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5 things you can do right now to stop CommBank funding coal
Heard about the Commonwealth Bank funding more fossil fuels in 2016 than any of Australia’s big banks? Feeling outraged that CommBank is propping up the dying coal industry that is polluting our planet and destroying irreplaceable wonders like the Great Barrier Reef? Heard about the Commonwealth Bank funding more fossil fuels in 2016 than any…
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Australia’s politicians have betrayed the Great Barrier Reef and only the people can save it
Once upon a time, in the distant 60s and 70s, the Great Barrier Reef faced imminent destruction. Tenement applications for drilling and mining covered vast swathes of the reef, with both government and industry enthusiastically backing the plans for mass exploitation. Aerial view showing lagoon detail. Wistari Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. In…
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This treaty would ban nuclear weapons. But will the world take it?
“I’m here at the U.N. asking for an abolition of nuclear weapons,” said Toshiki Fujimori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, to diplomats from more than 120 countries gathered at the UN general assembly on 27 March. “Nobody in any country deserves seeing the same hell again.” |Greenpeace volunteers blockade the trident nuclear submarine…
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Switching off Hazelwood
The Turnbull Government must stop pumping public money into the dying coal industry and start planning for safe and just transitions for Australian communities. The closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley this week is a further indication that Australia’s transition away from polluting coal is well underway – whether politicians…
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Today community activists dropped a huge banner outside CommBank, and it was awesome
Early this morning an amazing group of volunteers installed a huge banner outside the Commonwealth Bank’s headquarters in Sydney with a message the bank can’t ignore: it’s time to break free from coal! Some filed into the bank asking CommBank why they continue to bankroll fossil fuels when they claim to take climate change seriously. Others talked to hundreds…
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Byron Bay residents give CommBank branch a makeover
Today I attended a protest in Byron Bay against the Commonwealth Bank supplying the fossil fuel industry with loans. Last year the Commonwealth Bank loaned almost $4 Billion to this industry – way more than any other bank in Australia. I joined a group of concerned residents to gather petition signatures from the locals.…
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Welcome to Port Augusta’s Independent Air Monitoring Page
Welcome to Port Augusta’s independent air monitoring page – run by the community, for the community. Here you will find daily updates on the air quality in the town of Port Augusta. This device is continuously measuring the PM10 level in the air – these are very fine particles known to cause respiratory problems. The…
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I found coal washed up on a beach on the Great Barrier Reef coast
It was a Sunday morning in July, 2015, that I got a chance to board the Rainbow Warrior as a member and go on a guided tour of the vessel. When I was on the rubber dinghy on the way out to the boat I remember thinking, “I hope there is some type of an…
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Hey CommBank, we’re here. Please stop funding dirty coal.
Early this morning I joined a group of amazing volunteers who headed to the CommBank headquarters in Sydney with a message for the bank: stop funding new coal projects. You can speak up too by signing the petition to the CEO Ian Narev here. CommBank loaned more money to dirty fossil fuels in 2016 than…