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Coal Age to Green Age: the unstoppable energy revolution
Coal Age to Green Age: the unstoppable energy revolution Jay Tilley 17 March 2014 Jay Tilley explains why we’re already in the energy revolution and why it’s so exciting: “It doesn’t matter how much of a backwards, recalcitrant, head-in-the-sand government we have…we’ve already won in a lot of ways…The transition from the coal age to…
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Free trade or fair
Free trade or fair Senator Peter Whish-Wilson 11 March 2014 Greens trade spokesperson Senator Peter Whish-Wilson explains what’s behind the free trade deals the government is negotiating – with Korea, China, Japan and the huge TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) which covers 12 countries, including the US, and 40% of world trade. He describes the implications…
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One stop chop
One stop chop Felicity Millner, Vic EDO, and Margaret Blakers, Green Institute 6 November 2013 The Abbott government is preparing to surrender its environment protection powers to the states. Under their ‘one stop shop’ agreements states will be able to assess and decide on proposals affecting threatened species, world heritage and internationally important wetlands with…
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Extinction emergency
Extinction emergency Tim Flannery, David Lindenmeyer, Bob Brown, Sarah Rees speak at a packed forum in Melbourne Thursday 29 August 2013 The science is in — the ash forests ecosystem is in a state of near-collapse and Leadbeater’s Possum is heading rapidly to extinction. The case is compelling for stopping logging in the mighty ash…
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Down to Earth: accounting for carbon stocks
Down to Earth: accounting for carbon stocks Judith Ajani, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU Wednesday 19 June 2013 The goal of the UN Climate Convention is to keep the stock of carbon in the atmosphere below the level where it will cause dangerous climate change. Yet international accounting rules specify that only flows…
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The end of the Australian dream? Housing affordability and poverty
The end of the Australian dream? Housing affordability and poverty Chris Twomey, Director of Policy, WA Council of Social Service Tuesday 18 June 2013 The cost of housing in Australia has gone through the roof: full-time work is no longer a guarantee that you can own your home, the cost of housing is the biggest…
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Technology. Can we control it or will it control us
Technology. Can we control it or will it control us Georgia Miller, PhD candidate at UNSW and former coordinator of Friends of the Earth’s nanotechnology project Tuesday 26 March 2013 Nanotechnology, IT and biotechnology are promoted as ‘enabling’ technologies that, combined, could revolutionise communication, manufacturing, medicine and the military. Their power is potentially unprecedented, with…
