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Pioneering Australia seaweed grower Sea Forest bought four tonnes of pure chemical bromoform - the chemical that limits methane in its products - during its early years. It won't say why.
I took at look at the company in this deeply reported story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I took at look at the company in this deeply reported story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
Selling Seaweed: An Australian Green Startup’s Secret Chemical Insurance Policy
Sea Forest embodied the promise of green capitalism: grow seaweed, solve climate, get rich. It appears the company was playing with a stacked deck.
drilled.media
December 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Pioneering Australia seaweed grower Sea Forest bought four tonnes of pure chemical bromoform - the chemical that limits methane in its products - during its early years. It won't say why.
I took at look at the company in this deeply reported story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
I took at look at the company in this deeply reported story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.
Thanks for this great work Uli
We simulated standard (5 & 10 days) and prolonged (30 & 90 days) florfenicol treatments in common carp and tracked gut microbiota, ARGs, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) before, during, and after treatment.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thanks for this great work Uli
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"Northern Territory regulators found out about the DLNG leak in 2020, just hours after signing off on a proposal to extend its operations until 2050.
It briefly sparked concerns of an explosion risk to people in Darwin and nearby Palmerston, 7 and 11 kilometres away respectively."
It briefly sparked concerns of an explosion risk to people in Darwin and nearby Palmerston, 7 and 11 kilometres away respectively."
'Huge' leak from gas plant kept secret from public in 'national scandal'
Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.
www.abc.net.au
August 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Northern Territory regulators found out about the DLNG leak in 2020, just hours after signing off on a proposal to extend its operations until 2050.
It briefly sparked concerns of an explosion risk to people in Darwin and nearby Palmerston, 7 and 11 kilometres away respectively."
It briefly sparked concerns of an explosion risk to people in Darwin and nearby Palmerston, 7 and 11 kilometres away respectively."
Reposted by Marc Lavois
An aside: journalism exists in an attention economy where demand drives editorial decision making. If you find something you enjoyed, learned from and that moved you, share and share widely -- even four days late. I, and others, don't get to keep doing this stuff if no one reads it.
This piece is so good that I feel weird and kind of gross for both discovering it four days after the fact and sharing it after midnight.
But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.
But you all already knew that. Didn't you?
But anyway this is an exceptionally affecting piece of writing and @roycerk2.bsky.social is a very good journalist.
But you all already knew that. Didn't you?
“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.
Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.
drilled.media
August 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
An aside: journalism exists in an attention economy where demand drives editorial decision making. If you find something you enjoyed, learned from and that moved you, share and share widely -- even four days late. I, and others, don't get to keep doing this stuff if no one reads it.
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📢 The second payment, made in the second quarter of this year, takes Australia’s contribution to the US industrial base to $1.6 billion with no guarantee AUKUS will continue.
Australia quietly pays US another $800 million for AUKUS despite review
www.smh.com.au
July 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Australian government funded clean up of the recent Chevron oil spill at a cost of 500 million
…https://www.boilingcold.com.au/governments-set-to-refund-chevron-500m-for-barrow-island-oil-field-clean-up/
Contrast this with the entire industry growth program including defence- 169.1 million.
…https://www.boilingcold.com.au/governments-set-to-refund-chevron-500m-for-barrow-island-oil-field-clean-up/
Contrast this with the entire industry growth program including defence- 169.1 million.
July 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Australian government funded clean up of the recent Chevron oil spill at a cost of 500 million
…https://www.boilingcold.com.au/governments-set-to-refund-chevron-500m-for-barrow-island-oil-field-clean-up/
Contrast this with the entire industry growth program including defence- 169.1 million.
…https://www.boilingcold.com.au/governments-set-to-refund-chevron-500m-for-barrow-island-oil-field-clean-up/
Contrast this with the entire industry growth program including defence- 169.1 million.
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Australia is one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, but we're told to worry about a domestic gas shortage?
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Australia is one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, but we're told to worry about a domestic gas shortage?
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
Might have something to do with the fact that 80% of our gas is exported.
We have a gas export problem, not a supply problem.
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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On LinkedIn, the lead author has clarified that "the idea is not to somehow justify continued fossil fuel exports"
Can't imagine how this confusion could have arisen
Despite the excerpt below, it's also apparently "not some kind of offsetting scheme" but rather "an indicative accounting construct"
Can't imagine how this confusion could have arisen
Despite the excerpt below, it's also apparently "not some kind of offsetting scheme" but rather "an indicative accounting construct"
June 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
On LinkedIn, the lead author has clarified that "the idea is not to somehow justify continued fossil fuel exports"
Can't imagine how this confusion could have arisen
Despite the excerpt below, it's also apparently "not some kind of offsetting scheme" but rather "an indicative accounting construct"
Can't imagine how this confusion could have arisen
Despite the excerpt below, it's also apparently "not some kind of offsetting scheme" but rather "an indicative accounting construct"
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Need proof Big Gas is ripping Australians off?
Inpex exported ~$54 billion in gas from the NT
Inpex also HASN'T PAID A CENT in
❌Royalties
❌Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
❌Company Tax
🎙️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Inpex exported ~$54 billion in gas from the NT
Inpex also HASN'T PAID A CENT in
❌Royalties
❌Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
❌Company Tax
🎙️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Need proof Big Gas is ripping Australians off?
Inpex exported ~$54 billion in gas from the NT
Inpex also HASN'T PAID A CENT in
❌Royalties
❌Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
❌Company Tax
🎙️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Inpex exported ~$54 billion in gas from the NT
Inpex also HASN'T PAID A CENT in
❌Royalties
❌Petroleum Resource Rent Tax
❌Company Tax
🎙️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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One of the world's worst polluters gets paid $10m even as its emissions rise. The Safeguard Mechanism is a mess and never, ever should have passed in its current pro-fossil form.
Great @adammorton.bsky.social piece (looking forward to diving into the data later on.....)
Great @adammorton.bsky.social piece (looking forward to diving into the data later on.....)
Australia’s biggest industrial polluter receives millions in carbon credits despite rising emissions
Safeguard mechanism revamp leads to overall emissions fall but 70% of coal and gas facilities covered by scheme increased direct pollution
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One of the world's worst polluters gets paid $10m even as its emissions rise. The Safeguard Mechanism is a mess and never, ever should have passed in its current pro-fossil form.
Great @adammorton.bsky.social piece (looking forward to diving into the data later on.....)
Great @adammorton.bsky.social piece (looking forward to diving into the data later on.....)
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An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Gift link to share far & wide
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Species Of Blue-Green Algae Announces IPO
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theonion.com/species-of-b...
December 8, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Species Of Blue-Green Algae Announces IPO
theonion.com/species-of-b...
theonion.com/species-of-b...
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(1/6) When we think about microscopic objects likes cells or viruses, we often forget how close they are to atomic scales. This is a model of the virus responsible for COVID-19 where the individual atoms of the virus are represented by colored spheres. #Science #Chemistry #Biology #Virology 🧪
November 27, 2024 at 2:28 AM
(1/6) When we think about microscopic objects likes cells or viruses, we often forget how close they are to atomic scales. This is a model of the virus responsible for COVID-19 where the individual atoms of the virus are represented by colored spheres. #Science #Chemistry #Biology #Virology 🧪
Coffee break reading…
Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed
The media is trumpeting studies that say we can drastically reduce cows’ methane emissions merely by feeding them a particular seaweed. But I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Coffee break reading…
Whilst Australia continues to release large amounts of fossil methane, there is a media focus on cow burps. Rather than consider reducing food waste or herd size ( thereby reducing all GHG) , public and private money is spent in ineffective feed supplements
newrepublic.com/article/1874...
newrepublic.com/article/1874...
Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed
The media is trumpeting studies that say we can drastically reduce cows’ methane emissions merely by feeding them a particular seaweed. But I did the math, and it doesn’t add up.
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Whilst Australia continues to release large amounts of fossil methane, there is a media focus on cow burps. Rather than consider reducing food waste or herd size ( thereby reducing all GHG) , public and private money is spent in ineffective feed supplements
newrepublic.com/article/1874...
newrepublic.com/article/1874...
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Hey Australians, now that you're here: are you interested in more Aus-focused climate and energy analysis content?
November 14, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Hey Australians, now that you're here: are you interested in more Aus-focused climate and energy analysis content?
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haha...ookay I'm hearing ya :D here are some recents you may have missed bc I haven't been on X
On Albanese's record-breaking fossil fuel exports:
Recent: ketanjoshi.co/2024/10/06/t...
Bit older: ketanjoshi.co/2024/03/31/a...
On Albanese's record-breaking fossil fuel exports:
Recent: ketanjoshi.co/2024/10/06/t...
Bit older: ketanjoshi.co/2024/03/31/a...
The blurred self image of progressive climate villains
Australia just approved three new coal mines at the same time it’s pleading to host a global climate meeting. It’s part of a global coalition of ‘progressive climate villains̵…
ketanjoshi.co
November 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM
haha...ookay I'm hearing ya :D here are some recents you may have missed bc I haven't been on X
On Albanese's record-breaking fossil fuel exports:
Recent: ketanjoshi.co/2024/10/06/t...
Bit older: ketanjoshi.co/2024/03/31/a...
On Albanese's record-breaking fossil fuel exports:
Recent: ketanjoshi.co/2024/10/06/t...
Bit older: ketanjoshi.co/2024/03/31/a...
Methane; too much or never enough?
Never enough -Australian future gas strategy will release billions of tonnes of fossil methane.
Too much -Australia is concerned about reducing agricultural methane.
Perhaps it will take the edge off fossil methane release?
Delay and distract tactic?
Never enough -Australian future gas strategy will release billions of tonnes of fossil methane.
Too much -Australia is concerned about reducing agricultural methane.
Perhaps it will take the edge off fossil methane release?
Delay and distract tactic?
November 13, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Methane; too much or never enough?
Never enough -Australian future gas strategy will release billions of tonnes of fossil methane.
Too much -Australia is concerned about reducing agricultural methane.
Perhaps it will take the edge off fossil methane release?
Delay and distract tactic?
Never enough -Australian future gas strategy will release billions of tonnes of fossil methane.
Too much -Australia is concerned about reducing agricultural methane.
Perhaps it will take the edge off fossil methane release?
Delay and distract tactic?