Greta Thunberg calls for new path after pandemic
Jonathan Watts (The Guardian 23 April 2020) write about the call by Greta Thunberg and others to use the experience of Covid-19 to take the…
Environment
Why is the price of oil falling and what should be the response?
Contributed by Joe Montero One constant during the present crisis has been a the downwards direction global share markets are travelling. On some days they…
What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave
Dana M Bergstrom, Andrew Klekociuk, Diana King and Sharon Robinson wrote for the Conversation (31 March 2020), about the startling news that Antarctica experienced an…
Adani has been caught up in yet another corruption scandal
Contributed by Ben Wilson Opposition to the Adani coal mine continues, although it is not making so Many headlines at the present. As well as…
Global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funnelling trillions into fossil fuels
This article by Patrick Greenfield and Kalyeena Makortoff (The Guardian 18 March 2020), provides a timely warning. Two of them Citi and JP Morgan Chase…
Is a Green New Deal the answer to the climate crisis?
Contributed by Jim Hayes We are hearing a lot about the climate crisis: droughts, fire, rising sea levels, the loss of food and water security….
Video: Extinction Rebellion History from 2018 to 2019
This account is based on the United Kingdom, which is the birthplace of extinction Rebellion. It has now spread around the world, including Australia, where…
Video: The future productivity and viability of Australian farms
It is irresponsible not to be addressing #ClimateChange and demanding #ClimateActionNow.in the serious and urgent manner it requires. Video from Anika Molesworth
The Great Australian Bight must still be saved
Contributed by Ugly It is great to hear that the campaign to save the Great Australian Bight from deep sea oil drilling has achieved an…
Video: Wilcannia community fights to save the Darling (Barka) River and end water trading
On the 25th of February, 2020, Aunty Beryl Philp-Carmichael, Barry-Allan Stone and Ian Sutton sent the below letter to the Prime Minister, as a last-ditch…
