Reposted by Prof SunstrokeCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm with Carl Sagan on this: 24679452752
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeKent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I didn’t need to check that Australia wasn’t one of the countries that walked out on Netanyahu. #AusPol 2623833
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...ecoticias.comTwo Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-foldMinnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields. 8446001684
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026CARTOON OF THE DAY… 408127205450
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Whoever makes it to the finish line wins! www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...bbc.comRiver that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe eventsA river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games. 001
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10/09/2026The task of stopping Australia’s coal and gas expansion just became more difficult. Allowing fossil fuel pollution to increase because a forest wasn’t logged might take pressure off politicians, but it won't take pressure off our climate. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social 97934
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It wasn’t enough that a targeted campaign was used to defame and damage me by deliberately mischaracterising one cartoon. Now those same obsessive bullies are using other people’s posts about that cartoon to destroy their careers. Are we living under the Stasi now? 37608223
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Yeah, sorry Ken, with respect, you can't beat laws of physics and chemistry, and stop environmental calamity, with accounting sleight of hand and sham offsets. But, you _can_ get out of fossil fuels by doing...what @australiainstitute.org.au says 👇 No need for the arrogant tone either, Ken. 16118
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comEl Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year 000
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeMr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ditching diesel for renewables could save Pacific nations nearly $1 billion a year, study finds... reneweconomy.com.au/ditching-die...reneweconomy.com.auDitching diesel for renewables could save Pacific nations nearly $1 billion a year, study findsReplacing fuel imports with renewable power could save Pacific countries millions of dollars if they can secure enough investment to make the switch. 211141
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Shut down the fossil fuel Industry! Destruction for most to benefit few! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auReport finds rock art damage more extensive than thoughtThe Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought. 120
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A curlew sandpiper, with its elegantly curved bill, landing at Bald Hill Beach a couple of seasons ago. Curlew sandpipers are listed as critically endangered here in Australia. They will be returning soon from their northern hemisphere breeding grounds & I do hope they are not hit hard by bird flu. 1543555
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/08/2026The Queensland government claims it wants to be “energy agnostic”, but all that means is that they want to be able to run new data centre projects on gas and coal. Those emissions fuel climate change everywhere. gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au 1120378
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The worst and most deadly industry in the world attracts these folk I regard as ghouls like bees to honey. 2269
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Sick. My @smh @theage cartoon. 271149420
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Just look at Minister Watt's language in this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... What he's *not* saying — that his government could have done a LOT more — is the important part.abc.net.auBreaking: Bird flu suspected to have spread to seal at key breeding groundA suspected case of bird flu has been detected in a seal at a key breeding ground, a day after Australia's first case of the virus in a mammal was confirmed. 36137
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026And now the marine mammals will likely start dying in significant numbers too www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 😭 The Albanese government has not invested in and prioritised developing a vaccine for use on native mammals. This is disgraceful and negligent.theguardian.comFur seal’s death marks first Australian mainland mammal fatality from spreading H5 bird flu strainSeal found dead at Beachport in South Australia presages ‘significant losses’, minister warns 23242151
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/08/2026Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies. Meanwhile, multinational gas companies get 56% of our gas for free and then export it overseas. Sign the petition: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_ga… 8208122
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeDemocrat for Life @coffeeelixiroflife.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#Solar-power-generation We need to mandate that all parking lots have solar roof to generate electricity. 1614828
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/08/2026"Australia's carbon offset system is already plagued with integrity problems." - Louise Morris, Head of Fossil Fuel Transition at The Australia Institute. For more on Carbon Offsets listen to Richard Denniss on “What’s the Point?” here: theaus.in/45nz4Br 15325
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Will we get the plans when it's too late to make any necessary and timely improvements? The clock is ticking, and H5N1 is spreading, rapidly. 64518
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeHonor Laois 🦘#DoNoHarm🦘 @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 04/08/2026theconversation.com/powerless-ag...theconversation.comPowerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammalsAs a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done. 075
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It’s not rocket science. We’re in a climate crisis. Life only gets worse from here on it we do not deliberately, actively, dramatically act to cut fossil fuel emissions as quickly as possible. We must electrify everything. Go 100%+ renewables. STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. THESE ARE THE COOL YEARS! 2158
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026There’s no way prisons should be privately run, particularly by the likes of British Serco! apple.news/Awc8XZmZnRP2...apple.newsA record number of First Nations people died in NSW prison custody last year. Advocates fear this year will be worse — Guardian AustraliaExclusive: Karlene Whitton says her son Matthew Roberts took his own life three months into his jail term. ‘I keep picturing it every night’ 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Throw them out! www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comAdani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmineIndian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royalties 000
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 28/07/2026The NSW and federal governments have delayed the creation of the Great Koala National Park, so that it can generate carbon credits. Carbon credits that fossil fuel companies will use to greenwash their emissions. #auspol @louisemorris.bsky.social 46829
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026TROPPO! reneweconomy.com.au/government-b...reneweconomy.com.auGovernment backs "disaster proposal" to power 2 GW hyperscale data centre with fracked Beetaloo gasNT government has set aside land for the $40 billion gas-powered AI ambitions of ASX-listed miner Beetaloo Energy, which could burn up to 200 TJ / day of fracked gas power generation. 000
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Also, why haven't the federal and state governments publicly released their risk assessments and response plans for native wildlife? We have a right to know what's planned and to assess if there are any urgent improvements needed. 1310742
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/07/2026Friends of Australian Rock Art will discuss the significance of Murujuga's 50,000-year-old rock art and the ongoing damage from toxic industrial emissions which threaten its existence. 🗓️ Sunday 19 July 2-4pm AEST 📌 State Library Victoria, Melbourne 🎟️ theaus.in/4f4RJX0 16634
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Think of how different the world would be right now if all the money, time, and resources that were used to explore for oil and dig coal had gone to developing renewable energy from the sun, the wind, and geothermal. 1321665
Reposted by Prof Sunstrokestranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel “IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children” “…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔 Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally? 32662338
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 30/06/2026If Australia got serious about climate and 1.5°C, what would it need to do on the grid? The market operator provides an answer – no coal, and a lot more solar and storage ow.ly/wLv550ZiwKgow.lyIf Australia is serious about 1.5°C, it needs to shut down coal by 2034 and install a lot more solar and batteriesIf Australia got serious about climate and 1.5°C, what would it need to do on the grid? The market operator provides an answer - no coal, and a lot more solar and storage. 1176
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Baffle no more. My @smh @theage cartoon. 32596273
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026“…big change is in the co-ordination of consumer energy resources (CER), rooftop solar and home batteries. The required capacity of CER storage doubles from 23GW to 46 GW, while the “passive” CER storage needs a one third jump to 22 GW. reneweconomy.com.au/if-australia...reneweconomy.com.auIf Australia is serious about 1.5°C, it needs to shut down coal by 2034 and install a lot more solar and batteriesIf Australia got serious about climate and 1.5°C, what would it need to do on the grid? The market operator provides an answer - no coal, and a lot more solar and storage. 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 21/06/2026“…the overwhelming majority of fuel excise revenue is…not explicitly linked to road building and maintenance…the refunds encourage fossil fuel use…it undermines…the safeguard mechanism – meant to encourage big industry to use cleaner technology to cut emissions.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 20/06/2026www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-far...ecoportal.netA solar farm was built to produce electricity, but the ground beneath the panels quietly began doing something no one planned forFor years, one worry has shadowed the rise of solar power. To make serious amounts of electricity, you need serious amounts of land. 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Why do we need AUKUS when we’ve got this? www.autonocion.com/us/australia...autonocion.comAustralia just delivered the U.S. Navy a drone submarine that travels 1,240 miles underwater, dives to 6,600 feet, and ships inside a standard commercial container, same box that hauls flat-pack furni...That choice also puts Speartooth on a very different road from its rivals. Germany's Greyshark drone submarine, which we've covered before, attacks the same 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Solution to this travesty? Drop out of the 2032 Olympics? theconversation.com/why-are-firs...theconversation.comWhy are First Nations peoples so opposed to Brisbane’s Olympic stadium at Victoria Park?Victoria Park is one of the most significant Indigenous sites in Brisbane, which is why so many are against the development of the Olympic stadium. 000
Reposted by Prof Sunstroke⚡🇵🇸😞🇨🇦🇪🇺 Sandrew @sandrew-0.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It makes zero sense to deploy any new fossil-fuelled anything. Just build renewable infrastructure. Methane gas as a transition fuel was 2 decades ago, not now, & since then we've found gas creates way more emissions than previously known. 011
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Check out this GetUp! Campaign to reform the press council! getup.to/PDdmd4SpC7oPuKgetup.toTime to fix Australia's broken mediaAn independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy. 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026theconversation.com/how-to-get-m...theconversation.comHow to get more local sardines on Australian plates – a win for nutrition, local fishers and the environmentClever rebranding and marketing could help boost demand for local sardines among Australians. But really making a difference would require policy change. 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Enough to spin you out! Time to ditch fossil fuels! www.sciencefocus.com/news/unprece...sciencefocus.comSomething ‘unprecedented’ is now happening to Earth’s rotation, scientists say | BBC Science Focus MagazineClimate change is slowing Earth’s spin – and there’s nothing quite like it in 3.6 million years 000
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 27/05/2026theconversation.com/to-avoid-fut...theconversation.comTo avoid future road, rail and renewable blowouts costing billions, Australia needs these 3 big fixesFrom Snowy Hydro to Inland Rail, projects get announced early, then costs soar tens of billions higher. Yet there are proven ways to stop that happening. 010
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 26/05/2026How good would thousands of these all over Australia be? news.mongabay.com/2026/05/abov...news.mongabay.comAbove an Australian highway, a bridge reconnects wilderness for quolls, koalas and other animalsSYDNEY, Australia. At dusk on the edge of the bush in Australia’s Heathcote National Park, a spotted-tailed quoll lowers its tawny head to the ground, pink nose twitching. The dense forest, the scent ... 062
Reposted by Prof Sunstrokestranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/05/2026David Pocock tears into Pauline Hanson’s gas plan, says it’s a “red flag" it being announced “at the gas industry conf” while “getting the red carpet” from gas giants who spent millions lobbying against an export tax “I just want a fair return on the export of our gas”💥 #auspol 9296102
Reposted by Prof SunstrokeCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/05/2026France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks. 479121493390
Prof Sunstroke @profsunstroke.bsky.social · 12/05/2026And water! www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comDatacentres should be forced to invest in wind and solar energy, all states agree – except QueenslandState and federal energy ministers say investments in new renewable energy and storage should ‘fully offset’ new datacentres’ energy needs 010