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Fighting against threats to the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s beautiful Great Barrier Reef is under threat and in a state of emergency. As much as half of the Reef may be dead following back to back coral bleaching…
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The IEA’s World Energy Outlook and its Coal Bias
Coal fired power station Weisweiler near Eschweiler in the Rhenish lignite mining area. Steam coming out of cooling towers. Coal fired power plant owned by RWE AG. Braunkohlekraftwerk Weisweiler bei Eschweiler im Rheinischen Braunkohlerevier, betrieben von RWE AG. Dampf steigt aus Kuehltuermen auf. OPLE who watch energy markets often claim the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) regular World…
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Bill Shorten says toxic Adani mine could be blocked by future Labor government
January 30, 2017: Federal Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has effectively committed to stopping the Adani mine if his party wins the next election. The opposition leader today declared during his National Press Club address that there was “legitimate concern” about the controversial project and that “if it doesn’t stack up economically and environmentally, it won’t…
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Bill Shorten says toxic Adani mine could be blocked by future Labor government
Press release – 29 January, 2018January 30, 2017: Federal Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has effectively committed to stopping the Adani mine if his party wins the next election.The opposition leader today declared during his National Press Club address that there was “legitimate concern” about the controversial project and that “if it doesn’t stack up economically…
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Preserving the Great Barrier Reef
Making sure our kids will grow up with a wonder of the world
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Government’s $60m Reef plan meaningless without measures to address climate change
Press release – 21 January, 2018SYDNEY, January 22, 2018 – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to pay farmers up to $60 million to reduce sediment runoff to the Great Barrier Reef is the kind of tinkering around the edges approach that has failed in the past and does nothing to address the cause of devastating…
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Attacks on workers and environment more proof MCA terminally out of touch
Press release – 10 January, 2018January 11, 2018: Calls by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) to hobble workers’ rights and strip environmental protections are a reminder of why the lobby group is being abandoned by their own members.The MCA have today made a pre-budget submission to Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, calling for environmental approval…
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FASHION ACTIVISM – SAVING THE REEF WITH SCARVES
Inspired by her passion for underwater photography, photographer and designer Sophie Robertson has a fierce determination to help protect Australia’s unique coastline, from the Great Barrier Reef all the way to the Great Australian Bight. || That is why she designed a series of beautiful scarves to help us spread the word about the need…
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Increasingly frequent coral bleaching events show the need to take urgent action on climate change to protect The Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 4 January, 2018SYDNEY, January 5 2018 – An alarming new study published today in Science warning that large-scale coral bleaching events could start occurring every year highlights the urgent need for serious action to fight climate change.Mass bleaching events that previously took place every 25-30 years before the 1980s are now occurring…
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TURNBULL’S CARBON POLLUTION POLICY IS SILLY… BUT IT DOESN’T MATTER!
Have you ever been through a long, boring consultation process where you ended up exactly where you started? You’re not alone. The entire country was recently subjected to a painful non-binding postal survey that told us exactly what we already knew in the first place. The Turnbull government is no stranger to pointless processes. If…