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Survival guide to holiday parties with climate deniers
Last year, UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon said it was time to “prove wrong” those who still have doubts about climate change at the climate talks in Doha. Since it’s the festive season and you never know when you’ll wind up at the same holiday party as Donald Trump, we’ve answered Ban Ki-moon’s demand. Here…
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Environmental breaches by Palmer’s Waratah Coal should rule out Federal approval for new mega-mine
Press release – 5 November, 2013Sydney, 6 Nov 2013. The decision by Queensland’s Environment Department to issue Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal with an Environment Protection Order (EPO) should force the Federal Government to delay a decision, due next week, on whether to approve the controversial billionaire’s China First coal mine in the untapped Galilee Basin…
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Maules Creek = Risky Business for Whitehaven Shareholders
Press release – 3 November, 2013Monday 4th November 2013, Sydney. Members of the public will gather outside Whitehaven’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney this morning to highlight the enormous risks associated with investing in this highly controversial coal company and its Maules Creek mine in NSW’s Leard State Forest.Whitehaven is betting the bank on its…
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What firefighters say about climate change
By Michael Howes, Griffith University You do not find many climate change sceptics on the end of [fire] hoses anymore… They are dealing with increasing numbers of fires, increasing rainfall events, increasing storm events. – A senior Victorian fire officer, interviewed in 2012 for a recent National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility report. There have…