Monday 23 September 2013

UNSW 2013 Jack Beale Lecture: Dr David Suzuki (21 September 2013)

Australians scientists should be up in arms and storming the ramparts in response to the Federal Government's proposed climate change policy, according to geneticist and environmentalist David Suzuki.

In delivering the annual Jack Beale Lecture at UNSW, Suzuki put the boot in the new Coalition government when he attacked Tony Abbott's promise to eliminate the carbon tax, "it will probably make this politically toxic for at least a decade before it will be able to come back on the agenda". He went on to say that, "this is what the corporations have wanted".

Suzuki drew on the similarities between the Canadian and Australian government policies and the links made by both, in that a reduction in the carbon footprint would be catastrophic for both countries economies.

He describes the cancelling of the Climate Commission and the firing of Tim Flannery as "criminal negligence through wilful blindness".

Tune in... he's a passionate advocate.

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http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bigideas/stories/2013/10/21/3866521.htm

[21 September 2013, 6pm - 7:30pm; Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Kensington campus]

Wednesday 18 September 2013

Bill McKibben: On Sept. 21st, Draw the Line on Keystone XL

For the past two years, a grassroots movement has erupted to confront President Obama over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. On September 21st, 2013, we will draw the line on Keystone XL and the tar sands to tell him that keeping his climate promises means rejecting Keystone XL.

Monday 16 September 2013

The world does need a red line – on climate change

Activists agree we must fight the Keystone XL pipeline in the US, but also chip away at the political power of the fossil fuel industry.

In a few weeks, a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, prepared by 2,000 climate scientists from around the world, will be released. Leaked early drafts reveal some frightening predictions for the next century, including a high likelihood that the globe's average temperature will rocket past the 2C target, the reddest of red lines for human existence on the planet.

More: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/09/fossil-fuels-climate-change-keystone-pipeline

Thursday 12 September 2013

As Climate Denial Gets Stronger, the 'Dealing in Doubt' Continues

Who likes being lied to by people paid by the oil industry who pose as “experts” on climate change? Did you know it’s been going on for 25 years?

Read more @ http://www.nationofchange.org/climate-denial-gets-stronger-dealing-doubt-continues-1378905203

Sunday 8 September 2013

Plantar árboles urbanos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia

En Santa Cruz Bolivia, los árboles están desapareciendo. Las temperaturas estan subiendo y la calidad del aire se pone peor. Esta es la historia sobre los árboles y sobre dos inspiradoras personas que están luchando por protegerlos.

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, trees are disappearing fast. Temperatures are rising and air quality is increasingly polluted. This is a short story about trees and two inspiring people who are fighting to protect them.

Friday 6 September 2013

The era of climate change 'denial' is over: Politicians who flatly reject climate science are now being replaced by climate policy sceptics

350.org, the US-based environmental campaign group which aims to build a "global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis", has launched a new petition. It wants it supporters to urge the World Meteorological Organization to name hurricanes after "deniers and obstructionists".

Wednesday 28 August 2013 21.20 EST

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/aug/28/era-climate-change-denial-over

http://climatenamechange.org/

George Monbiot: If Abbott is elected, Australia's natural wonders will gradually be rubbed away

Tony Abbott's climate policies are about removing the social and environmental protections enjoyed by all Australians to allow the filthy rich to become richer – and filthier.

Thursday 5 September 2013 11.35 AEST

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/abbott-climate-change-election

Wednesday 4 September 2013

350 Pacific: "We are not drowning -- we are fighting!"

Join the movement at http://350.org

On March 2nd, 2013, warriors across 14 Pacific island nations answered a call, brought on by the threat of climate change. The warrior spirit of the Pacific Islands rose to show the world "We are not drowning. We are fighting." The Warrior Spirit of the Pacific Islands has now awoken to fight climate change.

We're not giving up. We're going to fight for what is ours - our island homes and cultures.

Source: http://youtu.be/8xZlswE7IVI