Cate Q
@cateq.bsky.social
Parent / Grandparent / Environmental Activist / Hotelier
Will the net zero emissions target cost taxpayers $9tn?
Has the net zero target caused electricity price rises since 2022?
Could Australia stay in the Paris agreement if it abandoned emissions targets?
Did emissions come down while the Coalition was in power?
Can CCS help cut emissions quickly?
Has the net zero target caused electricity price rises since 2022?
Could Australia stay in the Paris agreement if it abandoned emissions targets?
Did emissions come down while the Coalition was in power?
Can CCS help cut emissions quickly?
Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost
As Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emissions target, we unpick some of the opposition’s talking points
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Will the net zero emissions target cost taxpayers $9tn?
Has the net zero target caused electricity price rises since 2022?
Could Australia stay in the Paris agreement if it abandoned emissions targets?
Did emissions come down while the Coalition was in power?
Can CCS help cut emissions quickly?
Has the net zero target caused electricity price rises since 2022?
Could Australia stay in the Paris agreement if it abandoned emissions targets?
Did emissions come down while the Coalition was in power?
Can CCS help cut emissions quickly?
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My 3 climate home truths: 1) The climate damage from fossil fuels is permanent. 2) without an explicit plan by govts to quickly end fossil fuel use we’re losing the human friendly climate. 3) Without subsidies and a free pass on climate damage the fossil carbon corps assets are stranded. Because 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My 3 climate home truths: 1) The climate damage from fossil fuels is permanent. 2) without an explicit plan by govts to quickly end fossil fuel use we’re losing the human friendly climate. 3) Without subsidies and a free pass on climate damage the fossil carbon corps assets are stranded. Because 1/2
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While everyone’s having fun laughing at the Coalition’s ‘climate policy’ Labor is munching popcorn and enjoying the complete lack of scrutiny of its failed ‘Safeguard Mechanism’.
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
OECD report shows LNP climate irrelevance, while Safeguard Mechanism among least effective emissions reduction schemes in world
The report demonstrates that Australia’s safeguard mechanism remains one of the least effective programs for reducing emissions, and relies the most on carbon credits.
thepoint.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
While everyone’s having fun laughing at the Coalition’s ‘climate policy’ Labor is munching popcorn and enjoying the complete lack of scrutiny of its failed ‘Safeguard Mechanism’.
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
If only tackling #climate change just required being better than the Coalition…
thepoint.com.au/news/2150
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What's the collective noun for Editors?@deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social & @meanjin.bsky.social's @anatolitis.bsky.social join this week's #SundayShot to discuss - inter alia - the art of editing in contested times.
Give us a go & throw us a dollar!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
Give us a go & throw us a dollar!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
Editors Ahoy! - November 16 - Esther Anatolitis and Antoun Issa
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What's the collective noun for Editors?@deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social & @meanjin.bsky.social's @anatolitis.bsky.social join this week's #SundayShot to discuss - inter alia - the art of editing in contested times.
Give us a go & throw us a dollar!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
Give us a go & throw us a dollar!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_0...
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November 16, 2009 – who is going to PAY for CCS? Well, you, obvs.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
November 16, 2009 – who is going to PAY for CCS? Well, you, obvs.
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E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers
E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers
The average Australian generates about 22kg of e-waste yearly. Here’s how to responsibly recycle your unwanted devices
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Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint
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Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com
It takes time, money and fossil fuels to make the electronics that underpin modern life. From the mining of rare earths and metals to processing, manufacture and shipping, the engineering and logistical innovations that make it possible to buy a new phone every year produce incredible amounts of waste.
According to the latest Global E-Waste Monitor, the world is generating 62m tonnes of e-waste annually and is on track to reach 82m tonnes by 2030. Australia alone produces 580,000 tonnes yearly. Between planned obsolescence, advancing technology and genuine malfunctions, this figure is expected to rise. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
E-waste not want not: how to recycle old phones and computers
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Next federal election is shaping up to be a referendum on actual (as opposed to claimed) performance of @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt in meeting its touted greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Reality is it isn’t.
Its mendacious greenwashing is playing voters for mugs
#auspol
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt in meeting its touted greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Reality is it isn’t.
Its mendacious greenwashing is playing voters for mugs
#auspol
The numbers reveal a different reality, one of systematic betrayal, a climate policy dressed in the flimsiest of green costumes.
#auspol
#auspol
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Next federal election is shaping up to be a referendum on actual (as opposed to claimed) performance of @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt in meeting its touted greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Reality is it isn’t.
Its mendacious greenwashing is playing voters for mugs
#auspol
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt in meeting its touted greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Reality is it isn’t.
Its mendacious greenwashing is playing voters for mugs
#auspol
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Still contributing, clearly and reasonably, Zoe puts the case for renewables better than the government. A compelling read.
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel
In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Still contributing, clearly and reasonably, Zoe puts the case for renewables better than the government. A compelling read.
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"despite the immense opportunity that renewables offer us, environmentally & economically, 1/3 of AU want to get rid of net 0 because they think it will make life cheaper.
There’s no evidence to show that’s the case. What the evidence does show is that the cost of doing nothing will be much higher."
There’s no evidence to show that’s the case. What the evidence does show is that the cost of doing nothing will be much higher."
Still contributing, clearly and reasonably, Zoe puts the case for renewables better than the government. A compelling read.
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#auspol #Renewables
#C200 #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Coalition is spinning a lie that climate action is economically bad. How are they getting away with it? | Zoe Daniel
In this post-truth environment, the interests of coal and gas are somehow able to win the hearts and minds of voters
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"despite the immense opportunity that renewables offer us, environmentally & economically, 1/3 of AU want to get rid of net 0 because they think it will make life cheaper.
There’s no evidence to show that’s the case. What the evidence does show is that the cost of doing nothing will be much higher."
There’s no evidence to show that’s the case. What the evidence does show is that the cost of doing nothing will be much higher."
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George Monbiot 20/9 “Power is the rock on which truth founders. It will always find willing enforcers: no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital”
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
George Monbiot 20/9 “Power is the rock on which truth founders. It will always find willing enforcers: no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital”
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Perhaps the most unnecessary subheading in history (article via @simonwdc.bsky.social)
Astounding figures.
Astounding figures.
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Perhaps the most unnecessary subheading in history (article via @simonwdc.bsky.social)
Astounding figures.
Astounding figures.
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All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling.
unfccc.int/process-and-...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling.
unfccc.int/process-and-...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
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"the UAE has received 'arms and ammunition, parts and accessories' valued at USD$197m from Australia over the past five years."
But they are probably all 'non-lethal components' - right @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #SudanGenocide #auspol
But they are probably all 'non-lethal components' - right @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #SudanGenocide #auspol
The Australian Government for the past five years has been pushing weapons sales into the UAE at an astonishing scale. This is the result. Australia tying itself to more appalling war crimes, now in Sudan.
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"the UAE has received 'arms and ammunition, parts and accessories' valued at USD$197m from Australia over the past five years."
But they are probably all 'non-lethal components' - right @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #SudanGenocide #auspol
But they are probably all 'non-lethal components' - right @senatorwong.bsky.social ? #SudanGenocide #auspol
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Being better than toddlers isn’t good government, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
No saving the Coalition – and that should be a warning to Labor
Labor is trying to present itself as the adult in the room, by pointing to the opposition's tantrums. That’s not governing, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Being better than toddlers isn’t good government, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Seems that the main function of Trump's so-called peace plan for Gaza is to enable the west's political and media class to pretend that the #GazaGenocide is over.
No peace without justice.
No peace without justice.
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Seems that the main function of Trump's so-called peace plan for Gaza is to enable the west's political and media class to pretend that the #GazaGenocide is over.
No peace without justice.
No peace without justice.
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Australia should not be participating in international arms shows in the UAE and not selling weapons into the international harm market. Full stop.
More details here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More details here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is selling arms at a weapons fair in Dubai. Are they destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?
Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in Sudan
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Australia should not be participating in international arms shows in the UAE and not selling weapons into the international harm market. Full stop.
More details here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More details here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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UN rapporteur intervenes in Federal Court case over Woodside's gas project, climate bomb.
In a dramatic first for Australian courts, a UN climate expert has stepped into the legal fights over Woodside's massive gas project extension.
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
In a dramatic first for Australian courts, a UN climate expert has stepped into the legal fights over Woodside's massive gas project extension.
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UN rapporteur intervenes in Federal Court case over Woodside's gas project, climate bomb.
In a dramatic first for Australian courts, a UN climate expert has stepped into the legal fights over Woodside's massive gas project extension.
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
In a dramatic first for Australian courts, a UN climate expert has stepped into the legal fights over Woodside's massive gas project extension.
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
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Under Labor’s environmental reforms, project proponents don’t have to disclose scope 3 emissions, only scope 1 and 2 (see post 2/2 for definition). Why? Official’s avoided answering Senator David Pocock’s question on that🤷♂️. Looks like a job for #FOI. 1/2 #climate #auspol
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Green, sustainable and social investments have risen from $20bn to $157bn in the past five years, with $137bn backing projects with environmental benefits, according to new research from Impact Investing Australia (IIA) and the Centre for Social Impact.
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Green, sustainable and social investments have risen from $20bn to $157bn in the past five years, with $137bn backing projects with environmental benefits, according to new research from Impact Investing Australia (IIA) and the Centre for Social Impact.
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"Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found"
Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.
Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.
Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found
You can search and review the emails here. Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found"
Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.
Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails with Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Ehud Barak, and Larry Summers.