Martin Jones
@martincjones.com
🇦🇺/🇩🇪 climate change/energy economist and policy wonk; former academic (CEEM) and consumer advocate (CUAC); amateur footballer. Personal views. He/him.
"As Australians cycle through more than 7 million tonnes of paper, glass, plastic, metal and wood a year – the equivalent of 264 kilograms per person – food manufacturers are innovating on packaging to save on costs, reduce waste and stay a step ahead of new laws." www.theage.com.au/business/com...
Square juice bottles, canned wine: Why your food packaging is getting smarter
Fully recyclable materials, smart labels and better use of space are examples of more sustainable retail that can also influence shopping behaviour.
www.theage.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM
"As Australians cycle through more than 7 million tonnes of paper, glass, plastic, metal and wood a year – the equivalent of 264 kilograms per person – food manufacturers are innovating on packaging to save on costs, reduce waste and stay a step ahead of new laws." www.theage.com.au/business/com...
Louise Adler: "I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Louise Adler: "I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump wants to cap credit card interest at 10% pa. Analysts: "Most banks would respond by cutting credit limits, closing riskier accounts, and scaling back rewards programmes, because they simply couldn't cover losses at that price point." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump plan to cap credit card costs hits bank shares
The US president has called for interest rates on credit cards to be capped at 10% for one year.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Trump wants to cap credit card interest at 10% pa. Analysts: "Most banks would respond by cutting credit limits, closing riskier accounts, and scaling back rewards programmes, because they simply couldn't cover losses at that price point." www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Under President Trump, the E.P.A. plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing ... fine particulate matter [PM2.5] and ozone, when regulating industry, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:33 PM
"Under President Trump, the E.P.A. plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing ... fine particulate matter [PM2.5] and ozone, when regulating industry, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
"Climate-heating emissions from aviation could be slashed in half – without reducing passenger journeys – by getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using the most efficient aircraft, according to analysis." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: how aviation emissions could be halved without cutting journeys
Exclusive: Getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using efficient aircraft could slash CO2, analysis suggests
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 AM
"Climate-heating emissions from aviation could be slashed in half – without reducing passenger journeys – by getting rid of premium seats, ensuring flights are near full and using the most efficient aircraft, according to analysis." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Angela Macdonald-Smith, AFR: These 20 projects will make or break the renewable energy transition www.afr.com/companies/en...
These 20 projects will make or break the renewable energy transition
Delays, community backlash and soaring costs have made the move away from fossil fuels slower and more expensive. But this year could be a turning point.
www.afr.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Angela Macdonald-Smith, AFR: These 20 projects will make or break the renewable energy transition www.afr.com/companies/en...
"Victoria’s household gas prices have jumped 208% since 2009 – the biggest increase in Australia." 'Based on the St Vincent de Paul Society and Alviss Consulting’s annual tariff tracker, the national average rise was 134%' www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
www.heraldsun.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Victoria’s household gas prices have jumped 208% since 2009 – the biggest increase in Australia." 'Based on the St Vincent de Paul Society and Alviss Consulting’s annual tariff tracker, the national average rise was 134%' www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...
Someone with "several mental health conditions, including bipolar and schizophrenia" on an alleged crime spree, apparently. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Someone with "several mental health conditions, including bipolar and schizophrenia" on an alleged crime spree, apparently. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
"We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees" theconversation.com/we-discovere...
We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees
We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.
theconversation.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
"We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees" theconversation.com/we-discovere...
"Sometimes the most important transitions are visible not in moments of crisis, but in moments where crisis quietly fails to appear."
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
"Sometimes the most important transitions are visible not in moments of crisis, but in moments where crisis quietly fails to appear."
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
'This week has shown the explosive growth of solar power in particular had diminished the risks of blackouts during heatwaves caused by supply shortfalls' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
'Dozens of steel platforms for offshore oil & gas extraction, as tall as skyscrapers, are no longer pumping fossil fuels from Australia's seabed. What should happen to them?' www.theage.com.au/business/com...
Now the hard part for Australia’s oil and gas sector: erasing itself from the sea
Dozens of offshore steel platforms as tall as skyscrapers are no longer pumping fossil fuels from the seabed. What should happen to them?
www.theage.com.au
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'Dozens of steel platforms for offshore oil & gas extraction, as tall as skyscrapers, are no longer pumping fossil fuels from Australia's seabed. What should happen to them?' www.theage.com.au/business/com...
"this is catastrophic as a shift away from a world in which we deal with our problems peacefully toward a world in which we deal with our problems using military force ... This is just a blatant throwing-the-whole-thing-out and making a claim to be able to use force whenever [the USA] wants."
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
"this is catastrophic as a shift away from a world in which we deal with our problems peacefully toward a world in which we deal with our problems using military force ... This is just a blatant throwing-the-whole-thing-out and making a claim to be able to use force whenever [the USA] wants."
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I'm saying this because I spent 3 years reporting on oil in Guyana not because I have a feeling. You can also Google it! But here are some helpful links:
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
What Is the Significance of Venezuela’s Naval Incursion into Guyana?
CSIS Americas Program director Ryan C. Berg, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Rubi Bledsoe, Henry Ziemer, and Eitan Casaverde examine Venezuela's recent naval incursions into Guyanese waters.
www.csis.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm saying this because I spent 3 years reporting on oil in Guyana not because I have a feeling. You can also Google it! But here are some helpful links:
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
theintercept.com/2023/06/18/g...
www.offshore-technology.com/features/exp...
catalystmcgill.com/jungle-war-t...
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Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.
What the fuck is Trump doing abducting foreign heads of state?! This is some megalomania shit.
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM
What the fuck is Trump doing abducting foreign heads of state?! This is some megalomania shit.
"One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic. Both are being harvested and turned into serious businesses."
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
Move over AI, seaweed is the new wonder product
One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic.
www.theage.com.au
January 2, 2026 at 11:03 PM
"One type of seaweed cuts methane emissions and fattens cattle and another has natural polymers that behave like plastic. Both are being harvested and turned into serious businesses."
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
www.theage.com.au/business/ent...
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“I cannot describe to you how enraging it is to look to well-established, reputable, publicly altruistic people to seek to understand how to use power, fame, and influence responsibly only to discover that for the most part this question, or this agenda, has never occurred to these people at all.”
I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Caveat Vendor
Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“I cannot describe to you how enraging it is to look to well-established, reputable, publicly altruistic people to seek to understand how to use power, fame, and influence responsibly only to discover that for the most part this question, or this agenda, has never occurred to these people at all.”
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This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Another day, another dubious #ResolvePM issues question wording. Especially wrt Palestine march ban, it's debatable both whether the idea would tackle antisemitism and whether tackling antisemitism is the primary motive of proponents.
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Another day, another dubious #ResolvePM issues question wording. Especially wrt Palestine march ban, it's debatable both whether the idea would tackle antisemitism and whether tackling antisemitism is the primary motive of proponents.
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yeah, fuck bolognese
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
yeah, fuck bolognese
Gosh these continued violent attacks on Jews in Australia are just horrific. Who follows up the monstrous acts of Bondi with a car bombing? Awful stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Gosh these continued violent attacks on Jews in Australia are just horrific. Who follows up the monstrous acts of Bondi with a car bombing? Awful stuff.