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Global public embraces Earth Hour for action on climate change as denialists respond

Submitted by takver on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 3:12pm

Earth hour has grown from just one city - an estimated 2.2 million people participated in Sydney in 2007 - to 50 million people in 400 cities around the world in 2008 and even more in 2009. In 2010 more than 1,000 cities and towns in 120 countries around the world will, at 8.30pm on Saturday, March 27 turn off the lights for Earth Hour. It is a symbolic event that has been tirelessly promoted by the WWF to promote action on climate change. While its impact by itself is somewhat negligible, although there is a noticeable power use reduction for the hour, it has increased general public awareness of energy use and it's contribution to climate change.

Related: Greenpeace report: Dealing in Doubt

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Protest to meet brown coal Industry heavyweights in Latrobe Valley

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 1:51pm

The Coal and Energy 2010 Conference is being held on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st March in Traralgon this week. This is a meeting of the heavy weights of the Victorian Brown Coal Industry including International Power, Loy Yang Power, Exergen and the Victorian Government Energy Minister Peter Batchelor. The conference is an attempt to slap a coat of greenwash over the industry as it plots to continue it polluting and profitable future. A group of protesters plan to greet the pollies and executives with the message “You Can’t Clean Coal" on Tuesday 31st March.

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Climate protest disrupts new Newcastle coal loader

Submitted by takver on Tue, 23/03/2010 - 12:34am

The first shipment of coal from Newcastle's third coal loader has been delayed by climate activists from Rising Tide. The docking of the Sunny Success bulk carrier was delayed at the newly built terminal by one protestor chaining himself to the wharf, and four others in a boat on the harbour.

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Australian climate activist on trial in Copenhagen

Submitted by takver on Sun, 21/03/2010 - 2:40am

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Youtube censors Greenpeace parody video at food giant Nestlé's behest

Submitted by takver on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 1:10pm

Nestlé, the world's leading food and drinks company, has had Greenpeace's new video removed from YouTube on copyright grounds. The video is a response to Nestlé sourcing palm oil from companies involved in the destruction of rainforests and peatlands in Indonesia. Palm oil is used in many popular Nestlé brands. The destruction of rainforest and peatlands for palm oil plantations releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere making Indonesia one of the highest emitters of CO2 and contributing to global warming.

Related: Palm Oil Action | Greenpeace KitKat Campaign | Climate IMC: Climate change and Indonesian peatlands
There is a continuing Global consumer boycott of Nestlé over infant formula marketing.

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Warming or cooling ?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 12:31am

Some people say that global warming science is wrong because the earth is not warming up very fast.

It is very easy to understand why: The increased heat is melting the glaciers and icebergs.

This takes up the extra energy of the heat. The result is increased ocean levels and strange rain & cyclone patterns.

But the heating will not happen until all the ice is melted. Think about it. If it is summer and you have a big block of ice in your room, the air will get colder... until all the ice is melted.

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Hazelwood's profits jump 40 percent

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 9:25pm

In another indication of the sorry state of climate politics in this country - the dirtiest power plant in the industrialized world run at near capacity last year boosting profits for British Multi-national - International Power - by 40%. They made $387 million from belching carbon into the atmosphere. The Victorian Government increased Hazelwood's life from its scheduled shut down in 2009 until 2031. Why would the private operators shut up shop when they are carrying off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual profits.

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Scientists affirm Australia's climate already changing

Submitted by takver on Tue, 16/03/2010 - 3:43am

In a joint statement released on Monday by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology the stark facts on global warming were outlined: that Australia's climate has already changed with more extremely hot days, fewer cold ones, wetter in the north and drier in the south-east and south-west. The statement outlined in five sections a snapshot of temperature, rainfall, oceans, atmosphere, and what this means for Australia in coming decades.

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Melbourne hail storm - don't mention climate change

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 08/03/2010 - 9:13pm

Melbourne experienced a hail storm March 6th that has done hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars of damage. The storm has been labelled a "once in a century" event. What's not been mentioned is that the storm fits the predicted pattern of the impact of Climate Change on South East Australia.

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TRU energy profits from polluting

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 06/03/2010 - 1:26pm

TRU energy which owns Yallourn Power station in the Latrobe Valley enjoyed a large rise in profits last year up 22% to $A105.8 million. This money goes to the shareholders in TRU energies parent company CLP (China Light and Power) a Hong Kong based mult-national. The profits according to the Age come largely off the back of record output from the carbon belching brown coal electricity generator Yallourn in the Latrobe Valley.

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