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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In the lead up to this November’s State Election, we’ll hear many different views about how to manage Victoria’s climate and energy strategy. Want to get ahead of the debate? Lighter Footprints invites you to a free event to get the facts about where your Hawthorn candidates stand!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In the lead up to this November’s State Election, we’ll hear many different views about how to manage Victoria’s climate and energy strategy. Want to get ahead of the debate? Lighter Footprints invites you to a free event on October 22 - get the facts about where your Kew candidates stand!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's election season, and that means letterboxing! We've bundled a massive SEVENTY THOUSAND leaflets to promote our Hawthorn and Kew candidates forums! This long weekend, can you help spread the word about these events? Comment or DM us to get the pickup locations - and don't forget to RSVP! 😉📬

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“Representatives from almost two dozen groups gathered in Canberra this week for a “historic meeting” to establish common forest protection principles that include calling for an immediate and permanent end to native forest logging, clearing and conversion.” thepoint.com.au/new/260820-e...

thepoint.com.au

Environmental groups launch push to make native forest protection a national political issue

Environmental groups are launching a coordinated push to make native forest protection a national political issue, arguing communities can no longer be left to fight logging and clearing “one forest a...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🚨On tonight!🚨 The fantastic folk at Electrify Boroondara have their AGM tonight - and they have a superstar guest speaker! Peter Newman AO will present on 'Electrifying Our Way to Net Zero', sharing news on the latest trends and insights into next steps for the fastest energy transition in history.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Starting soon! Protecting Victoria’s Forests with Phil Zylstra and Natalie Hogan, talking all things fire management and logging loopholes!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Last call! Letterboxers, if you've still got leaflets for our forest event, please get them in mailboxes ASAP! 📫 Our forests event is Tuesday! Reserve your seats today at the link below - this one is not to be missed! 🌿🌱🌳 Book your seats here: lighterfootprints.org/event/protec...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Melbourne homes are a cold place to be in the winter 🥶 & gas bills can be very high. Join us on Tuesday 28 July 7:30pm for a free online community info session all about electric heating options and the health benefits.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Love Victoria's forests? Join us for a free event Aug 11! Hear expert ecologist Phil Zylstra & senior environmental lawyer Natalie Hogan: what fire management do scientists & First-Nations experts recommend? What logging is still happening & what should we do? lighterfootprints.org/event/protec...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

“Since the end of native timber harvesting in 2024, Mr Nesbit and other volunteers from the Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOCH) group have noticed an uptick in the number of large, older trees being marked for removal by FFMVic.“ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

abc.net.au

Environmental groups raise concerns about logging 'by stealth'

In the wake of the Victorian government's move away from native timber harvesting, environmental groups are calling for greater management of timber by-product removals in state forests.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“With the addition of South32's 2,700 square kilometre lease on the eastern side of the forest, Alcoa would have exclusive rights to explore and extract minerals across about 10,000 square kilometres.“ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

abc.net.au

What Alcoa's looming alumina monopoly could mean for WA's jarrah forests

Alcoa's $8 billion purchase of South32 could be key to unlocking untouched areas of WA's northern jarrah forest for bauxite mining, raising the concern of environmentalists.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“Despite being among the three biggest LNG exporters in the world, Australia collects relatively little tax compared to other resource-rich nations such as Norway and Qatar.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

Predicted $27bn wartime windfall for Australian LNG exporters reignites calls for new gas tax

David Pocock says the huge revenue boost for gas companies underscores that Australians are ‘missing out on a fair return’

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“On 21 June, temperatures outside the polar regions exceeded the extraordinary highs observed at the same time in 2023 and 2024, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Wednesday.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Ocean surface temperatures hit a record high for June

European scientists warn of consequences for weather patterns, the global climate and marine life

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“Coal, oil and gas companies are spending tens of millions of dollars on programs in childhood settings, with a new report revealing the scale of investments by the resources industry to lift its brand and influence.“ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

abc.net.au

Report finds 'extensive' coal and gas presence in schools and children's sport

Santos, BHP, Woodside and others have an "extensive presence" in childhood settings through more than 260 programs, a new report identifies, as senators say classroom programs and lessons written by t...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“A long-promised New South Wales great koala national parkis set to go ahead after the Albanese government greenlit the state to receive hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting native forests previously earmarked for logging.“ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government

Minns government waited on federal approval of carbon credit scheme before proceeding with long-awaited great koala national park

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“France has registered its hottest day on record as 40 people across the country were confirmed to have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas over the last few days.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

theguardian.com

France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country

National weather service, Météo-France, says Tuesday was the hottest day since measurements began in 1947

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“Coal companies could receive an extra $6.2bn in taxpayer refunds for the diesel they use if the Albanese government greenlights just half the mine developments up for approval.“ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

Coal companies to reap billions more in taxpayer diesel subsidies as Labor approves new mining

Albanese government under pressure to wind back fuel tax credit scheme for multinational miners as analysis shows cost to budget

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“Death rates were extremely high, averaging 76% across the island, and up to 97% in one location. The results, which have been submitted as a preprint research paper, also included evidence of high seal pup mortality at McDonald Island.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

More than 13,000 seal pups die on remote Australian island amid bird flu outbreak

Testing confirms spread of deadly H5N1 virus on the subantarctic Heard Island, about 4,000km south-west of Perth

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

“The new winter peak temperature was logged by the Argentinian Esperanza base on the Trinity peninsula on 6 June amid a protracted heatwave, when the maximum daily temperature exceeded zero degrees for three consecutive weeks.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region

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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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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Taxing gas producers is just the right thing to do. This issue isn't going to go away. Wealthy mining companies receive $4.5bn/yr to use diesel. Madness!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"rapid ecological decline" Snow gums are under threat: "We are now seeing the beginning of ecosystem collapse – drought, dieback and successive fires have altered the structure, composition, and condition of snow gum woodlands dramatically." themountainjournal.com/2026/03/19/l...

themountainjournal.com

Listing snow gums as a threatened ecological community

Australia’s alpine landscape is a living archive of our continent’s cultural and environmental history. These stories can be found in First Nations Cultural Heritage, glacial landscape features, fo…

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

“The June climate meetings are considered a critical stepping stone to the annual UN Climate Change Conferences, which this year will be held Antalya, Türkiye, but with Bowen representing Australia as president of negotiations.“ reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-urged-...

reneweconomy.com.au

Bowen urged to “lead with vision and ambition” as he takes helm of Bonn climate talks

Bowen urged “to lead with vision and ambition" as he heads to Bonn to take helm of key climate negotiations in the lead up to COP31.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

“In an exclusive interview with the ABC, Astrid Puentes Riaño urged the Australian government to consider reviewing its decision to draw out the project's life span until 2070 and ensure compliance with international law.“ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

abc.net.au

UN envoy intervenes in Woodside gas plant challenge

An independent expert has urged Australia to "make sure that things are done properly", while Woodside pushed back against her involvement.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) executive director Kirsty Howey said she was concerned “the project is a gateway to full-scale fracking in the territory.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“The Grattan Institute warned the government had failed to acknowledge the decline and instead needed policies to further reduce gas use and avoid the need for expensive carbon capture technologies to meet net zero targets.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Gas usage has peaked and is now in structural decline across Australia, report says

Grattan Institute calls on Labor to set policies that will further reduce the use of gas in order to meet net zero targets

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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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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Tonight we have our EV webinar! Follow this thread to learn more!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest rainforest, is recording its highest forest loss in years, new data shows, as environmentalists blame weak protections and the government’s food and energy self-sufficiency drive." www.arabnews.com/node/2639096...

arabnews.com

Environmentalists on alert as Indonesia records highest forest loss in years

Get the latest breaking news and headlines from the largest Arab News website. Get world news, sport news, business news, entertainment, lifestyle, video and photos.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"Multiple submissions detailed coordinated “astroturfing” campaigns, including fake social media accounts impersonating real Australians to manufacture opposition to renewable energy projects, alongside widespread use of misleading political advertising." reneweconomy.com.au/indefensible...

reneweconomy.com.au

"Indefensible:" Fossil fuel lies have crippled climate action, so why did Senate inquiry pull its punches?

Australia’s first parliamentary inquiry into climate and energy mis- and disinformation has landed, but why was it forced to bury its most significant solutions?

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The electrification of homes and businesses and a big battery pipeline bulging to around 30 gigawatts have helped to push out forecast gas shortfalls by another year, according to the latest market update from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). reneweconomy.com.au/gas-shortage...

reneweconomy.com.au

Gas shortfall fears pushed out again as grid battery boom and electrification take fresh bite from demand

Electrification and Australia's boom in big batteries have helped to push out forecast gas shortfalls by another year to 2030, AEMO says.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that the rising temperature experienced by humans on the surface was only 1% of the faster-accumulating heat in the wider Earth system." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

"Investigators with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) also found landholders who had spoken with state environment agencies were given wrong or misguided advice that they did not need to seek approval under the new laws." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

abc.net.au

Koala habitat logged by farmers unaware of new environment laws

Koala habitat has been bulldozed in an apparent breach of new environment laws that took effect in December, with fears farmers are unaware of their new obligations.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"Over the past few months, multiple parts of the country have lurched from extreme heat to flooding — sometimes in a matter of weeks — in a summer that has been described as one of "breakneck climate whiplash" by the Climate Council." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

abc.net.au

Summer swung between extremes as climate change overtook natural drivers

Scientists warn sharp swings from extreme heat to flooding this summer signal climate change is overtaking other weather drivers.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"It found federal and state governments will pay or forgo the equivalent of $31,020 each minute in 2025-26 to subsidise companies producing and using coal, gas and especially oil, mostly in the form of diesel." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds

Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"Hothschild says the fossil fuel industry is desperately fighting for its existence, and cited the extraordinary progress of solar and battery storage – including in Australia – as a prime example." reneweconomy.com.au/a-tidal-wave...

reneweconomy.com.au

"A tidal wave of hostile messaging:" The billions spent each year by fossil fuel industry demonising renewables

Head of energy policy in world's fourth biggest economy says scale and pace of energy transition is unprecedented, but the fossil fuel industry is fighting back.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Feeling the pinch lately? Did you know climate impacts make up around 20% of the #CostOfLiving increase since 2022? We think it's time that big companies also feel the cost of their climate pollution!

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🚨 🚨 TONIGHT 7:30🚨🚨 we're hearing from Superpower Institute superstars Simon Holmes à Court and Reuben Finighan! Got tickets? Get to the arts centre!! Missed out? Catch the livestream on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/N3t2JFz...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"Documents released under freedom of information laws show the environment department advised the government in late 2024 that it should revoke a 2012 decision that allowed salmon farming to expand in the vast harbour on the state’s west coast." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws

FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"Unlike oil, solar panels and wind turbines can avoid being shipped through maritime chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz. Renewables are not traded in the same globally centralised way." theconversation.com/the-strikes-...

theconversation.com

The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever

Oil isn’t a normal commodity – it shapes politics around the world.

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

"Top End Pastoral Company’s development would clear 2,723 hectares of woodland – an area 10 times the size of Sydney’s CBD – on Claravale farm and station in the Daly River region for crops, including sorghum and cotton." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.com

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

On TONIGHT online 7.30! What is really going on with Victoria’s forests? Renowned forest campaigners Virginia Young and Luke Chamberlain (EJA), plus why forests are so important to climate action - do not miss this big picture take! lighterfootprints.org/event/why-fo...

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If this hot weather is not for you, join us tomorrow to think cool, green thoughts! We have two incredible forests experts lined up to tell us all about the complex and critically important role of forests for planetary health! RSVP below to get the Zoom link - this one is not to be missed! 🌳🌿🍃

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Lighter Footprints @lighterfootprints.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"The repeal will remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, and comply with federal greenhouse gas emission standards for cars." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

abc.net.au

Trump repeals landmark climate finding

President Donald Trump's administration has revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for US action to fight climate change.

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