Aussie Enviro
- Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburstwww.abc.net.au Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst
The Australian mining magnate and climate campaigner lashes out at oil and gas supremos he says are "selfish beyond belief".
> - Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is attending the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates. > - He says energy bosses should have their heads "put up on spikes" for not committing to phase out fossil fuels. > - It comes as some companies, including the national oil company of the UAE, defy calls for a wind-down of fossil fuel use.
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> And he took particular aim at the oil and gas bosses who were dismissing the calls, describing them as "selfish beyond belief". > > He said their actions were jeopardising the lives of millions of people in overwhelmingly poor countries who were at risk of "lethal humidity", or an inability to cool themselves down. > "If you can't cool yourself you're actually an oven burning around 100 watts all the time," Dr Forrest said. > > "If you can [sic] get rid of that heat energy, you cook. > > "And when these deaths occur — and they're occurring now, but when they occur at much larger-scale — I want these so-called people who are very smart to be held to account. > > "It's their heads which should be put up on spikes because they wilfully ignored and they didn't care."
- Rare white platypus named Bloop stuns researchers as genetic abnormality foundwww.abc.net.au Rare white platypus named Bloop stuns researchers as genetic abnormality found
A scientist was scouring the waterways of the Northern Tablelands for turtles when she instead made what is believed to be only the 13th sighting of a white platypus in 187 years.
> Key points: > - Bloop the white platypus was first spotted in the Gwydir River in 2021 > - Its white colour is due to the genetic abnormality leucism > - The animal became the 13th documented sighting of a white platypus in Australia since 1835
