Writer, historian of ideas, Curator-at-Large
Environment in museums and the wider world
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Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year.
Funds from a gas export tax could create new infrastructure, fund new services and offer support for people experiencing homelessness.
✍ Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/4fBEG1s
The One Nation vote will start to collapse as soon as they’re subject to proper scrutiny by the media, because Pauline is still a boneheaded racist and the party is a clown car.
More of this please:
www.iceho.org/an-environme... @mcookhistory.bsky.social has a great new post here @aehhub.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... Perhaps the stadium is the problem not the solution? There will always be work in Aged Care Facilities - first to build them, then to care for ppl (AI can't do that). Why not target *real* problems & local ppl???
Don't miss this one if you are in Toronto!
#Anthropocene @nichecanada.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/exh...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Strange coda to this story? about "The University of Griffith" - did you mean Griffith University? Or are you written by AI?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... Substantial savings are easily made if #ANU uses internal & other uni expertise in planning. Being "financially sound" doesn't mean turning the research & teaching into profits. A public uni is a public interest investment. Its ultimate shareholders are its students.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... Water is more important than $$$
A new essay in our series "Building Environmental History
Around the World" is out! Margaret Cook here responds to Libby Robin's recent essay in Global Environment. All posts can be read here:
www.iceho.org/notes-from-t...
@libbydeq.bsky.social #envhist #envhum
I usually pay less attention to the northern lights forecast during midnight sun season here in Iceland but this storm is too big not to announce 🤩
A trio of CMEs were produced yesterday by several X-class flares. A G3 geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for tonight.
#northernlights #aurora
Hanson’s party is leading in the polls, but it has a long way to go before being recognised as a serious political outfit
Summer SavingsROM is pleased to participate in the Canada Strong Pass program, which provides Free General Admission to visitors 4 to 17 years, and 50% off General Admission to visitors 18 to 24 years...
From being a hot destination 10 years ago, Tasmania's population growth has ground to a halt — and big changes will be needed to reverse the trend, experts say.
Michael Still steps down pending the outcome of a public inquiry examining recruitment, consultancy contracts and conflicts of interest at the University of Wollongong.
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As a major miner seeks approval to extend its magnetite ore operations in regional Western Australia to 2048, shires are increasingly concerned about ensuring there's enough groundwater to go around.
Australian National University's leadership approved a controversial $250 million cost-cutting program without a clear understanding of the problem it was trying to solve or the risks involved, a repo...
We've added a new blog post by Margaret Cook - part of Global Environment's series in partnership with ICEHO. Margaret responds to a recent essay by Libby Robin in GE. whitehorsepress.blog/2026/06/09/i... @globalenvironment.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social #envhist
The White Horse Press
In this blog, the first of two responding to Libby Robin’s essay in Global Environment’s new ICEHO series ‘Building Environmental History Around the World’, Margaret Cook de…
