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26 Oct, 19 tweets, 7 min read
Hi again @ScottMorrisonMP.
Another presser, this time accompanied by a “plan” - and yet, another pile of things you’re wrong about.
I guess it’s time to bust the Morrison Myths on net zero. Here’s a thread:
You have made it clear you have no plans to phase out coal, oil and gas. Unfortunately, this is the exact thing the IEA has clearly stated all advanced economies must do (stopping coal by 2030) and ceasing any new coal, oil and gas projects this year.
iea.org/reports/net-ze…
Coal, oil and gas are the top drivers of emissions, so the biggest cause of climate change - when exports and what is burned at home are combined, Australia is the world’s fifth-worst polluter. What we do absolutely matters. theguardian.com/environment/20…
To do our bit Australia needs to cut emissions by 75% this decade and commit to net zero by 2035. To help you out, here’s a roadmap @ClimateWorksAus prepared earlier - and unlike your “plan” it even has publicly available modelling.
climateworksaustralia.org/news/stimulati…
Any progress that Australia has already made on emissions reductions has come despite the obstruction of your government. Yesterday you tried to take false credit for the hard work from state governments, communities, households and businesses.
amp.smh.com.au/national/morri…
On to your favourite subject - technology. It already exists. What is holding it back is you. Renewables and batteries are cheap, proven & reliable. The issue is regulatory uncertainty and federal failure to invest - none of which changed yesterday: google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
The only hydrogen that should be considered in a net zero economy is green hydrogen - this is sourced through renewable electricity. Any other form is just an excuse to prop up fossil fuels.
abc.net.au/news/science/2…
On to cost. Serious action on climate change also saves money. It is cheaper to act on climate change. Fifteen years ago, economist Nicholas Stern pointed this out - about nine bajillion studies have found the same thing since then:
apo.org.au/node/4420
Specifically, renewable energy from wind and solar is the cheapest power available. In contrast, coal and gas prices continue to rise:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Australia’s own AEMO confirmed earlier this year “renewable generation, complemented by firming capacity, remains the least-cost option to replace ageing coal-fired generation”:
theguardian.com/australia-news…
What about jobs? You claim you want to support jobs in the regions. Well, good news - serious action on climate will deliver 33 000 regional jobs:
dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/env…
Australia can become a clean energy superpower - with the opportunity to grow a new green export mix worth $333 billion/annum. That’s 3 times the value of existing fossil fuel exports. bze.org.au/research_relea…
What about accountability? Plenty of sneaky accounting tricks on display yesterday. @KetanJ0 has laid out exactly why your suggestion that doing nothing will enable a cut of up to 35% emissions is deceptive at best, entirely false at worst:
On the subject of dodgy accounting - @GrogsGamut has made a clear case for why you might so naturally jump to the deceptive figures of including land use when lauding your abysmal efforts:
Your refusal to release modelling to support this ‘plan’ was a red flag. Finding out that the modelling has been completed by Brian Fisher, a notorious campaigner against government renewable energy was more so. Why choose Brian? abc.net.au/mediawatch/epi…
Rather than taking accountability, you’re counting on someone else sorting out technology that doesn’t yet exist for at least 40% of our reductions and 20% coming from unclear offsets:
It would also be easier to believe your posturing on this ‘plan’ being anything more than a facade - if we didn’t know that your government has been actively lobbying to obstruct global progress as well as failing at home:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2021/10/21/lea…
Based on international media reactions to your 'plan' it does not look like the world is fooled. CNN called you the “richest world’s weakest link”: cnn.com/2021/10/25/aus…
A document that props up coal, oil and gas, does not increase ambitions this decade and is largely based on a hope for someone else to solve the problem, categorically cannot be counted as a plan. Yesterday, you failed the Australian people. #auspol

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26 Oct
In light of today's net zero 'plan' #BigDealAU tonight could not be more timely.
Asking yourself why Australia's leaders continue to ignore science & global climate progress by refusing to phase out coal, oil and gas?
Tune in at 8:30pm AEDT on ABC. #auspol @MakeItABigDeal
As the biggest donors behind both of our major parties, the fossil fuel industry is absolutely influencing our response to the global climate crisis.
Our lack of short-term targets and ongoing commitment to coal and gas should make that very clear. #auspol #BigDealAU
The good news is - we can do something about it.
People, working together, can achieve anything. #BigDealAU tonight exposes the problems but also offers meaningful solutions (and ones that are a lot more useful than Morrison's faux 'plan'). #auspol
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25 Oct
A lot of Australians are frustrated and angry today: cut deep by the Morrison-Joyce-Morrison nonsense about a meaningless too-little-too-late-target and what it means for our lives and our future. A thread: #auspol
School children are angry because they see their future disappearing before their eyes.
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Farmers are angry, because they have been abandoned to the impacts of increased drought, floods, heatwaves, bushfires and everything that comes with them.
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24 Oct
There's going to be plenty of blah blah blah about Morrison's "2050 target", so it is really important to get a few key things straight: #auspol
1. This is not new. As @simonahac pointed out on @QandA last week, Australia effectively promised net zero when we signed up to the Paris Climate Goals in 2015. The federal government has then spent the six years since then doing bugger all about it:
2. Australia has in place no credible mechanism or strategy for achieving net-zero any time soon. A “target” is only a target if you plan to try and hit it.
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21 Oct
Yesterday, an unprecedented leak to @UE revealed that @ScottMorrisonMP's government has been attempting to undermine the findings of the UN's expert climate body.
So, what did they say?
And how this is part of Australia’s recent diplomatic history? An explainer thread: #auspol
Yesterday’s leak is crucial, because it shows what the Australian government is really up to -
attempting to water down the International Panel on Climate Change’s major upcoming assessment of the world’s options for limiting global warming:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2021/10/21/lea…
According to the BBC, the comments from governments are overwhelmingly designed to be constructive and to improve the quality of the final report… but there are some exceptions, including Australia:
bbc.com/news/science-e…
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21 Oct
BREAKING: documents leaked to Greenpeace's @UE reveal the Morrison Government has actively lobbied for the rejection of findings outlining the need for rapid global coal phase-out from the next major report from the UN’s IPCC. #auspol
bbc.com/news/science-e…
This active lobbying shows the Australian government is so beholden to corporate interests it is even arguing against the need to phase out coal, a widely accepted fact, while also denying we are one of the major producers and consumers of the fuel.
It's shocking stuff. #auspol
This leak gives an unequivocal insight into how a small group of coal and oil countries, particularly Australia, continue to put the profits of polluting industries before science, our planet's future and that of current generations. #auspol
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20 Oct
Woodside, Australia’s largest oil & gas corporation, wants to build the climate-wrecking Scarborough Gas Project.
Trying to force through this project in a climate emergency is scandalous. So now is a good time to check out the history of the company. A thread:
#auspol
In April 2016, Woodside concealed a 10 500 litre oil spill off the coast of Western Australia, which went on for two months without anyone from the company noticing. Woodside’s responsibility only came to light after intense public pressure. theguardian.com/environment/20…
In March 2019, Woodside led a cynical lobbying effort to force the Western Australia EPA to abandon new guidelines to protect the climate. The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility described the affair as a ‘week of shame’:
medium.com/lobbywatch/a-w…
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