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Sally Newell

@actonclimate.bsky.social
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We have less than 5 years to act on climate change or severely increase risk of human extinction- 5% of us left 2150 if we do nothing! Reduce CO2 and methane #climateactionnow

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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
China wants to increase self sufficiency. Not just in energy, but in resources as well. It's time to make our own energy, and refine our own resources cheap, abundant renewables. www.superpowerinstitute.com.au/work/green-i...
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A Green Iron Plan for Australia: Securing prosperity in a decarbonising world
Australia is uniquely positioned to become a world leader in green iron production. With soundly based policy settings and timely action, this opportunity can underpin prosperity for generations.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Woodside! Betting on letting global heating rip. "Woodside is pursuing massive new oil and gas projects consistent with the failure of these goals, such as the massive and highly controversial Scarborough gas project" www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/co...
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Woodside Petroleum - Market Forces
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Another jump in temperatures. And winter hardly seems to have started. I am in still in bare feet at home.
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Ever longer term storage is eating gas's dinner according to energy analyst Tim Buckley. Check out his slideset here: lighterfootprints.org/wp-content/u...
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This event was really popular - wonder why! EVs save around $1500 in running costs for the average car owner, or $2500 with solar PV. Plus they are getting cheaper with longer ranges. lighterfootprints.org/electric-veh...
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Electric Vehicles - learn the facts and save! - Lighter Footprints
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Yes household electrification is a giant success story. But we have to stopping for wealthy mining companies to keep on using diesel ($4.5bn/yr), support EVs including regional fast charging - we spend $50bn/pa on oil and gas when we could move to solar powered electric transport and energy
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Novated EV leases! For some employees this offers spectacular savings. Worth looking into.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Apartment dwellers should be able to charge their EVs. Follow these slides to learn more about the possibilities of unlocking more savings - not just in carbon but $$ too.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Darpan is a whizz on battery chemistry! Check this out.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Great thread on EVs - savings, charging necessities, batteries - chemistry choice, apartments, savings with novated leases and more! Only 8 years to 2035 where hardly any ICEs will be sold.
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Timber Fibre Strategy - is a great way to ruin our water catchments and raze the homes of our forest animals.
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
‘Summer is coming sooner and it’s lasting longer’: what has the weather got in store for Australia? Abnormal heat is expected, especially in Tasmania, but a ‘tug of war’ between climate drivers means the rainfall and fire forecast is uncertain www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Summer is coming sooner and it’s lasting longer’: what has the weather got in store for Australia?
Abnormal heat is expected, especially in Tasmania, but a ‘tug of war’ between climate drivers means the rainfall forecast is uncertain
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
(2 of 3) One RRA figure has made many dozens of submissions denouncing every new wind, battery or solar project around #Auspol as catastrophic for biodiversity. drive.google.com/drive/folder... They're all AI generated pseudo-science, full of faked citations. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Read all about the research study here: theconversation.com/these-5-road...
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These 5 roadblocks are standing in the way of energy-efficient homes
Australians deserve comfortable, energy efficient homes. New research reveals 5 reasons why that’s been so hard to achieve and ways to overcome these issues.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The home battery event is filling up fast! Batteries are hot right now - expert advice on size, features, the right tariff to maximise returns. In Melbourne's east? Listen to these experts! lighterfootprints.org/event/home-b...
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Home Batteries: What you need to know - Lighter Footprints
Lighter Footprints Find out all you need to know about home batteries with our expert panel - system size, type of tariff, benefits, savings.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Who's for a delightful afternoon tea with your climate solidarity? Plus the chance to decorate new posters for #NWShelf #gas campaign (we can't afford 40+ more years of massive gas emissions hitting our atmosphere) Good company, good tactics & good cheer! RSVP: lighterfootprints.org/event/climat...
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Climate films, afternoon tea and art - Lighter Footprints
Lighter Footprints Join us for climate film screenings about responding to the climate crisis, a full afternoon tea, and bring art materials
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We deserve to know what is coming for us. "Intense" "scary" Why keep approving new coal and gas @albomp.bsky.social ? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #acceleraterenewables #stronger2035target
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Risks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are ‘intense and scary’, unreleased government report says
Sources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so far
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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Coming up next week at Monash Uni - A forum opposing Monash's partnership with polluter Woodside Wed, 20 Aug 12-2pm, Lemon Scented Lawns All welcome (registration link in comments)
Flyer for event. Heading reads: Fossil Free Monash. A Forum-Fest for Climate.
List of speakers with headshots in a row. Amanda McKenzie, Varsha Yajman, Prof David Karoly, Sasha Braybrooke, Rod Cambell. 
Event details listed: Wed 20 Aug, 12-2PM, Lemon Scented Lawns, Monash Uni Clayton, Free Food & Live Music! @stopwoodsidemonash. 
Logos of supporting organisations: Stop Woodside Monash, Monash Student Association, NTEU, Climate Action Network Australia
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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The #SundayShot is up! An insightful conversation about the dead hand of centrism with @amyremeikis.bsky.social & Scott Burchill and - unlike #insiders - we had an interview with the good Richard - Denniss cf Marles. Watch, like, subscribe and, if you can, donate. 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkaC...
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Dead Centre - Aug 10 - Amy Remekis and Scott Burchill
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Is there BICS? Otherwise sounds this would shake things up! Australia should look to the Pacific!
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Have you wondered about getting a battery for your home? With a new 30% subsidy available, you're not alone! Our last information evening booked out, so we're running another! Join us in Balwyn on August 20th - hear from experts and ask them all your tricky questions!
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025
"Our analysis shows how, with decisive and increased action across all sectors of the economy, Australia’s emissions could reach 85% below 2005 levels by 2035, while still meeting energy demand. As United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said last week, an ambitious 2035 target would maintain […]
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Lighter Footprint's Home Battery event is filling up fast - the last one sold out! Full of good info on sizes, savings and best tariffs - RSVP now if you are in Melbourne's inner east! lighterfootprints.org/event/home-b... #auspol #climateaction #electrification
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Home Batteries: What you need to know - Lighter Footprints
Lighter Footprints Find out all you need to know about home batteries with our expert panel - system size, type of tariff, benefits, savings.
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"There’s a strong case for a 'renovation wave' of home energy upgrades across Australia", UTS researchers say.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
"The end-to-end attribution model uses a three-step process to assign liability for climate damage." Using historical emissions data..the model simulates with/without companies emissions, showing "how much warming can be directly attributed to that company." theconversation.com/climate-chan...
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Climate change: new method can more accurately attribute environmental harm to individual polluters
Claimants in climate liability cases will benefit from a new emissions attribution method.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Not that complicated at all: www.desmog.com/2025/04/21/c...
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Climate Crisis Deniers Explain Why They Like U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright
In exclusive interviews, they called the Trump administration official “terrific,” “very smart,” and someone who “gets it.”
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We have to protect our urban tree coverage - planting trees in our gardens, adding native pollinators to our nature strips, supporting local government in advocating for more sensible powerline clearing policies. More on our info page: lighterfootprints.org/urban-forests/
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Dr Greg Moore is fantastic speaker.. he outlines the value of #urbanforests to communities and to our health. Longer lives, better health, even better gut flora in kids exposed to trees and mulch. You can download his slideset here: lighterfootprints.org/wp-content/u...
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
These guided walks book up! Great to hear about them.
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
So good to see @vicforestalliance.bsky.social at the #urbanforests event last night! The situation under the "logging ban" is even worse thanks to the governments massive fire break logging and prescribed burns now destroying our forests!
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Great thread on #urbanforests ... tree canopies increase biodiversity and have massive health benefits. Lower obesity, better gut flora, better mental health and higher live expectancies. Slidesets detailed here: lighterfootprints.org/urban-forests/
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The #urbanforests event is about to start in a couple of minutes - follow along for great information on how we can preserve our urban trees!
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Interested in forests and urban biodiversity? We’d love you to join the Forests Working Group who have organised tonight's event! You can sign up here: lighterfootprints.org/forests-work...
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
With over 20 friends groups, the KooyongKoot Alliance works to heal KooyongKoot to help restore the creek catchment and provide wildlife corridor and improve water quality and water management. Find out more here: kka.org.au/about-us/ #urbanforests
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So good to see @vicforestalliance.bsky.social‬ here tonight - linking forests organisations together in Victoria. Visit www.victorianforestalliance.org.au #urbanforests
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Victorian Forest Alliance
The Victorian Forest Alliance is a grass-roots collective of more than 30 forest groups fighting for protection of Victoria's native forests from logging. We live and work stolen land which has been c...
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Urban forests have so many benefits - follow on Lighter Footprints account for live posts from 7.30 with a fantastic line up of expert from Melbourne University and @boroondara.bsky.social‬ #urbanforests
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Interested in the benefits of urban forests? On tonight! Listen to Melbourne Uni experts Dr Greg Moore and Dr Judy Bush with @boroondara.bsky.social‬ chief arborist Chris Spencer and Urban Biodiversity coordinator Amy Shaw. Live posts from 7.30 pm. #urbanforests #climateaction
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Amanda @wantaknow.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Pay attention #auspol
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KooyongVotes @kooyongvotes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Totalled. That's what Australia would be if we put the LNP in charge. No adults to be seen, let alone competent drivers or managers. No costings. Just rhetoric. #PutLNPLast Vote Greens and climate Independents for a more liveable future.
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Liberal Party Lie Collector @lie-collector.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Liberal Lies Collector Card #8: ☢️ "Our Energy Plan Using Nuclear Will Cost 44% Less" ☢️ The truth? Their modelling excludes MOST of the cost of nuclear plants! 🔄 Repost to share the truth 💾 Save now to quickly share 👇 See thread for extra details ➕ Follow for more! #auspol #factcheck #AusVotes2025
An imitation collector card, with the brand "Australian Liberal Party Lies". This is #8. The tagline is "Collect them all ... so you don't elect them all!"

The Lie section says: “Our energy plan using nuclear will cost 44% less”.

The Facts section says:
“Their modelling excludes most of the cost, because nuclear arrives late in the 25 years modelled, and the cost is spread over the 50 years after their 20 year construction.
It only includes about 16% of the cost of nuclear plants!
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A stacked bar chart shows the annual electricity production in TWh from renewable (in green), fossil (in charcoal), and nuclear (in red) sources.
Nuclear plants can be seen only generating small amounts of energy at 2040, and significant amounts of energy from 2045 onwards.
The large bar at the right, with a timeframe of “Later”, is labelled “The other  5 / 6ths  of  the  nuclear lifetime / costs not  in  the  model”.

A small yellow line above the 2051 bar shows the energy expected from the AEMO Step Change scenario. A note says the Liberal’s nuclear plan “produces 25% less energy than AEMO’s plan they’re comparing to”.

Footnotes refer to the data being “TWh annual electricity production, ‘Nuclear alternative – Progressive’”, and the source as Frontier Economics.

The graphic is licensed as Creative Commons, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives.
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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Nuclear power - too expensive, too slow, too risky says Melbourne Uni: Climate Change Authority and CSIRO "concluded that the deployment of nuclear energy in Australia would significantly increase the country’s energy prices" and miss climate goals pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/10-... #auspol
Too expensive, too slow, too risky says Melbourne University “Both the Climate Change Authority and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) concluded that the deployment of nuclear energy in Australia would significantly increase the country’s energy prices and cause us to miss our climate change targets.”
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/10-reasons-why-nuclear-energy-is-a-bad-idea-for-australia
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Jules @juliankeil.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Swung past #GoldsteinVotes today. @zoedaniel.bsky.social and Tully were front and centre. (photo credit to the Oz) Pleased to report I witnessed no shortage of smiles, support and pats. #IndependenceWorks #auspol
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Barbara Pedersen @barbie4science.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Finding wind farms an eyesore? Dutton's far off nuclear solutions could cheapen properties for your grand kids by 20% "This is no doubt down to the public's perception that living close to a nuclear site is not only a potential eyesore but also poses a potential risk." #PutLibsLast #Auspol
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TheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
So....... ....Increased military spending will be funded by removing proposed reductions in HECS DEBT! That'll go down well.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Liberal & Labor powerbrokers behind new dark money campaign outfit - adds to far-right Advance Aust - to hit Teals & Greens #auspol #election2025 Investigation by Wendy Bacon & @yaakov-aharon.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/labor-and-li...
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Dark Money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens - Michael West
Teals and Greens are under attack from another pro-fossil fuel pro-Israel lobby, as well as far-right lobbyists Advance Australia.
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
She created this mess by lying, seems the Libs train them from the get go to not be honest with voters #auspol
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Best @thejuicemedia.bsky.social ad yet! Hilarious, sponsored by Gina’s portrait🤣 Let’s get the dick out of Dickson👊🗳️ #Auspol #Ausvotes2025
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Are you in #GoldsteinVotes? Want a liveable future for your kids? Fed up with public money being spend on industries that are ruining our planet and increasing climate disasters? You know what to do! #PutLNPLast #auspol
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Jules @juliankeil.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pre-poll is underway in #GoldsteinVotes. 🗳️ #IndependenceWorks #ZoeBack2Back #TeamZoe #auspol
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Sally Newell @actonclimate.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Think of our kids when you vote! They deserve a safe climate future, not to be flotsam and jetsam in a world just design for the uber rich. #PutLNPLast #VoteClimate
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