So Rudd has chosen his cabinet. And while us greenies will be shining our (energy efficient) spotlights on the new Minister for Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong, and Environment Minister Peter Garrett, it will be up to the whole cabinet to work together to address the most pressing issue of our time.
Its been a bad election for climate change sceptics, but there are a number of them still left in the Parliament. And one of them could yet lead the Liberal Party.
The Australian election was a comprehensive thumping for the conservative parties. And one of the things that hurt them most was their (non) position on climate change - in particular the refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Former environment minister, and now frontrunner for the Liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, was unequivocal the Monday after the […]
George Woods from Rising Tide
The controversial Anvil Hill open cut coal mine has become a symbol not only for the rampant expansion of the coal industry in the Hunter Valley and its contribution to greenhouse gas pollution, but also of the failure of state and federal legislation to provide a responsible planning and accountability framework […]
So Labor got up, big time. Congratulations to them. Their victory
represents a golden opportunity for the new government to take strong
leadership on the key election issue of climate change, by quitting coal
and delivering the deep emission cuts required to avoid dangerous global
warming.
While Kevin 07 was about winning the election, Kevin 08 will have to be […]
On election eve, where are we placed after all the froth and bubble of the campaign?
We don’t yet know who’s going to win the election tomorrow night but there are a number of things that we do know:
This is the election we had to have. Finally, the environment movement with the help of the Australian population has dragged climate change onto the agenda. Meanwhile the coal industry, their pollie buddies and their gullible lap dog lackeys are still kicking and screaming. And the lie that they’re screaming is ‘clean coal’. Ha!
The desperation […]
Think of all those gifts the planet has given you. That quick dip in the river on a hot day. A clear starry night. The wonderland of colour on a snorkelling trip to the Barrier Reef. A perfect tomato.
And now the world’s top scientists have a issued a grim warning. They’ve said if we don’t […]
Central Coast, 2.00pm: I have just returned from the gates of Munmorah coal-fire power station, where 15 of my fellow activists have been arrested. It’s been a hectic day but we have succeeded in preventing coal from entering one of the country’s oldest and dirtiest power stations for over five hours, sending it into wind-down.
And […]
Munmorah, NSW Central Coast, Thursday 8am 15 November 2007: I’m just touching base from the roof of Munmorah coal fired power station, where my fellow climbers have painted the message ‘Coal Kills’. And that’s exactly why we’re up here – because coal kills. It’s killing our planet, it’s killing our economy and it’s killing our […]
Tens of thousands of people braved the heat in cities across the nation on Sunday to show their anger at so many years of inaction on climate change. And with so much talk about the Kyoto Protocol, emissions trading and various low-impact but distracting thingy-me-jigs you could be forgiven for getting hopeful. Maybe, just maybe […]
Last night a diverse and at times raucous crowd of 150 Wentworth residents turned out to hear how their candidates for the federal election would deal with the most pressing issue facing the planet: climate change. In a seat where environmental issues are dominating the agenda, it is no surprise that the crowd were fired […]