Libby Robin
@libbydeq.bsky.social
Writer, historian of ideas, Curator-at-Large
Environment in museums and the wider world
What Birdo is That?
A Field Guide to Bird People 🦅
New book coming soon on Conservation and Care. 🌿
Environmental science
37%
Philosophy
11%
The 2026 Special Prize for Lifetime Achievement is awarded to … Verena Winiwarter for her pioneering work in environmental history. She established innovative research structures, set new standards in interdisciplinary research and had a lasting impact on the support of early-career researchers …
Bundesministerin Holzleitner verleiht den Österreichischen Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften 2026
Wien (OTS) - "Geschichte hilft uns, unsere Vergangenheit zu verstehen und unsere Gegenwart kritisch zu betrachten. Sie eröffnet neue Perspektiven und macht sichtbar, was lange zu wenig gesehen wurde.....
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Bundesministerin Holzleitner verleiht den Österreichischen Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften 2026
Wien (OTS) - "Geschichte hilft uns, unsere Vergangenheit zu verstehen und unsere Gegenwart kritisch zu betrachten. Sie eröffnet neue Perspektiven und macht sichtbar, was lange zu wenig gesehen wurde.....
www.ots.at
The 2026 Special Prize for Lifetime Achievement is awarded to … Verena Winiwarter for her pioneering work in environmental history. She established innovative research structures, set new standards in interdisciplinary research and had a lasting impact on the support of early-career researchers …
Exclusive: PM’s AI office has fewer than 10 permanent staff
As Labor prioritises a deal on copyright that would water down artists’ protections, Open AI has poached a national security adviser from the prime minister’s department.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/technol... Governing is the job of elected officers and public servants. Outsourcing is breaking democracy. @davidpocock.bsky.social is the one making sense here. We need to rid ourselves of "for profit" advisors & add public officers who are accountable & *cheaper*
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2... Not good news. Just ask the neighbours of Cadia on the Belubula River in NSW. Do we ever "learn" from environmental and cultural mistakes? Not with rising Gold prices...alas.
Rebirth of mothballed gold mine proposed for sheep-farming heartland
The rebirth of the mothballed Badgebup Gold Mine is expected to bring new industry and inject hundreds of workers into one of WA's premier farming regions.
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"benefiting businesses of the region" is about a 2-yr vision. They (and the gold) will all be gone before the neighbours and taxpayers have to deal with consequences for generations. Remember King Midas? You can't eat gold. 👑
All consumers to pay for EV chargers under power monopoly 'waiver'
A bitter fight is brewing between EV charging companies and poles-and-wires companies, and now a regulator has weighed in.
www.abc.net.au
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... This will drive people off the grid. We already feel we are paying too much for poles and wires to Data Centres. Of course EV owners should be rewarded. Just not aluminium manufacturers and Data Centres who benefit disproportionally from the eco-efforts of consumers.
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In response to Australian PM at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action - Oil Change International
In response to remarks by Australian Prime Minister Albanese, at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition, Oil Change International
oilchange.org
At the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action, Australian PM Albanese @albomp.bsky.social spoke about climate threats facing Pacific nations while leaving out that Australia continues to produce + export the coal + gas that fuel those threats. Read: oilchange.org/news/in-resp...