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A voice to Australia’s silent climate majority A new global media campaign seeks to give voice to the world’s silent climate majority.

A voice to Australia’s silent climate majority. The majority of people want action on climate but think they are in the minority, and therefore keep silent. A new global media campaign seeks to give voice to the world’s silent climate majority.
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Wth early voting in the federal election, our local XR group hung some banners over a major arterial during the morning commute.

Community groups furious Coalition nuclear plan would go ahead even if locals oppose it Critics of policy say residents should be ‘very angry’ they will not be able to veto generators in their towns despite promise to consult them

'There is a “growing backlash” to the Coalition’s nuclear plan, with community gps furious at the lack of consultation & angered that the policy won't give local communities the power of veto & that nuclear plants would be built regardless of local opposition.'

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.

Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

Over the last four years, multinational gas companies made $170 billion exporting gas they got for free.

It's a fantastic deal for Big Gas, and a terrible deal for Australians.

Time to fix this. Add your name > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...

I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.

Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.

Last Monday five friends and I interrupted Question Time in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria with banners snd paper fish. We were protesting against new gas well approvals in the Otway Basin. I’m now banned from the Parliamentary precincts for six months.

Merri Creek in the rain. Much of the vegetation in sight was re-established by Friends of Merri Creek.

We’re experiencing a heatwave but at dusk it was cooler out on an oval near Merri Creek.

Sorting litter to record data at a Clean Up Australia Day event at Merri Park Wetland. Single use plastic re

There’s a lot of anger in the air right now—rightfully so.

Gvts are failing us, corporations are destroying the planet & those in power would rather protect profit than life.

💚Join the resistance
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#NonViolence #RebelForLife #ThisIsTheWork

This is fucking stupid.

Slow march for climate action in Sydney Road, Coburg on Saturday morning.

At Neighbours for Climate Action’s Hot Planet Speed Dating event on Thursday night. I was representing XR Darebin.

Fitzroy Gardens on a hot day. It was a few degrees cooler in the park, down near the water.

‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024

What are we doing?

What in the name of your children and grandchildren are we doing?

Who are you voting for? Who are your pensions invested in?

Why isn’t every single one of us working on the one problem that matters, every waking moment?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Let’s get one thing straight: the cost of the Green New Deal is far less than the cost of losing our planet to the climate crisis.

In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange.
We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.

What will destroy you is not the fires, the storms, the floods—the economic depression, the mass migration, the social collapse, the terror of the fascists. No, what will kill you is knowing you read this article and turned away.
Resist, whilst you still can.
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A pair of pelicans on Lake Burley Griffin this morning, near the carillon.

Correction: Plants Will Not Flourish as the World Warms A new study contradicts the notion that higher temperatures will enhance plant growth

Anthropogenic Global Warming: Fossil Fuel Pollution, Severe Weather, CO2, Plants, Food, Nutrients, Food Chains, & Supply Chains 🧵

www.scientificamerican.com/article/corr...

A small, family friendly slow march to protest the extension of 4 coal mines right before Christmas, in addition to the 3 coal approvals announced in September.

CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households New research comes as dozens of small potential fields have received some form of license from the government Potential new North Sea oil and gas fields with early stage licences from the UK would emit as much carbon dioxide as British households produce…

CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households

I've written a more detailed post on yesterday's coal approvals...
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Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.

A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.

The entire police response to NVDA in Victoria is harsh. This includes: bail conditions designed to discourage further protest, charging nonviolent climate protestors inappropriately with an indictable obstruction charge and police visits to activists’ homes for purposes of intimidation.

A wake-up call for climate preparedness - Sunday Observer The country is reeling from widespread devastation as Cyclone ‘Fengal’ has left a trail of destruction in its wake. The heavy rains and storms unleashed by cyclone ‘Fengal’ which intensified…

Extreme Climate & Weather Events
- December 2024 🧵

www.sundayobserver.lk/2024/12/01/n...

Breathe easy | Rewiring America Household electrification as a public health intervention to improve outdoor air quality.

New research shows that electrifying US appliances would dramatically improve *outdoor* air quality, to the tune of about $40 billion in health benefits per year. www.rewiringamerica.org/research/hom...