Gippsland Environment Group
@geg101.bsky.social
Lobbying against environmental threats since 2005 on unceded Gunaikurnai, Ngarigo & Bidwell Country.
Research Activism Networking
info@geg.org.au
https://www.geg.org.au/
Research Activism Networking
info@geg.org.au
https://www.geg.org.au/
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“You go in hoping corals you saw that were partially bleached might have recovered.
Unfortunately the scale tipped to mortality. Most of the data is showing that any coral that bleached in March went on to die.”
It’s time to:
BAN ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS.
“You go in hoping corals you saw that were partially bleached might have recovered.
Unfortunately the scale tipped to mortality. Most of the data is showing that any coral that bleached in March went on to die.”
It’s time to:
BAN ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS.
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“You go in hoping corals you saw that were partially bleached might have recovered.
Unfortunately the scale tipped to mortality. Most of the data is showing that any coral that bleached in March went on to die.”
It’s time to:
BAN ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS.
“You go in hoping corals you saw that were partially bleached might have recovered.
Unfortunately the scale tipped to mortality. Most of the data is showing that any coral that bleached in March went on to die.”
It’s time to:
BAN ALL NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS.
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We can find suitable land with sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow plants, wait years to harvest the biomass and burn it for energy, hope to capture the CO₂ with carbon capture and storage technology, and find a suitable spot to bury the CO₂ permanently.
OR we can use solar panels.
OR we can use solar panels.
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We can find suitable land with sunlight, water, and nutrients to grow plants, wait years to harvest the biomass and burn it for energy, hope to capture the CO₂ with carbon capture and storage technology, and find a suitable spot to bury the CO₂ permanently.
OR we can use solar panels.
OR we can use solar panels.
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It is deeply distressing to see that Israel has resumed aerial bombing of Palestinians in Gaza despite a supposed ceasefire. The world must not turn its gaze away.
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It is deeply distressing to see that Israel has resumed aerial bombing of Palestinians in Gaza despite a supposed ceasefire. The world must not turn its gaze away.
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Also: anyone who wants to use this as a chance to wallow in doom and despair can fuck right off - every tonne of CO2 matters, every fraction of a degree we prevent saves lives and ecosystems. We need to fight like HELL to save what we can, grieve what we can’t, and lock up those responsible.
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Also: anyone who wants to use this as a chance to wallow in doom and despair can fuck right off - every tonne of CO2 matters, every fraction of a degree we prevent saves lives and ecosystems. We need to fight like HELL to save what we can, grieve what we can’t, and lock up those responsible.
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Native title for about 915,000ha of Cape York has been returned to the traditional owners
Captain Cook landed in the region in 1770. Yrs of violence & displacement in the region followd.
"..we've always known this was our country,we just needed it recognised in law."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Captain Cook landed in the region in 1770. Yrs of violence & displacement in the region followd.
"..we've always known this was our country,we just needed it recognised in law."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Cape York land returned to owners 255 years after Captain James Cook arrived
A native title claim in the region where Captain James Cook made landfall after his ship crashed into the Great Barrier Reef in 1770 is among one of three to finally be settled by the Federal Court th...
www.abc.net.au
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Native title for about 915,000ha of Cape York has been returned to the traditional owners
Captain Cook landed in the region in 1770. Yrs of violence & displacement in the region followd.
"..we've always known this was our country,we just needed it recognised in law."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Captain Cook landed in the region in 1770. Yrs of violence & displacement in the region followd.
"..we've always known this was our country,we just needed it recognised in law."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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25 years of analysis confirms what many frontline, indigenous and climate justice groups have been loudly saying for that whole 25 years: climate offsets are a scam meant to mask the obvious reality that we must stop burning fossil fuels. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
25 years of analysis confirms what many frontline, indigenous and climate justice groups have been loudly saying for that whole 25 years: climate offsets are a scam meant to mask the obvious reality that we must stop burning fossil fuels. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
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Seriously. How much fucking wildlife extinction will be enough for neolibs?
#ExtinctionIsForever
#LaborIsFuckingUseless
#auspol
#ExtinctionIsForever
#LaborIsFuckingUseless
#auspol
“BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird”. Same old story. Avaricious #mining company clears #habitat. More vandalism against our natural heritage. #wildlife #birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’ Stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion
BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seriously. How much fucking wildlife extinction will be enough for neolibs?
#ExtinctionIsForever
#LaborIsFuckingUseless
#auspol
#ExtinctionIsForever
#LaborIsFuckingUseless
#auspol
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Minister Watt uses purpose-designed regressive EPBC amendments that "removed the environment minister's ability to reconsider previous decisions if they had been ongoing for at least 5 years, & were approved w conditions that involve state-based regs" to end reconsideration of salmon farming request
August 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Minister Watt uses purpose-designed regressive EPBC amendments that "removed the environment minister's ability to reconsider previous decisions if they had been ongoing for at least 5 years, & were approved w conditions that involve state-based regs" to end reconsideration of salmon farming request
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PM @albomp.bsky.social, FM @senatorwong.bsky.social,
you may be desensitised to genocidal atrocities directed at children, but we are NOT
You need to SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
you may be desensitised to genocidal atrocities directed at children, but we are NOT
You need to SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
Dr Assal Rad—
"UNICEF Spox James Elder is back in Gaza and says the violence is worse than ever.
"A horror show, paid for with US tax dollars."
"UNICEF Spox James Elder is back in Gaza and says the violence is worse than ever.
"A horror show, paid for with US tax dollars."
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social, FM @senatorwong.bsky.social,
you may be desensitised to genocidal atrocities directed at children, but we are NOT
You need to SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
you may be desensitised to genocidal atrocities directed at children, but we are NOT
You need to SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
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Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says
Murray Watt says ‘it’s not the government’s intention to stop old growth logging’ as Greens and academics press for total halt
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Native forest logging must end in order to reach Labor’s emissions reduction target, expert says www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Critically Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos have an extremely restricted diet. In East Gippsland they only feed on Black She-oaks. "Planned" burning by Forest Fire Management Vic is deliberately destroying their habitat. Read more:
www.geg.org.au/glossy-black...
Critically Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos have an extremely restricted diet. In East Gippsland they only feed on Black She-oaks. "Planned" burning by Forest Fire Management Vic is deliberately destroying their habitat. Read more:
www.geg.org.au/glossy-black...
Australia’s quietest cockatoo is running out of trees. We have betrayed its gentle curiosity | Joseph Earp
As logging, fire and shrinking habitat push the glossy black cockatoo closer to the brink, we don’t just risk losing a species, but a world of wonder
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Critically Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos have an extremely restricted diet. In East Gippsland they only feed on Black She-oaks. "Planned" burning by Forest Fire Management Vic is deliberately destroying their habitat. Read more:
www.geg.org.au/glossy-black...
Critically Endangered Glossy Black Cockatoos have an extremely restricted diet. In East Gippsland they only feed on Black She-oaks. "Planned" burning by Forest Fire Management Vic is deliberately destroying their habitat. Read more:
www.geg.org.au/glossy-black...
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I was surprised by how moved I was when treaty legislation entered parliament this week. But when I step and think about it, my reaction was understandable. What a moment! www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/this-is-ho...
Treaty: This is how we get over it
Finding ourselves in the story of this land, together.
www.thespencerstreetend.com.au
September 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I was surprised by how moved I was when treaty legislation entered parliament this week. But when I step and think about it, my reaction was understandable. What a moment! www.thespencerstreetend.com.au/p/this-is-ho...
firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/
"TREATY, IT'S HERE ...Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples in Victoria and the Victorian Government"
"TREATY, IT'S HERE ...Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples in Victoria and the Victorian Government"
About TREATY for Victoria | The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria
Treaty is our opportunity to make sure we – the Traditional Owners of these lands – always have the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect our communities, our culture, and our Country.
firstpeoplesvic.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/
"TREATY, IT'S HERE ...Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples in Victoria and the Victorian Government"
"TREATY, IT'S HERE ...Australia’s first Treaty between First Peoples in Victoria and the Victorian Government"
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Excellent and moving episode of 7AM podcast, with @mrdtjames.bsky.social talking about the historical and cultural implications of the Nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty on Sunday.
How a mainstream protest gave cover to neo-Nazi violence
Podcast Episode · 7am · 02/09/2025 · 17m
podcasts.apple.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, whose uncle Robbie Thorpe established the camp, wants the attack investigated as a hate crime.
“The aim of this attack was to cause fear and terror in the hearts and minds of our people.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/nationa...
“The aim of this attack was to cause fear and terror in the hearts and minds of our people.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/nationa...
'Disgraceful': Far-right marchers storm Indigenous group
Confronting footage has emerged of protesters storming an Indigenous camp in Melbourne after Sunday's "March for Australia" rallies.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, whose uncle Robbie Thorpe established the camp, wants the attack investigated as a hate crime.
“The aim of this attack was to cause fear and terror in the hearts and minds of our people.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/nationa...
“The aim of this attack was to cause fear and terror in the hearts and minds of our people.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/nationa...
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Abolish Native Forest Logging
Abolish Native Forest Logging
State-owned Forestry Corporation charged with 29 offences related to failing to protect threatened species
The state Environment Protection Authority laid charges after investigation into accusations the corporation breached laws while operating in Tallaganda state forest
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Abolish Native Forest Logging
Abolish Native Forest Logging