A habitable climate?

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

"Australian federal and state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use and help drive the climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year after leaping by nearly 10%, according to a new analysis."

"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." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/australian-governments-subsidising-fossil-fuel-use-by-more-than-30000-a-minute-analysis-finds

How much have our summers changed over three generations?

“What we’re seeing now is the rate in which the climate is changing is faster than any part of our Earth system can keep up with — our plants, our animals, our infrastructure, us." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-12/australias-summers-are-getting-longer-with-more-extreme-heat/106419414
#FossilFuels #climate #FossilFuelSubsidies #oilandGas #ClimateCrisis #mining #extractivism #HotPlanet #heatwaves #habitability #HabitableClimate

Making a hot blanket of carbon pollution smothering the Earth

"Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/06/humanity-heating-planet-faster-than-ever-before-study-finds

Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly
"During the last decade, the rate at which Earth warmed increased substantially." >>
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025GL118804
#climate #FossilFuels #pollution #HotPlanet #heatwaves #war #cars #humanity

Excessive heat:
Storing children and dogs in cars
Exposing workers to heat stroke
Roasting livestock in paddocks

* "Prison and fines for leaving dogs in hot cars among proposed changes to NSW animal welfare laws. The legislation will also focus on owners who travel with dogs on the back of utes...On a 30 degree Celsius day, the interior of a parked car could reach 70°C..." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/prison-fines-for-leaving-dogs-in-hot-car-under-nsw-law-changes/106242130

* Working in excessive heat - Is there a set maximum temperature for workers?
"Calls for an industry-standard heat policy to be implemented on worksites as summers get hotter" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-19/calls-for-industry-standard-heat-policy-on-worksites/106234134

* "Forgotten baby syndrome" - "Number of children left in cars increasing. Children being left alone in cars had become more common, with about 5,000 children rescued from locked cars across Australia each year." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-12/fatal-distraction-children-left-in-cars-it-can-happen-to-anyone/102814668

* 100 cattle die in southern NSW heatwave >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115902861249815501

#FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #heatwaves #HotPlanet #children #workers #pets #dogs #welfare #cars #utes #motorists #autopilot #heatstroke #mortality #regulation #governance #HeatPolicies #workers #OHS #HeatStress #Heatstroke #CompanionSpecies #habitability

Image: Dog on the back of a ute, tied up on a hot metal tray, Mid North Coast, NSW

The planet is boiling and burning

“Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record…The atmosphere is sending us a message.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/14/human-activity-helped-make-2025-third-hottest-year-on-record-experts-say
#FossilFuel #pollution #energy #consumption #denial #ExistentialThreat #Heat #HotPlanet #MobilityDesign #HomoSapiens #biodiversity #SocietalCollapse #ClimateBarbarism

Snotty Nose Rez Kids - HOT PLANET (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGPkRlB4ub8&ab_channel=SnottyNoseRezKids

We blowin' up the planet, don't panic goddamnit

#climatecrisis #moneyblockschange #heatwave #hotplanet #snottynoserezkids #imgoodhbu

Our warming world and dog mauling
The Earth is warming with the combustion of fossil fuels and dog bites might be more common on hot and polluted days

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/dog-bites-might-be-more-common-on-hot-and-polluted-days
#Pets #Dogs #attacks #FossilFuels #HotPlanet

The strategic review of Australia’s #military was released yesterday:
“The #ClimateEmergency has been described as a direct threat to both human and ecological #security. #ClimateChange could make armed conflict more likely by acting as a “threat multiplier”. Climate-driven #droughts, #desertification, changing rainfall patterns and the loss of arable land could lead to the #collapse of governments or a fleeing population.”
https://theconversation.com/climate-isnt-a-distraction-from-the-militarys-job-of-war-fighting-its-front-and-centre-204362
#HotPlanet unprecedented #Disasters #Floods #Bushfires #CarbonBootprint

“The review delves into far more depth and even advocates for defence procurement to move away from #FossilFuels, which could have both positive operational and environment effects.”
https://theconversation.com/the-most-significant-defence-review-in-40-years-positions-australia-for-complex-threats-in-a-changing-region-200070
#Greenhouse gas #Emissions #Machines