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Six De6rees Just read the Climate Justice Kit put together by FoE Sydney. It's must read for those acting and organising in their communities for climate action.
Source: www.sydney.foe.org.au
Friends of the Earth Sydney Collective is proud to unveil our new Climate Justice Kit! We put it together as a resource for climate justice action – for people organising in their communities and in their workplaces.
Six De6rees Come along and debate the tactics needed to avert this climate crisis... great line up of speakers, including us!
If Copenhagen can't deliver, how can we avoid a climate crisis?
Location:Yeronga Bowls Club
Time:2:00PM Saturday, November 7th
Six De6rees Surprise, surprise clean coal costings reveal it won't be viable for 20 years... That's a really good reason to ditch it but instead the coal industry will just have their hat out for more tax payer dollars.
Source: www.abc.net.au
The vision of clean coal powering our future electricity has taken a blow, with new costings revealing the technology will not be viable for 20 years.
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Just so that we are clear about this legislation in Victoria: "The Electricity Industry Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill
creates two new offences. If a person is found on a power station's
land or premises without authority they can go to jail for a year.
Second, if a person damages, interferes with ''or attaches ...a thing'' to
the power station's equipment, they risk two years' jail."Read More
creates two new offences. If a person is found on a power station's
land or premises without authority they can go to jail for a year.
Second, if a person damages, interferes with ''or attaches ...a thing'' to
the power station's equipment, they risk two years' jail."Read More
Source: www.theage.com.au
SOME things, it seems, never change. In 1989, The Age published a profile on Peter Batchelor. And this is how Shaun Carney described the 38-year-old political operative's ''straightforward objective in life'': it was, he wrote, ''to maintain the hegemony and keep the other side traumatised''.
Source: www.sixdegrees.org.au
It's been a great day on the river (and at the port, and in the lockup). The kayaks are all of the water, and two protestors remain in custody at the police station. We've had good media coverage so far.
Six De6rees Coal port blockaded for 2 hours and the coal loader was stopped. Twenty awesome kayakers taking real climate action (not to mention the lockons!)... that's more than we can say for the government.
Six De6rees Blockade of the brisbane coal port underway! 2 people have also locked themselves to the conveyer loading coal to the ship!
Source: www.sixdegrees.org.au
This morning protesters in kayaks will blockade the Brisbane coal port to confront the Queensland Government about the expansion of Queensland's coal exports.
Ngaire You are all welcome to attend the Sustainable Jamboree 350 event, 2pm, Sat 24 Oct at Indooroopilly Library meeting room. It's a short talk on the ABC of Carbon followed by a free film, the Age of Stupid. RSVP to Ngaire Ph 3375 7268.
Source: www.ageofstupid.net
Join Moby, Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Gillian Anderson, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, Heather Graham, people in 50+ countries and over 700 cinemas for the cinematic event of a lifetime.
Six De6rees Great article in today's Courier Mail on the value of climate protest, with some thought-provoking content courtesy of us!
Source: www.news.com.au
DURING the mid-1980s, it failed to stop uranium mining in South Australia but found success on the banks of Tasmania's Franklin River being threatened by a dam.
Six De6rees We ♥ all the folks taking action at climate camp this weekend!!
Source: climatecamp.org.au
"The Climate Camps are an effective and global form of action to raise awareness about climate change. The expansion of the Helensburgh coal mine is unjustified and irresponsible and I support the Climate Camp and hope their actions are successful this weekend." - Ozi Batla, The Herd
Source: blogs.crikey.com.au
As I was saying in my post a couple of weeks back, the Australian Coal Association have hired the big guns to help them bully the Government into giving them a massive compensation payout through the emissions trading scheme. ...
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Don't be fooled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe7jmhIT0
Source: www.youtube.com
Dan Ilic takes a closer look at the new Australian Coal Association TVC that's running in regional mining towns across the country.
Six De6rees Come along to hear the story of Bimblebox - a nature refuge threatened by a coal mine.
Source: www.sixdegrees.org.au
12th October: Hear the stories of those on the frontline of the campaign against coal in Queensland. An information night about the expansion of the coal industry into Western Central Queensland (the Galilee Coal Basin) and its impacts on biodiversity and communities.
Six De6rees Queensland Resouces Council and The North Queensland Bulk Port Corporation responded to our paddle in the river
Source: www.dailymercury.com.au
ARMED with plastic oars, 'green' group Six Degrees is planning to take on our coal industry one stroke at a time.
