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Graham Readfearn
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Climate and environment correspondent @australia.theguardian.com https://bit.ly/2pO0NaF Dad. Burnley fan based in Brisbane. Opinions mine.
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The temperature check column checking facts on heat deaths, which are in fact "a thing", contrary to coalition's briefing
Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’ | Temperature Check
Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future
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October 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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An anti-renewables group made submissions naming non-existent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm, and citing scientific articles that the supposed publisher says don’t exist, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.

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Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
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October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One from me. A conservation group known for its anti-renewables stance used AI to help them with more than 100 submissions. They pointed to papers, organizations and a wind farm that didn’t exist. They also admitted they used AI to help them answer my questions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says
Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm
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October 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ and systemic problems, study says

- Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

#climatecrisis
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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
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October 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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The red goshawk is at risk of extinction - and of being eliminated on day one of the Australian #birdoftheyear competition! Can you/will you save it? Here is @readfearn.bsky.social on why you should care: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birds @birdlifeoz.bsky.social @australia.theguardian.com
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October 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bluesky is an occasional perch, but flying in with a story on Australia's rarest bird of prey, the incredible Red goshawk. You can vote for it in our Bird of the Year poll. They're in danger of being voted out after the first round with only hours left. Vote now! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Going extinct ‘right under our noses’: the quiet plight of Australia’s rarest bird of prey
Restricted now to the tropical north, the mysterious red goshawk is fast disappearing as a result of climate change and habitat loss
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October 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
- by @readfearn.bsky.social

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‘Cascading, compounding’: five key takeaways from Australia’s national climate risk assessment
From rising heat-related deaths to the environmental and economic cost of climate change, here’s what the landmark report warns
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September 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects
- Temperature Check by @readfearn.bsky.social

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Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects | Temperature Check
Nationals senator Matt Canavan and Sky presenter Chris Kenny line up to misinterpret and misquote report in effort to press case against net zero
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September 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Temperature Check is really back - 2nd in a week.

Were you, like Gina Rinehart, under the misapprehension that hospitals will be forced to shut for most of the year because they have emitted too much CO2? Allow @readfearn.bsky.social to set you right.
Gina Rinehart’s apocalyptic visions for bush summits just the latest in a history of climate science denialism | Temperature Check
Sponsorship of News Corp’s event series has given Australia’s richest person a vehicle for her anti-net zero crusade
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August 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Graham Readfearn has a nice summary of how The Australian newspaper is a (very willing) mouthpiece for the fossil fuel industry and lobbying on Chevron’s behalf. @readfearn.bsky.social

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Australia should adopt US policies to attract fossil fuel dollars, says chief of ‘carbon major’ Chevron
In ‘exclusive’ with the Australian, Mike Wirth, CEO of company responsible for more greenhouse gases than any other independently owned entity, wants Australia to be more like the US and Middle East
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August 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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this science was undertaken using data from u.s. satellites at the end of their life. trump (and musk) slashed any chance of replacing them.

it is REALLY important that the world stop relying on the united states.

(amazing report from @readfearn.bsky.social)

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Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking - and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds
Study from Nasa and Australian universities shows cloud coverage at the poles has shrunk over past 24 years, but mystery of 2023 global temperature spike remains
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Uhlmann continues the memeing
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs”
“This is what 1.5C above the preindustrial [average temperature] means. Things will get a lot worse before it gets better, and that’s what makes me sad.”
Dr James Gilmore
“It was our hope spot”: Vast coral bleaching and now coral death has swept across Western Australia’s coral reefs - many, like the remote Rowley Shoals, were pristine spots. Government scientsts are seriously shaken by what they have seen. From me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
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June 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Also related - by @lisacox.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“It was our hope spot”: Vast coral bleaching and now coral death has swept across Western Australia’s coral reefs - many, like the remote Rowley Shoals, were pristine spots. Government scientsts are seriously shaken by what they have seen. From me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
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June 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia

World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Back from a break.. and straight to an oil and gas conference where Woodside boss Meg O’Neill had some views on young people. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’
Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels
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May 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air
Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy - and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act? | Clear Air
After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment * Australian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updates * Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Analysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear: the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one new policy. But Anthony Albanese and his climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, emerged with their ambitious goal of the country getting 82% of electricity from solar, wind and hydro by 2030 not just intact, but emphatically endorsed. Labor’s position has been relentlessly attacked by the Coalition, rightwing organisations backed by fossil fuel interests and one of the country’s biggest news media companies. Australians rejected this comprehensively. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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May 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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According to data from Coral Reef Watch, the worst global bleaching event on record has now hit more than 80% of the planet’s reefs, prompting scientists to warn that we are in “uncharted territory.”

Read more from @readfearn.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:

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Tracing the worst coral bleaching event in recorded history – video
Two years into the worst coral bleaching event on record, more than 80% of the planet's reefs have been affected
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May 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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In case you missed it, the @australia.theguardian.com Last Chance series highlights the plight of some of our country’s most beloved species. Why aren't they on the election agenda? bit.ly/3EPv2Ij

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May 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This from me: Since Peter Dutton started promoting nuclear as a key plank of the Coalition's energy platform, support for Australia's ongoing ban on nuclear power has actually gone up. Some other fascinating insights on the public's view of nuclear here, including what Coalition voters think.
Australians’ support for nuclear power ban rises despite Dutton’s best efforts to sell atomic future, survey finds
Only one in two Liberal party voters are in favour of lifting the national ban, according to the National Climate Action Survey
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May 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM