Lisa Cliff
@lisaofyourworries.bsky.social
🌏 Climate solutions advocate
📢 Mobilising networks for ambitious climate action
🤝 Director @ Better Futures Australia
💡 Sustainable climate policy & resilient communities
📍 On Jagera & Turrbal Country
💃🏼 She/her
📢 Mobilising networks for ambitious climate action
🤝 Director @ Better Futures Australia
💡 Sustainable climate policy & resilient communities
📍 On Jagera & Turrbal Country
💃🏼 She/her
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Can we actually train ourselves to be more open-minded and harder to fool?
New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch
New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch
How to Train Yourself to Be More Open-Minded and Less Easily Misled
New research shows that cultivating open-minded thinking can be taught, and that this simple shift improves our ability to tell facts from falsehoods.
matthewfacciani.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Can we actually train ourselves to be more open-minded and harder to fool?
New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch
New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch
Some good news reading for your Saturday 💚🙏🏻
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here’s Saturday’s good news story. Australian Wildlife Conservancy do a great job buy properties, excluding predators and reintroducing wildlife
Here’s Saturday’s good news story. Australian Wildlife Conservancy do a great job buy properties, excluding predators and reintroducing wildlife
Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials
Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Some good news reading for your Saturday 💚🙏🏻
Referring to the law’s fate in Congress, Ms. Stokes said, “It’s not dead yet.”
Update on efforts to save the inflation reduction act
👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/c...
Update on efforts to save the inflation reduction act
👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/c...
Don’t Mention Climate: Now, Clean Energy Is All About the Money
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Referring to the law’s fate in Congress, Ms. Stokes said, “It’s not dead yet.”
Update on efforts to save the inflation reduction act
👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/c...
Update on efforts to save the inflation reduction act
👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/c...
10 yrs ago, I wrote a blog post 'Life—Left Undone', as I was stepping away from my job & moving overseas. This post is a follow up reflection. If you're feeling stretched or navigating your own turning point, maybe this will resonate. thelisaofyourworries.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/l...
Life – Left Undone | A Decade of Reflection
Ten years ago, I wrote a blog post titled Life Left Undone. It came at a time when everything felt like it was speeding up and splintering all at once. I was finishing my Masters, quitting my job, …
thelisaofyourworries.wordpress.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
10 yrs ago, I wrote a blog post 'Life—Left Undone', as I was stepping away from my job & moving overseas. This post is a follow up reflection. If you're feeling stretched or navigating your own turning point, maybe this will resonate. thelisaofyourworries.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/l...
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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
Honest Government Ad | Minority Government
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
Case study from NZ shows how to cut coal & gas use & lower energy bills with #IndustrialHeatPumps. Meanwhile, #AustralianEnergyProducers lobby for more public subsidies to prop up more gas. Australia needs to adopt solutions working now. ieefa.org/resources/au... thanks @ieefainstitute.bsky.social
Australia lagging behind New Zealand on cutting industrial energy costs
While Australian industry is moving slowly in embracing the decarbonisation opportunities offered by industrial heat pumps (IHPs), New Zealand is moving ahead in implementing the technology.
ieefa.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Case study from NZ shows how to cut coal & gas use & lower energy bills with #IndustrialHeatPumps. Meanwhile, #AustralianEnergyProducers lobby for more public subsidies to prop up more gas. Australia needs to adopt solutions working now. ieefa.org/resources/au... thanks @ieefainstitute.bsky.social
This isn’t integrity—it’s entrenching power.
I’m really struggling to understand how the #electionfundingbill passed. Is there no level of self-reflection among individuals in the #majorparties? How does this strengthen #democracy or make elections fairer?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/13/p...
I’m really struggling to understand how the #electionfundingbill passed. Is there no level of self-reflection among individuals in the #majorparties? How does this strengthen #democracy or make elections fairer?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/13/p...
'A crap deal': Labor's spending cap for independents vulnerable to High Court test
Simliar changes in Victoria have already become the subject of a High Court complaint, a constitutional expert says.
www.crikey.com.au
February 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This isn’t integrity—it’s entrenching power.
I’m really struggling to understand how the #electionfundingbill passed. Is there no level of self-reflection among individuals in the #majorparties? How does this strengthen #democracy or make elections fairer?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/13/p...
I’m really struggling to understand how the #electionfundingbill passed. Is there no level of self-reflection among individuals in the #majorparties? How does this strengthen #democracy or make elections fairer?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/13/p...
Why Ziggy is such a great #PawsForClimate activist 👇🏼
"Because border collies are left brain, they like a procedure, things in sequential form, they like things to be organised." 🐾🌏 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
"Because border collies are left brain, they like a procedure, things in sequential form, they like things to be organised." 🐾🌏 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
January 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Why Ziggy is such a great #PawsForClimate activist 👇🏼
"Because border collies are left brain, they like a procedure, things in sequential form, they like things to be organised." 🐾🌏 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
"Because border collies are left brain, they like a procedure, things in sequential form, they like things to be organised." 🐾🌏 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Australian fossil fuel giant Santos’ pursuit of the Environmental Defenders Office could lead to its closure.
This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos ruling could deter other law firms taking action, experts warn
Australia’s biggest enviro-law charity is scrambling to recover financially, after copping a $9 million legal bill in a high-profile loss against Santos. Experts fear it puts the entire future of envi...
www.abc.net.au
January 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Australian fossil fuel giant Santos’ pursuit of the Environmental Defenders Office could lead to its closure.
This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
This is what SLAPP actions look like, and designed to silence an organisation that held fossil fuel companies to account.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
ChatGPT's attempt at capturing a lot of the conversations I've had to kick off 2025. A reminder that while there's a lot we can’t control, there’s plenty we can change if we're working together—and pacing ourselves for the long haul. #ClimateAction #Resilience #SerenityPrayer
January 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
ChatGPT's attempt at capturing a lot of the conversations I've had to kick off 2025. A reminder that while there's a lot we can’t control, there’s plenty we can change if we're working together—and pacing ourselves for the long haul. #ClimateAction #Resilience #SerenityPrayer
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Good to see community independents taking the fight right to Dutton. Does the colour really matter though? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Don’t call me teal: meet the Climate 200-backed candidate set to take on Peter Dutton
Environmental consultant Ellie Smith knows she has a tough job ahead of her to unseat the federal opposition leader, but she’s up for the challenge
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Good to see community independents taking the fight right to Dutton. Does the colour really matter though? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The transformation of the electricity market we are witnessing is incredible.
Right now it's 34C, air-con demand very high, but the wholesale price is extremely low.
A decade ago, power companies would have been making bank, but can't anymore thanks to regular Aussies installing rooftop solar.
Right now it's 34C, air-con demand very high, but the wholesale price is extremely low.
A decade ago, power companies would have been making bank, but can't anymore thanks to regular Aussies installing rooftop solar.
January 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The transformation of the electricity market we are witnessing is incredible.
Right now it's 34C, air-con demand very high, but the wholesale price is extremely low.
A decade ago, power companies would have been making bank, but can't anymore thanks to regular Aussies installing rooftop solar.
Right now it's 34C, air-con demand very high, but the wholesale price is extremely low.
A decade ago, power companies would have been making bank, but can't anymore thanks to regular Aussies installing rooftop solar.
"...#AI #datacenter owners will reduce cost & risk not by centralizing assets & building a wall around them, but by working with other stakeholders..." - Michael Liebreich
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
Liebreich: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory | BloombergNEF
This year will go down in history as the year the energy sector woke up to AI. This is also the year AI woke up to energy. Is the data center power frenzy just the latest of a long line of energy sect...
about.bnef.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"...#AI #datacenter owners will reduce cost & risk not by centralizing assets & building a wall around them, but by working with other stakeholders..." - Michael Liebreich
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...
“We are in a generational struggle to move the world to a safer place. Today’s abdication of responsibility by President Trump will not derail the world from this fight.” - Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
www.wri.org/statement-pa...
www.wri.org/statement-pa...
STATEMENT: Paris Agreement Withdrawal Erodes America’s Standing in the World
WASHINGTON (January 20, 2025) — On his first day in office, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Following is a statement b...
https://www.wri.org/statement-paris-agreement-withdrawal-erodes-americas-standing-world?apcid=0065832df241868dfaf29300&utm_campaign=wridigest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wridigest-2025-01-21“We
January 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“We are in a generational struggle to move the world to a safer place. Today’s abdication of responsibility by President Trump will not derail the world from this fight.” - Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
www.wri.org/statement-pa...
www.wri.org/statement-pa...
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We all need these gang-gang smiles 🤩🪶🌏🧪🌿
January 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We all need these gang-gang smiles 🤩🪶🌏🧪🌿
Feeling fearful for the world today, so I revisited this #FutureCrunch 2024 wrap for a much needed dose of optimism. Thought others might find it uplifting too, to keep on with the flight for positive change: fixthenews.com/86-stories-p...
86 Stories of Progress from 2024
Not everything that happened this year was terrible.
fixthenews.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Feeling fearful for the world today, so I revisited this #FutureCrunch 2024 wrap for a much needed dose of optimism. Thought others might find it uplifting too, to keep on with the flight for positive change: fixthenews.com/86-stories-p...
A decarbonised economy is still within reach, but the fight is far from over.
Calling all solutions-focused friends—let’s bring our tenacious selves into 2025.
Read more: e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-...
Calling all solutions-focused friends—let’s bring our tenacious selves into 2025.
Read more: e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-...
Carbon Dioxide Levels Rose by a Record Amount Last Year
e360.yale.edu
January 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A decarbonised economy is still within reach, but the fight is far from over.
Calling all solutions-focused friends—let’s bring our tenacious selves into 2025.
Read more: e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-...
Calling all solutions-focused friends—let’s bring our tenacious selves into 2025.
Read more: e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-...
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Comment template means it is easy to make a comment on the Browse Carbon Capture and Storage project.
Just fine tune your comment, make it personal.
Just fine tune your comment, make it personal.
ICYMI. There’s still time to get your submission to stop Woodside’s toxic, dangerous, #FossilFuel Pollution Dumping Project. 💀
You can complete a simple submission in a couple of minutes or be as extensive and detailed as you want.
🔥
www.gobeyondgas.com.au/stop_woodsid...
Closes January 31.
🙏🏼
You can complete a simple submission in a couple of minutes or be as extensive and detailed as you want.
🔥
www.gobeyondgas.com.au/stop_woodsid...
Closes January 31.
🙏🏼
January 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Comment template means it is easy to make a comment on the Browse Carbon Capture and Storage project.
Just fine tune your comment, make it personal.
Just fine tune your comment, make it personal.
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New polling reveals that ending native forest logging is a key issue that could swing the election.
The majority of voters in five key battleground seats supported ending native forest logging and sourcing all timber from plantations.
The majority of voters in five key battleground seats supported ending native forest logging and sourcing all timber from plantations.
January 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New polling reveals that ending native forest logging is a key issue that could swing the election.
The majority of voters in five key battleground seats supported ending native forest logging and sourcing all timber from plantations.
The majority of voters in five key battleground seats supported ending native forest logging and sourcing all timber from plantations.
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Want to support #communityindependents against the lies of #coal-funded advertising? Donate to @climate200.bsky.social ... it's going to go low & those for honesty in #politicaladvertising are going to have to speak up and get involved! #auspol #democracy #election2025 tinyurl.com/yeus7p67
We’ve got their backs. | Climate 200
www.climate200.com.au
January 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Want to support #communityindependents against the lies of #coal-funded advertising? Donate to @climate200.bsky.social ... it's going to go low & those for honesty in #politicaladvertising are going to have to speak up and get involved! #auspol #democracy #election2025 tinyurl.com/yeus7p67
Atmos Renewables #windfarm in Badgingarra - the Wheatbelt region of WA (~ 2 hours north of Perth), is set to bring up to $17million back to the community. #renewables #betterfutures
thewest.com.au/news/midwest...
thewest.com.au/news/midwest...
Wind farm project could set precedent for community funds
A Mid West shire is hopeful an approved renewable energy farm will set a precedent for community benefits across the State.
thewest.com.au
January 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Atmos Renewables #windfarm in Badgingarra - the Wheatbelt region of WA (~ 2 hours north of Perth), is set to bring up to $17million back to the community. #renewables #betterfutures
thewest.com.au/news/midwest...
thewest.com.au/news/midwest...
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Investor initiatives can and should play a critical role in stewarding the economy and directing finance to drive the rapid clean energy transition needed to limit the devastating social, environmental and economic threats posed by climate change. www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Climate heat is still on investors despite BlackRock’s net zero exit
Investor climate initiatives can and should play a role in stewarding the economy but have so far failed to bring real-world emissions into line with global goals.
www.afr.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Investor initiatives can and should play a critical role in stewarding the economy and directing finance to drive the rapid clean energy transition needed to limit the devastating social, environmental and economic threats posed by climate change. www.afr.com/policy/energ...
#fossilfuel expansion is looking riskier by the day. The writing is on the wall: investing in #cleanenergy is not just necessary for a safe #climate, but increasingly the smarter business move.
A timely read from The Energy Mix 👇🏼
www.theenergymix.com/oil-companie...
A timely read from The Energy Mix 👇🏼
www.theenergymix.com/oil-companie...
Oil Companies, Investors Talk Down Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ as Prices Stay Low, Exploration Budgets Shrink
Investor demands for bigger, faster returns on fossil-fuel investments, coupled with heightened fear of declining oil demand and surging clean energy alternatives, have independent analysts and even s...
www.theenergymix.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#fossilfuel expansion is looking riskier by the day. The writing is on the wall: investing in #cleanenergy is not just necessary for a safe #climate, but increasingly the smarter business move.
A timely read from The Energy Mix 👇🏼
www.theenergymix.com/oil-companie...
A timely read from The Energy Mix 👇🏼
www.theenergymix.com/oil-companie...
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“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”
Scorched Earth
The precarity of living on a burning planet.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“It’s difficult to believe the degradation of our information systems is by accident. If we’re unable to accurately report how and why we’re in this disaster, the people responsible won’t be held accountable. Their net worth continues to increase exponentially at the same clip as public ignorance.”