Host of Who's Gonna Save Us? and Saving the Franklin. Currently covering climate with ABC. These are my views. Find me on Bluesky! @jolauder.bsky.social
Naarm / Melbourne, Victoria
Joined August 2010
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I’m so excited to share this… @triplejHack and @RadioNational’s science crew have teamed up on a podcast! It’s called Who’s Gonna Save Us and it’s about climate change, but not in the way you think. It’s about solutions and the people fighting for them.
open.spotify.com/episode/10l…
Big story from ABC's @jcobevans. Senator Canavan says the Coalition is latching onto nuclear ..."as a silver bullet, as a panacea because it fixes a political issue for us, that it's low-emission and it's reliable. But it ain't the cheapest form of power."
abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/c…
Three coal mine EXTENSIONS, however, appear to have been approved today.
What a difference a decade makes.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Plibersek is lying by omission. She has approved 29 expansions to coal & gas mines since coming to power. That the mines are not new is irrelevant to her acceleration of Australia’s contribution to the extraction and burning of fossil fuels.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
This is why politicians are hated.
Four now! Here’s @MikeySlezak on the decisions and that tweet.
abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/t…
Jo Lauder retweeted
Total energy investment worldwide is on track to exceed $3 trillion in 2024 for the first time
And global spending on clean energy is set to reach almost double the amount going to fossil fuels
More in World Energy Investment 2024 → iea.li/4cm5RHY
Sea surface temperatures in waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef this year reached their warmest levels in more than 400 years. @benhenley
abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/c…
I adore Spike Fuck, his music got lodged in my brain and heart in 2017, so it's nice to know I'm not alone. Loved this @theparis_end
theparisend.substack.com/p/t…
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China is relying primarily on domestically produced resources for energy security—not #LNG imports. Claims about the necessity of LNG as a "bridge fuel" from #coal to #renewables should be approached with skepticism.
More in our new fact sheet: hubs.li/Q02Dv8ry0
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Thirty eight years ago today (June 26, 1986 ) elite politicians sitting on the "Australian Environment Council" were schooled on #climate change by CSIRO scientists.
#auspol #ClimateEmergency
allouryesterdays.info/2024/0…
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New piece about the Walkleys' ongoing sponsorship deal with fossil fuel, which forces journalists to choose between industry recognition & self-respect.
Thx to @jonkudelka @firstdogonmoon @alisoncroggon @jo_m_chandler @joellegergis + many others
crikey.com.au/2024/05/07/wal…
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More gas is used to convert gas to LNG than is used by Australia's entire manufacturing industry or by all Australian households
Don't come to me with cries that we have a gas shortage
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No one Buys Books.
Out of 58,000 books published in one year "90 percent of them sold fewer than 2,000 copies and 50 percent sold less than a dozen copies." Book publishing is essentially venture capitalism.
elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-…
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A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil company.
From me and @_LisaMCox in The Guardian:
theguardian.com/law/2024/apr…
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Plug-in hybrids are a massive 3.5x dirtier than claimed, meaning they barely cut CO2 vs pure petrol/diesel
Meanwhile, petrol cars are nearly 25% dirtier & less fuel efficient than claimed
– Real-world data published by European Commission
climate.ec.europa.eu/news-yo…
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I spent 18 months visiting disaster zones, hanging out with hell raisers and learning about the Australian oil and gas industry.
Now I can finally share the cover of my latest book -- it's looking pretty... slick.
It's out 1 August -- find more here: slickthebook.com.au/
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"I can do my entire work commute for like five to 10 bucks a week … it's ridiculously cheap."
"I'm basically saving, between petrol and servicing, $5,500 to $6,000 a year,"
Fantastic story here from @jolauder
abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/e…
My latest for ABC Climate: does the drug dealer’s defence still stack up in climate cases?
abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/c…
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Came across this incredible statistic while doing research for an article about Perth. The average summer maximum temperature at Perth Airport has increased by ~3ºC since 1910. That's more than double the national warming trend!
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Why don't we just put our powerlines underground?
1. It would cost more than $2.5million per km (according to AusGrid) which works out to be nearly DOUBLE last year's ENTIRE state budget
That's 15 times more than having lines above ground and would take 40 YEARS #springst
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Campaigners rightly say it could and should have gone further, but Barclays saying it won't provide finance to new oil and gas projects is still a big deal and part of an increasingly substantial trend. businessgreen.com/news/41722…
