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Farmers and conservationists protest coal and CSG expansion

Submitted by takver on Thu, 05/08/2010 - 12:15am

Farmers and conservations took to the streets of Brisbane protesting the increasing encroachment and damage to prime agricultural farm land and the environment by the rapacious coal mining industry. While the rally proceeded outside Parliament House, two activists managed to evade security and to unfurl a banner from high up on the Parliament House facade that said "Don't undermine our farms"

Youtube Video: Our Land, Our Water, Our Future

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Coal is hazardous to health: Residents blockade coal trains in north Queensland

Submitted by takver on Wed, 28/07/2010 - 1:42pm

Residents of the town of Collinsville, west of Bowen, have just finished a two day blockade of the train line that is used for transporting coal from the Bowen Basin to the Abbot Point coal terminal in North Queensland. The residents are angry about a proposed increase in rail traffic and the adverse health impacts on residents from the increase in vibrations and coal dust emissions, and the problem of delays for emergency vehicles in a town bisected by the rail line.

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electionWIRE on YouTube! Young Australian voices on the 2010 election

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/07/2010 - 3:20pm

Vibewire and YouTube team up on electionWIRE to bring fresh video reporting to the Australian federal election

electionWIRE on YouTube is calling citizen reporters to report the election their way.

It’s Election Time! The airwaves are buzzing with politics. Who will win? What do the parties and candidates represent? Who cares?

Today, Vibewire Youth Inc announces the launch of electionWIRE on YouTube, a dedicated channel for young Australians to have their say and to report the news of the Federal election their way.

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Protesters scale famous Melbourne hotel with climate message for World Environment Day

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/06/2010 - 12:42pm

Four climate protesters have scaled Melbourne's famous Young & Jackson hotel, hanging a 23-metre long banner from the building. The banner covering the giant “Time Square” electronic sign on top of the hotel reads “No more climate back flips - Switch Off Hazelwood.”

The World Environment Day protest aims to highlight Kevin Rudd's policy reversals on climate change and is part of the campaign to replace Hazelwood power station with renewable energy.

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Xstrata Wandoan coal on hold due to poor planning not tax, say environmentalists

Submitted by takver on Fri, 04/06/2010 - 1:53am

Friends of the Earth have accused Xstrata of using the Rudd Government's Resource Profits Tax as a scapegoat to cover up for their own poor planning with regard to the Wandoan coal project that has now been placed on hold.

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Solidarity action with Hazelwood arrestees - Melbourne Magistrates' Court 21 May

Submitted by peter on Fri, 21/05/2010 - 12:24pm

Some of the people arrested at last September's civil disobedience at Hazelwood Power Station faced court today with supporters.

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Upper Hunter Valley coal mine defeated by thoroughbred industry

Submitted by takver on Sun, 16/05/2010 - 1:11pm

Greenpeace and the Greens have cautiously welcomed the decision by Kristina Keneally and the NSW Government to stop the Bickham coal mine, north of Scone in the upper Hunter Valley, from going ahead, saying it is a win for local community action. It was a strong well funded campaign by the thoroughbred horse industry and its economic contribution to the state economy along with community action which halted the proposed open-cut coal mine.

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Time to replace Hazelwood coal power station for climate change

Submitted by takver on Thu, 06/05/2010 - 9:42pm

Over 250 people gathered on Thursday May 6, 2010 for a protest on the steps of the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, called for Victorian Premier John Brumby to take strong climate change action and negotiate the closure of the Hazelwood brown coal fired Power Station in the La Trobe valley by 2012.

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Diverting attention from addiction to coal

Submitted by takver on Fri, 30/04/2010 - 12:11am

While Kevin Rudd announced a crackdown on tobacco advertising and increased sales tax on cigarettes, attention was diverted from the elephant in the livingroom: climate change and addiction to coal. At the same time Friends of the Earth Australia denounced the development of two new coal export terminals near Bowen in North Queensland, insisting the expansion of Queensland's biggest contributor to climate change must come to an end. Adding an extra $2 sales tax a pack to cigarettes is a diversion from the real problem: Australia's multi-billion dollar addiction to coal. What Kevin Rudd needs to do is put a $35 per tonne carbon levy on coal to send a significant message to business and the public on climate change and public health.

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Punishing the people who stand up for the common good

Submitted by takver on Thu, 29/04/2010 - 10:28am

"It's a tragedy that the people who are responsible for the climate catastrophe get rewarded, while the people standing up for the common good get punished." said Greenpeace activist Kristen McDonald after leaving a Mackay courtroom this week. She was one of fifteen Greenpeace activists convicted and fined on charges of Unregulated High Risk Activity and other charges during a three day occupation in August 2009 of the Abbot and Hay Point coal terminals near Bowen, Queensland.

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