“Like the Hydra”: Strategic incapacitation fails to decapitate the climate movement
Zelda Grimshaw is a lifelong campaigner for peace, earth and human rights and a UN observer of the ballot for independence in East Timor in…
Environment
Giant saltworks proposal threatens WA marine park
Contributed from Victoria German industrial company K+S has submitted a proposal to build a saltworks in the Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia. Reaction from conservationists…
Gas contributes to Australia producing too much carbon
Contributed by Ben Wilson A study published in the journal Earth System Science Data Shows that carbon is continuing to be spewed out into the atmosphere…
The rise global investment in clean energy has not yet removed the threat from fossil fuels
Contributed by Jim Hayes According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), annual investment in clean renewable energy is at last higher than investment on fossil…
Fossil fuels to reap $57.1 billion from Australian taxpayers
Matthew Elmas wrote (the new Daily 4 May 2023) about the escalation of government subsidies handed to fossil fuel companies, as the government spruiked its…
Campaign for Woodside to clean up its mess and stop its Scarborough gas project
Contributed from Victoria Woodside is best known for exploiting the gas fields off Australia’s western coast and has been in the firing line of those…
Class action for contamination caused by the Australian Defence Force
Contributed from Victoria Some 30,000 people across Australia will have a direct interest in a class action to win compensation for contamination of their homes by…
Scientists sign letter to stop Beetaloo fracking
Contributed by Adam Carlton A hundred scientists have signed a letter calling on the Northern Territory government to abandon plans for fracking the Beetaloo Basin….
Some cattle farmers are switching to sustainable practices
Contributed by Joe Montero When cattle farmer Sid Plant was told by his granddaughter, ‘Pa, I don’t want to be one of the ones that…
Australia must still do much more to shift to clean energy
Contributed by Joe Montero Last year saw a record rise in renewable energy in Australia. construction begun on more than 5,000MW of large-scale wind and…
