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Environmental activists violently attacked by timber workers

24 October, 2008

Peaceful environmental activists who were protecting an old-growth forest in Tasmania, Australia, have been violently attacked by timber workers as they were blocking the road for them. The timber workers attacked the car that the protestors were using to block … Continue reading

Climate Criminal Australia’s Culture of Ignoring, Climate Terrorism, Climate Racism and Climate Genocide

22 October, 2008

“You will be SHOCKED by the response…” I belong to a Melbourne-based Climate Action Group called the Yarra Valley Climate Action Group (YVCAG) which is very active in public education through public meetings, participation in public demonstrations and by providing … Continue reading

Olympic Gold Medal Tally Green-ness Index – India #1, Ethiopia #2, Indonesia #3

1 September, 2008

The photo shows Beijing Olympic Games banners in China. Photo: Cmaccubbin. Billions of us have seen the performances of the marvellous athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The top 15 countries in terms of 5 or more Gold medals … Continue reading

Climate expert says sea levels could rise 4 meters this century

22 August, 2008

Professor Will Steffen, head of the climate change unit at the Australian National University and science adviser to the Federal Government in Australia, says that sea levels around the world could rise by 4 meters this century. He also claims … Continue reading

Orwellian Australian “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme” will DOUBLE Greenhouse Gas Pollution by 2050

5 August, 2008

Only a few weeks after the release of the Draft Report of the seriously flawed, pro-coal, Australian Garnaut Climate Change Review (4 July, 2008; see my critique on Green Blog, “Pro-Coal, Australian Garnaut Climate Review Damns Coral, Australia & World”), … Continue reading

Pro-Coal, Australian Garnaut Climate Review Damns Coral, Australia & World

13 July, 2008

Ross Garnaut in Adelaide during the launch of the latest draft of the Garnaut Review. Photo by Carbon Planet. Prominent Australian academic Economist Professor Ross Garnaut was commissioned by the right-wing, pro-Coal, State and Federal Governments of Australia to review … Continue reading

“5,000 Aussies make CLIMATE EMERGENCY!” Human Sign in Melbourne, Australia

7 July, 2008

Panorama picture of the Climate rally, July 5 2008. Photo: Peter Campbell. On July 5, 2008 about 5,000 citizens of Melbourne gathered in the City Square to protest man-made Climate Change and then marched through the City Centre to make … Continue reading

Pollutants from coal-based electricity generation kill 170,000 people annually

14 June, 2008

The image shows the old Cahokia Power Plant in Sauget, IL which has been decommissioned for 31 years. Photo: Jay Dugger Top British climate scientist Professor James Lovelock FRS has warned that over 6 billion people will die this century … Continue reading

Australian Rudd Labor Government plans to kill Great Barrier Reef?

9 June, 2008

Photo from the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia. Photo: Icelight. An extraordinary admission by the Australian Federal Government has passed unnoticed by the Mainstream media in the “look away” Land of Oz, the Antipodean Land of Flies, … Continue reading

Perverted Australia 2020 Summit IGNORED Climate Emergency, Renewables & Climate Genocide

23 April, 2008

Australia has just had a 2-day Ideas conference in Canberra called the “Australia 2020 Summit”. This exercise was brought on by the right wing, Bush-ite Rudd Labor Government, ostensibly to garner Ideas for a better Australia.. Unfortunately the Australia 2020 … Continue reading

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