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Gasp! Antarctica Is Melting!

radioecoshock — Wed, 21 May 2014 20:46:32 +0000

In this program we bypass the mainstream media machine to hear from the NASA scientists who say the melt of one Antarctic glacier set is now "unstoppable". We don't often get such certainty from science, or large government agencies.

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Burying the future: Pipelines, Arctic melt, southern hemisphere weather

radioecoshock — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:04:59 +0000

Canadian scientist Paul Beckwith explains how the Arctic warming emergency is changing your weather. First, story of anti-pipeline media warrior, John Bolenbaugh. The leaks, scandals and deaths behind Tar Sands pipelines.

Download/listen to Radio Ecoshock 130424 here: http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock13/ES_130424_Show_LoFi.mp3

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an ice-free Arctic is no longer a matter of "if" but "when".

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Climate denial investigation - while scientists muzzled

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:59:44 +0000

http://bit.ly/Ad7hzA Dr. John Mashey investigates right-wing billionaires & corporations who pay alleged "charities", bloggers, & old weathermen to deny climate science. Some of that propaganda money went to New Zealand and Australia. Then Canadian journalist Margaret Munro on government muzzling scientists, plus update by UCS Francesca Grifo on science freedom in U.S.
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CD Quality of this Radio Ecoshock report (56 MB) here:
http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock12/ES_120229_Show.mp3

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Logging East Gippsland old growth forests destroys wildlife refugia in a warming climate

takver — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:41:21 +0000

Environmental activists have been out in old growth Forests in East Gippsland this week attempting to stop more rape of our natural environment and protecting important refugia habitats for endangered species. Logging operations on Survey Rd on the Errinundra Plateau were halted by a tree-sit attached to five logging machines and suspended 40 metres up in the tree canopy.

"In the face of recent Baillieu government moves to weaken the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, conservationists have again taken their message to logging sites where important wildlife habitat continues to be logged for woodchips", said Ms Amelia Young, spokesperson for the conservationists of the Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) (Facebook).

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Friends of the Earth take on mega coal mine in court

kimk — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:52:42 +0000

On the eve of a court hearing due in Brisbane on August 29-31, Friends of the Earth International called on Swiss mining giant Xstrata's shareholders and investors to act to stop Xstrata's massive 'Mega Coal Mine' project in Australia. Research from climate change experts released this week shows that coal mines and subsequent carbon emissions will accelerate the loss of the Great Barrier Reef resulting in jobs losses and massive impacts on the Queensland economy.

　
Media Release
Date 29 August 2011
Coal mine linked to accelerated loss of Great Barrier Reef
　

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The (Sha)revolution

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:29:01 +0000

The Sharehood started in 2008 as an idea. Theo was living in an inner city suburb of Melbourne’s north and his house didn’t have a washing machine. He was walking to a friends’ house to do his laundry when he realised many folks in his street would have washing machines and if he knew his neighbours, he might have been able to borrow theirs. He made a list of all the things that could be shared between neighbours and it was a long list! Then he distributed a letter to the people living within a 5 minute walk of his home, to share his idea and ask them to contact him to get involved.

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Climate finance monsters mp3

huxwell — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:36:05 +0000

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr__193_climate_finance_monsters.mp3

explicit language !

media sample collage, The Planet by Bill Hicks, Nature is wise by Mitchell and Webb, excerpt Now Show, Leaf Currency by Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe, Global Warming by Mitchel and Webb, Win Win by Norel Pref, Mad by George Carlin, Unobtainium by Tanya

music by Paris Acid Reflux Dont stop the movement

29:53 min 128 kbps stereo 27.3 MB

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Green groups criticize federal government for slashing climate programs for disaster reconstruction

takver — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:09:57 +0000

Environment, climate change and green groups have criticized the Federal Government for budget cuts to solar development and carbon reduction programs, as part of its reconstruction program for rebuilding Queensland after the devastating floods.

Deferring expenditure in the solar flagship program is of major concern for the development of industry scale solar power stations in Australia, necessary for converting our reliance on carbon intensive coal fired power to renewable technologies. A US study has shown the feasibility of converting global power to 100 per cent carbon emission neutral alternative energy technologies in 20 to 40 years, similar to the Australian study by Beyond Zero Emissions with the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 report, launched in July 2010.

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Climate scientist calls for Hazelwood immediate closure

takver — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:03:04 +0000

Emminent Melbourne climate scientist Professor David Karoly has called for the Hazelwood coal fired power station to be closed down completely, saying "Hazelwood is partly to blame for causing climate change."

Photos: Replace Hazelwood (Takver) | Video: Close Hazelwood Power Station now says Climate Scientist Prof David Karoly

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'No new coal, fund renewable energy' - Protest at Premier Brumby's office, 18 October 2010

peter — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:29:40 +0000

Melbourne's Cross Campus Environment Network (CCEN) organised a rally on Monday outside the office of Premier John Brumby in opposition to energy
company HRL's plans to build a new coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley. Apart from a range of speakers condemning the plan, in the interests of
fair play they also invited a representative of the company to answer objections...

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Combet cool on Hazelwood closure

takver — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:59:47 +0000

Hundreds of activists travelled to the Hazelwood brown coal fired power station, 180 km east of Melbourne, for the 101010 global work party on Sunday.

Environmental groups in Victoria are behind a campaign to replace the aging Hazelwood power station with renewable energy. Premier John Brumby wants to close the power station down in stages and wants Federal Government financial assistance in doing so. But the new Federal climate change minister Greg Combet is decidedly cool on the idea.

The Switch Off Hazelwood organisers are calling for:

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Coal is a dead end! Community demonstration at HRL office with mock 'clean coal' technology launch

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:27:43 +0000

Today members of the Cross Campus Environment Network (CCEN) held a demonstration at the Melbourne office of HRL with the mock launch of a new 'clean coal' technology. The building went into lock-down when the protesters arrived at the steps of the office with a ramshackle 'state-of-the-art' coal cleaning machine.

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Victorian government launches funding for community climate projects

takver — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:01:22 +0000

The Victorian State Government has just announced grants for the community greenhouse programs for local community action on climate change. The O'Hea Biketown Project in North Coburg was used as the flagship for the launch of the program by Victorian Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings at CERES environmental park in Brunswick today.

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Environmentalists: Fuel emission reduction policy well behind world's best practice

takver — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:34:56 +0000

Policy Plans released by Julia Gillard and her Climate Change Minister Penny Wong for mandatory fuel efficiency standards and a $2000 rebate for trading in pre-1995 cars for new fuel efficient vehicles, were cautiously welcomed by environmentalists while being criticised for not going far enough and being funded by cuts to other climate change action programs such as Carbon Capture and Storage and solar energy. "Under this plan, Australia's fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles will be about a quarter of a century behind China's when they are eventually law. We must make our cars cleaner quicker." said Don Henry, Australian Conservation Foundation executive director.

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European Climate Exchange website hacked

takver — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:29:09 +0000

In a protest against carbon trading as a method for acting on climate change, on Friday, July 23 at just before midnight, the public website of the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the leading marketplace for trading CO2 emissions in Europe, was targetted by hacktivists of the autonomous tech collective *decocidio* (#?).

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