Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 25/08/2014 - 15:46
For almost a decade the Nanotechnology Project has been fighting for regulation and environmental, health and safety testing that doesn’t lag behind technology development and commercialisation. Too often new innovations aren’t banned or regulated until after they have been proven to be harmful – and even then corporations frequently and fiercely resist regulation.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 18/08/2014 - 12:57
The Australian Financial Reviewreport today that the Abbott government is considering “axing” the Renewable Energy Target—Australia’s flagship renewable energy policy.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 04/08/2014 - 09:45
On the 18th of October, Market Forces and 350.org will to coordinate what’s set to be Australia’s biggest ever day of divestment action on fossil fuels! We’re calling on thousands of Australians to turn out at bank branches around Australia and publicly close their accounts in protest if the big banks won’t stop funding the dirty fossil fuel industry.
Get involved – sign up for divestment day by filling in the form on this page. We’ll stay in touch with details on event locations and resources to help you switch banks and make it count.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Fri, 01/08/2014 - 11:35
Most of South East South Australia is under exploration license for Unconventional Gas and Oil. The South Australian government’s “Roadmap for Unconventional Gas Projects in SA” outlines the government and industry vision to allow exploration and extraction of shale gas, coal seam gas and tight gas in 35% of the state. Tenements cover arid zone areas as well as populated regional areas, and important farmland.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 17/07/2014 - 14:03
Well it didn’t go entirely to plan, but they got there in the end. Tony Abbott’s pledge to repeal the price on carbon finally got through the Senate today, with the support of Clive Palmer and his Party.
It is hard not to feel angry at a government that is so wilfully gutting the limited actions on climate change that had been put in place by the previous federal government.
But, of course, getting angry doesn’t change things. Getting strategically active does.
There are still aspects of federal climate action remaining, that we must work to defend (see below).
Submitted by Cam Walker on Wed, 09/07/2014 - 17:36
If Australia's big banks fund coal ports on the Great Barrier Reef, it could cost them a big pile of cash. Almost a quarter of a trillion dollars, in fact.
