Breaking free from fossil fuels

The People’s Climate March will take place this coming Sunday. And with around 2,000 events planned, including huge rallies in New York and London, this may well prove to be the large climate rally in history.

By John Keane, University of Sydney Pushed and pulled in different directions by government policies and market forces, modern universities try hard to be public institutions for the public good.

Try as they might, climate change deniers have been unable to convince Australians that extreme weather events aren’t increasing, and that fossil fuel companies are innocent bystanders to global warming. Check out the results of new Australian polling below.

So many inspiring pictures are flooding in from the People's Climate March events around the world. Spread the word to turn up the heat on politicians attending the UN climate summit this week.

Greenpeace recently revealed that one of Australia’s most prestigious universities, the University of Sydney, has a million dollar stake in the company responsible for the largest coal mine currently under construction in Australia.

‘If it’s wrong to wreck the climate, it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.’ (Bill McKibben, founder 350.org)

It’s no secret that I am an emotional person, and that nothing inspires me more than people standing up for what they believe in.

The latest United Nations report on climate change is about to be finalised, written by thousands of scientists. The report is VERY important, but also a bit dull.

Could the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area become one of the largest coal ports in the world?

We all have that one embarrassing uncle. You know, the one that hosts a family function and then proceeds to argue with everyone.