Party, Legalise Cannabis VIC.
Who opposed: Libs, Nats, Shooters, One Nation, Libertarian.
Who supported: ALP, Greens, Animal Justice Party, Legalise Cannabis VIC.
Who opposed: Libs, Nats, Shooters, One Nation, Libertarian.
No, its not the PM in a Joy Division tshirt.
Its way more important: historic snow pack data from Spencers Ck in the Snowy Mountains (1954 - 2025). The ridgeline chart shows the distribution of snow depth each year.
Wouldn't it be nice if the Liberals got themselves worked up over something real.
Its way more important: historic snow pack data from Spencers Ck in the Snowy Mountains (1954 - 2025). The ridgeline chart shows the distribution of snow depth each year.
Wouldn't it be nice if the Liberals got themselves worked up over something real.
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
No, its not the PM in a Joy Division tshirt.
Its way more important: historic snow pack data from Spencers Ck in the Snowy Mountains (1954 - 2025). The ridgeline chart shows the distribution of snow depth each year.
Wouldn't it be nice if the Liberals got themselves worked up over something real.
Its way more important: historic snow pack data from Spencers Ck in the Snowy Mountains (1954 - 2025). The ridgeline chart shows the distribution of snow depth each year.
Wouldn't it be nice if the Liberals got themselves worked up over something real.
Bloody good work Victoria. And shame on the parties who voted against it: Libs, Nats, One Nation.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Bloody good work Victoria. And shame on the parties who voted against it: Libs, Nats, One Nation.
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An update on our energy grid ⬆️
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
An update on our energy grid ⬆️
Real North Korea vibes from Dear Leader.
President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the visa of a Nigerian Nobel laureate after he compared Trump to a brutal dictator, according to a new report.
Nigerian Nobel laureate's visa yanked after comparing Trump to brutal dictator: report
President Donald Trump's administration has revoked the visa of a Nigerian Nobel laureate after he compared Trump to a brutal dictator, according to a new report. The Guardian reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration revoked the visa of Wole Soyinka, who won the Nobel Prize for literature i...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Real North Korea vibes from Dear Leader.
In early 2025 we hosted the first ever 'snow gum summit', which brought together traditional owners, academics, land managers, enviro & outdoor grps to better understand the threat to this iconic species.
The 2nd summit will happen in Jindabyne, March 2026.
themountainjournal.com/2025/10/29/s...
The 2nd summit will happen in Jindabyne, March 2026.
themountainjournal.com/2025/10/29/s...
Snow Gum Summit will return in 2026
Snow Gum Summit – Next Ascent: Protecting Alpine Landscapes Friends of the Earth Melbourne is excited to share that we are organising a second Snow Gum Summit, which will take place in March …
themountainjournal.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In early 2025 we hosted the first ever 'snow gum summit', which brought together traditional owners, academics, land managers, enviro & outdoor grps to better understand the threat to this iconic species.
The 2nd summit will happen in Jindabyne, March 2026.
themountainjournal.com/2025/10/29/s...
The 2nd summit will happen in Jindabyne, March 2026.
themountainjournal.com/2025/10/29/s...
Woops.
The government sending their "we're not complicit, but..." talking points to APAN is fucking hilarious
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www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Australian government’s full talking points on Gaza accidentally sent to Palestinian advocacy group
Government notes reveal they won’t back Gaza hospital proposed by Dr Mohammed Mustafa
www.deepcutnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Woops.
'57.8% of operating critical mineral sites are on land where First Nations people hold native title rights, & that jumps to 79.2% if pending native title claims are included.'
overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...
overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...
Colonialism's new Gold Rush: how 80 per cent of Australia's critical mineral mines exploit Aboriginal land without true consent - Overland literary journal
This fight over the Pilbara mine is not an isolated spat — it hints at a much larger problem. A new study finds that nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous ...
overland.org.au
October 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
'57.8% of operating critical mineral sites are on land where First Nations people hold native title rights, & that jumps to 79.2% if pending native title claims are included.'
overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...
overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...
We had an excellent pre-fire season group exercise today: 60 people, variety of trucks, off track driving, asset protection, spot fires, control lines. Good refresher!
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We had an excellent pre-fire season group exercise today: 60 people, variety of trucks, off track driving, asset protection, spot fires, control lines. Good refresher!