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Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2015
▶ CHINA AND OTHER BIG EMITTERS CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA OVER ITS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/china-and-other-big-emitters-challenge-australia-over-its-climate-change-policies-20150419-1mnqt3.html
ClimateProgress, April 17, 2015
▶ AUSTRALIA PM PLEDGES MILLIONS TO HELP CLIMATE CONTRARIAN SET UP CENTER TO ARGUE AGAINST CLIMATE ACTION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/17/3648284/australian-climate-consensus-center-contrarian/
Asian Correspondent, February 09, 2015
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE: LEADERS DALLY WHILE AUSTRALIA HEATS UP
http://asiancorrespondent.com/130427/climate-change-leaders-dally-while-australia-heats-up/
Guardian, November 16, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM TELLS G20 LEADERS HE BACKS COAL, DESPITE PLEAS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ODD MAN OUT http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/16/g20-leaders-australia-back-down-climate-change-language
The Australian, June 12, 2014
▶ COUNT ME OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT SAYS AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/count-me-out-of-climate-change-summit-says-tony-abbott/story-e6frg6xf-1226951212337?nk=d6d3da647967dbdb74a18076b4925751
RTCC, July 17, 2014
▶ GLOBAL OUTRAGE AS AUSTRALIA CANS CARBON TAX http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/global-outrage-as-australia-cans-carbon-tax/
RTCC, July 17, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA REVOKES CARBON TAX - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/australia-axes-carbon-tax-international-reactions/
Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S STANCE SAVAGELY CONDEMNED AT UN NEW YORK CLIMATE SUMMIT http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-climate-stance-savagely-condemned-at-new-york-summit-20140926-10mc0x.html
ABC Australia, September 12, 2014
▶ HAS THE MINING INDUSTRY TAKEN OVER THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT? An eleventh hour amendment to already controversial mining laws in Queensland has triggered anger from landholders and green groups, with a lawyer saying the new legislation restricts the rights of landholders to object to a mining lease application. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-12/late-night-amendment-changes-right-of-qld-landholders-mining-lea/5741032
Guardian Environment, July 14, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA HAS A CHOICE: JOIN OTHERS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, OR STAND ALONE http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/14/australia-has-a-choice-join-others-to-combat-climate-change-or-stand-alone
Reuters, November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIANS 'BURY HEADS IN SAND' PROTEST TO MOCK GOVERNMENT CLIMATE STANCE. More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australia's Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the government's reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-australia-protests-idUSKCN0IX14420141113
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister: If the Climate collapses so will our ecosystems, and the economy. There will be massive social chaos on the planet, and there will be no jobs. Your environmental policies are destroying the crucial natural environment that we need to stabilize the planet and that supports all life... all in the name of profits and "jobs"...It is time for you to wake up to your responsibility...playing to the corporate dollar will be your downfall ... and ours ...For Without Nature We Do Not Exist.....pdjmoo
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DW.DE November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA 'GOING BACKWARDS' ON CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS http://www.dw.de/australia-going-backwards-on-climate-change-targets/a-18060290
Huffington Post Green, January 16, 2015
▶ BIG OIL DESTROYS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/big-oil-destroys-the-grea_b_6470476.html
Media Matters for America, July 24, 2014
-▶ HOW RUPERT MURDOCH PUSHED AUSTRALIA INTO A CLIMATE CHANGE RETREAT http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/24/how-rupert-murdoch-pushed-australia-into-a-clim/200197
Guardian Environment, August 17, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT'S PUSH TO DITCH RENEWABLES COULD HAND COAL AND GAS INDUSTRY $10bn http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn
Guardian, October 03, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SLUMPS 70% IN ONE YEAR: CHOOSES COAL AND FOSSIL FUELS OVER ENVIRONMENT http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/03/australias-investment-in-renewable-energy-slumps-70-in-one-year
Guardian, October 14, 2014
▶ MINING COMPANIES LOBBY G20 IN AUSTRALIA TO BACK COAL AS FUTURE OF ENERGY. PR campaign aims to convince world leaders that coal-fired power offers the solution to ‘energy poverty’ in developing countries. ‘Let’s have no demonisation of coal. Coal is good for humanity,’ says Australian PM, Tony Abbott http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/mining-companies-lobby-g20-leaders-to-back-coal-as-future-of-energy
Guardian, October 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOT SAYS 'COAL IS GOOD FOR HUMANITY' WHILE OPENING MINE http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/tony-abbott-says-coal-is-good-for-humanity-while-opening-mine
Lock The Gate Alliance,
▶ FLOGGING THE FARM : BIG COAL'S MASSIVE LAND GRAB. The analysis reveals that coal companies have bought up more than 702,000 acres of freehold land in the Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin. - an area greater than the size of the entire Australian Capital Territory. It's a massive land grab - our governments' aggressive support for expanded coal mining means we're flogging off the farm to multi-national coal companies. http://www.lockthegate.org.au/flogging_the_farm
Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2014
▶ ABBOTT GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SCRAP THE NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION AS DROUGHT LOOMS http://www.smh.com.au/environment/abbott-government-plans-to-scrap-the-national-water-commission-as-drought-looms-20141126-11u0cy.html
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA PANDERING TO CORPORATE PROFIT: CONTROVERSIAL MINE WATER BILL PASSED IN QUEENSLAND. Miners in Queensland will no longer need a licence to take ground water and will be exempt from reporting requirements for "low-risk" activities... Critics said the water reform and other legislation would give coal companies the right to extract billions of litres of ground water without having to buy licences or to adhere to caps. Environment groups feared the legislation would damage aquifers and the Great Barrier Reef.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/water-bill-passed-by-queensland-parliament/5922396
EcoWatch, July 08, 2014
▶ PUTTING JOBS & GROWTH AHEAD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUICIDE: THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL WARMING http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/08/economics-of-global-warming/
Sydney Morning Herald, July 08, 2014
▶ TONY ABBOTT'S GOVERNMENT IS 'RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING' THE FUTURE ON CLIMATE SAYS UK CHIEF http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-government-is-recklessly-endangering-the-future-on-climate-says-uk-chief-20140708-zszx4.html
Sydney Morning Herald, June 10, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA PM, TONY ABBOT, SEEKS ALLIANCE TO THWART PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY. Prime Minister Tony Abbott with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper both say there is no need for carbon ... http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-seeks-alliance-to-thwart-president-obama-on-climate-change-policy-20140609-39t93.html
InsideClimate News, September 23, 2014
▶ CANADA-AUSTRALIA 'AXIS OF CARBON' AN OBSTACLE TO CLIMATE PACT. Their prime ministers mince no words in their disdain for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions to protect their fossil fuel exports.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140923/canada-australia-axis-carbon-obstacle-climate-pact
COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE
The Converation, August 29, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT' ENVIRONMENT AGENDA IS EVEN HARSHER THAN HE PROMISED http://theconversation.com/abbotts-environment-agenda-is-even-harsher-than-he-promised-30796
Mongabay, July 22, 2014
▶ SCIENTISTS BLAST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO DISMANTLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0722-atbc-resolution-australian-govt.html
RT News, August 27, 2014
▶ WHY AUSTRALIA PM @tonyabbottmhr CLIMATE POLICY IS TOXIC. Climate change poses risks to much more than the economic status quo. It does not just affect carbon-polluting industries, farm exports, physical infrastructure, property and ski-fields. Both physical and mental health are at risk. http://www.rtcc.org/2014/08/27/why-australia-pm-tony-abbotts-climate-policy-is-toxic/
Rolling Stone, October 3, 2011
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF AUSTRALIA http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-change-and-the-end-of-australia-20111003 http://ow.ly/sD4jz
WATCH
-Democracy Now, January 9, 2013
AUSTRALIA ON FIRE: RECORD-SHATTERING HEAT, WILDFIRES ENGULF WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF COAL http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/9/australia_on_fire_record_shattering_heat
Guardian, October 02, 2014
▶ PLANET OZ: SCIENTISTS FIND HUMAN FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER AUSTRALIA'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/oct/03/scientists-find-human-fingerprints-all-over-australias-hottest-year-on-record
Salon, January 07, 2015
▶ AUSTRALIA IS BURNING : WHY THE COUNTRY'S DEVASTATING WILDFIRES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
France24, January 06, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA BATTLES WORST WILDFIRES IN 30 YEARS. That has raised questions about whether the blaze is the result of climate change and a possible sign of worse to come.“Unless there are rapid, substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and globally, Australia will experience more heat waves and bush fires as in 2014,” David Karoly, a professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Melbourne, said in a statement. http://www.france24.com/en/20150106-australia-battles-worst-wildfires-30-years-adelaide/
Guardian, January 03, 2015
▶ WEST AUSTRALIAN $30bn CHEVRON LNG FRACKING PROJECT ALLOWED TO OPERATE EXEMPT FROM REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ON ITS CARBON EMISSIONS http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/04/west-australian-30bn-lng-project-allowed-no-carbon-emission-targets
Renew Economy, December 06, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA SCRAMBLES AT UN LIMA CLIMATE TALKS TO PREVENT BLOWOUT IN 2020 EMISSIONS TARGET which will not only cause embarrassment around its domestic policies, but could compromise its continued involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/australia-scrambles-in-lima-to-prevent-blowout-in-2020-emissions-target-46837
The Ecologist, September 25, 2014
▶ CHINA'S WAR ON POLLUTION COULD LEAVE AUSTRALIA'S DIRTY COAL OUT IN THE COLD http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2570105/chinas_war_on_pollution_could_leave_australias_dirty_coal_out_in_the_cold.html
HuffPost Green, October 01, 2014
▶ SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS PLAN TO BLOCK AUSTRALIAN COAL PORT TO PROTEST CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/south-pacific-nations-coal-port_n_5911660.html
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch , July 03, 2011
-▶ AUSTRALIAN NICKEL MINING DESTROYING WEST PAPUA PARADISE http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/australian-nickel-mining-destroying-west-papua-paradise/
Global Voices, July 20, 2014
- ▶ HOW PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CANOES http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/20/pacific-islanders-plan-journey-to-australia-canoes-climate-change/
Slate Magazine, September 24, 2014
▶ THE SAUDI ARABIA OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: HOW AUSTRALIA BECAME THE DIRTIEST POLLUTER IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/09/australia_s_environmental_movement_has_been_overthrown.html
--- WATCH ---
300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS
▶ TWO THIRDS OF FOSSIL FUEL RESERVE MUST STAY UNDERGROUND TO STABILIZE CLIMATE « http://ecowatch.org/2012/fossil-fuel-underground-stabilize-climate/
Business Spectator, July 28, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA APPROVES ITS BIGGEST COAL MINE YET IN NORTH QUEENSLAND, THREATENING ENVIRONMENT AND WATERWAYS http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/7/28/policy-politics/hunt-approves-giant-carmichael-coal-mine
AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF IS DYING
WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE
Grist, December 17, 2013
-▶ IS THE COAL INDUSTRY ABOUT TO WRECK THE AUSTRALIAN GREAT BARRIER REEF? http://grist.org/news/is-the-coal-industry-about-to-wreck-the-great-barrier-reef/
Guardian, August 01, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND THE COAL MINE THAT COULD KILL IT. The Great Barrier Reef is sick. Almost half of its coral is already dead and a massive new coal mine, which was given final approval this week, will only cause further damage. This is not just an issue for Australia, it affects us all http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/01/-sp-great-barrier-reef-and-coal-mine-could-kill-it
Guardian Sustainable Business, April 1, 2014
- ▶ THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST OF AN EXPANDING COAL INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/unquenchable-thirst-expanding-coal-industry
VIDEO:
Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014
THE BIGGEST DRY
STORIES OF AUSTRALIA'S WANING RIVERS & WORRIED TOWNS http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/science-tech/environment/video-the-biggest-dry-stories-of-australias-waning-rivers-worried-towns/
CSRWire, March 10, 2009
-▶ "THE BIGGEST DRY": AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT, A WARNING OF GLOBAL WATER SCARCITY: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/15166-Australia-s-Epic-Drought-a-Warning-of-Global-Water-Scarcity-The-Biggest-Dry-
THE BIGGEST DRY - INFOGRAPH, VIDEOS, PHOTOS
http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/biggest-dry/
New Scientist, July 10, 2014
INSANITY ▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC SCHEME TO FARM ITS NORTHERN WILDS .The government wants to dam northern rivers to create a giant food bowl – but no one knows how it will affect the environment or Indigenous people http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25870-australias-epic-scheme-to-farm-its-northern-wilds.html
Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S FOOD BOWL, LIKE THE WORLD'S, IS DRYING UP http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-warning/
Bloomberg, August 07, 2014
-▶ CHINA ADDS SOLAR CAPACITY EQUAL TO AUSTRALIA'S ENTIRE SUPPLY OF POWER IN 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/china-add-australia-sized-solar-capacity-in-energy-push.html
Vice News, August 30, 2014
▶ HOW AUSTRALIA PERFECTED SOLAR POWER AND THEN WENT BACK TO COAL https://news.vice.com/article/how-australia-perfected-solar-power-and-then-went-back-to-coal
Guardian Environment, August 18, 2014
▶ PLAN FOR ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR POWER STATIONS SCRAPPED http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/plans-for-one-of-australias-largest-solar-power-stations-scrapped
SOLAR ON A ROLL : TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE
THE ONLY WAY OUT:
CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED
▶ CHINA AND AUSTRALIA TOP THE LIST OF 'CARBON BOMB' PROJECTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/22/china-australia-carbon-bomb.
AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET
WHY CAPITALISM CAN'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE
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July 14, 2013 The Conversation
▶ EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES ARE FRAUGHT TERRITORY: IS AUSTRALIA READY FOR THE CORPORATE SCAM? http://theconversation.com/emissions-trading-schemes-are-fraught-territory-is-rudd-ready-16062
PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS
FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET
HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET?
UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS:
AUSTRALIA BURNING:
BUSHFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL
-▶ AUSTRALIAN HONEYBEE HIVES ARE MELTING AS TEMPERATURES SOAR http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/australian-honeybees-unable-to-make-honey_b_4670475.html
Guardian, July 13, 2014
▶ SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA FACES 40% REDUCTION IN RAINFALL BY END OF CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Perth in Western Australia identified as most vulnerable city under prediction of massive 40% reduction in rainfall http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/southern-australia-faces-water-crisis-by-end-of-century-due-to-climate-change
Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT IS GLOBAL WARMING. The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-scarcity-desertification/
New Scientist, July 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA IS DRYING OUT THANKS TO OUR EMISSIONS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25887-australia-is-drying-out-thanks-to-our-emissions.html
Summit Voice, July 14, 2014
▶ GREENHOUSE GASES DRIVE AUSTRALIA DRYING TREND: SCIENTISTS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/14/climate-greenhouse-gases-drive-australia-drying-trend/
The Guardian, August 07, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: 'ABNORMALLY EARLY' BUSHFIRE SEASON PROMPTS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/abnormally-early-bushfire-season-prompts-call-for-more-resources
SCHIZOPHRENIC ABBOTT
Guardian August 02, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT, LAUNCHES GREEN ARMY RECRUITING 15,000 YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. About 15,000 young Australians will be mobilised for the government’s Green Army and get their hands dirty on environmental projects for a weekly wage of up to $500.
The Abbott government’s Green Army initiative will involve 1500 projects implemented over the next three years. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/tony-abbott-green-army-recruiting-drive
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ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE
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Guardian Environment, April 01, 2014
-▶ AUSTRALIAN KOALAS MAY DISAPPEAR IN AREAS AFFECTED BY CARBON OFFSET SCHEME: NO TO BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/02/koalas-may-disappear-in-areas-affected-by-offset-scheme-says-foundation
Climate Progress, December 20, 2013
-▶ MASSIVE KOALA-DISPLACING WITH COAL MINE IN AUSTRALIA'S GALILEE BASIN - The AU$6.4 billion mine will produce up to 40 million tonnes of a coal a year, which according to The Guardian, “would release an estimated 85.6m tonnes of CO2 once burned, slightly more than the annual emissions of Romania.” http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/20/3095491/australias-galilee-basin-palmer-coal/#
The Converation, March 26, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA SHOULD ENLIST DINGOES TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES, INSTEAD OF KILLING THEM http://theconversation.com/australia-should-enlist-dingoes-to-control-invasive-species-24807
AUSTRALIAN ENDANGERED WOMBATS STARVING TO DEATH
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/wombats-hit-by-killer-plants-8373788.html
Canberra Times, January 29, 2014
-▶ AUSTRALIA: IT'S BECOMING HARDER TO SEE THE TREES FOR THE REVENUE. Conserving our biodiversity is becoming dependent on its destruction http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/its-becoming-harder-to-see-the-trees-for-the-revenue-20140128-31l2b.html
-▶ AUSTRALIA'S BRUTAL SHARK CULL IMPOVERISHES OCEAN: GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/7jFYdl
- ▶ AUSTRALIA: OCEAN-GRABBING BY HUGE CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES' http://sco.lt/6cD1N3
Guardian Environment, November 25, 2013
▶ AUSTRALIA UNDER FIRE FOR FAILING TO PROTECT THREATENED ANIMALS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/26/australia-under-fire-for-failing-to-protect-threatened-animals
Guardian Environment, March 24, 2014
- ▶ AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES ACCUSED OF JEOPARDIZING SUMATRAN PRIZED LEUSER ECOSYSTEM INDONESIAN THREATENING WILDLIFE EXTINCTION http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/24/australian-companies-accused-of-hampering-conservation-in-indonesia
The Conversation, May 26, 2013
- ▶ AUSTRALIA: VICTORIAN LAW CHANGE ABANDONS NATIVE FORESTS TO CORPORATE LOGGERS -- FOR PURE PROFIT http://theconversation.com/victorian-law-change-abandons-native-forests-to-loggers-14113
▶ UNFAIR SHARES: HOW THE COAL INDUSTRY BOUGHT AUSTRALIA'S HUNTER RIVER - Pushing out rich farmland, consuming and polluting precious water PHOTOS http://www.lockthegate.org.au/unfairshares
Reuters, February 28, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: ELDERLY, YOUNG TO LEAVE AREA NEAR AUSTRALIAN MINE FIRE BURNING FOR 3 WEEKS. Children, the elderly and pregnant women have been urged to leave a small Australian town because of health concerns from a fire that has been burning at a nearby coal mine for almost three weeks.
Particulate pollution, which can damage the lungs and respiratory system, has been measured at more than 10 times the recommended daily threshold in the area around the fire near South Morwell, about 150 km (95 miles) east of the Victoria state capital of Melbourne. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/us-australia-minefire-idUSBREA1R0AR20140228
▶ AN ELDERS PRAYER FOR THE RIVER: Fish Come Back Dead Red Gum trees, Lake Pamamaroo near Menindee (click image to enlarge) http://ht.ly/2YD7S
AUSTRALIA BANS SUPER TRAWLERS: PERMANENTLY
NO Super Trawlers. Not Here. Not Anywhere
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WATCH - NOVA PBS
AUSTRALIA: FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS (SERIES)
"AUSTRALIA AWAKENING"
One of the strangest landscapes on Earth reveals our planet's complex history http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html#australia-awakening
YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rArGi6lwds
Science Daily, January 19, 2014
-▶ GET USED TO HEAT WAVES: EXTREME EL NINO EVENTS TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS - MASSIVE CHANGES IN GLOBAL RAINFALL PATTERNS http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140119142454.htm
Sydney Morning Herald, January 20, 2014
-▶ MAJOR EL NINO EVENTS LIKELY TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS INCREASES http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/major-el-nino-events-likely-to-double-in-next-century-20140119-312sy.html
Business Green, January 15, 2014
▶ BP: GLOBAL EMISSIONS TO SOAR 29 PERCENT BY 2030 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2323190/bp-global-emissions-to-soar-29-per-cent-by-2030?utm_term=&utm_content=headline_title&utm_campaign=BG.Daily_RL.EU.A.U&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=BG.DCM.Editors_Updates
Real News One, June 10, 2014
-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/
WALL STREET SPEAKS OUT
THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH
LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION
-▶ THE SHEER LUNACY OF BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING: CONSERVING NATURE IS BECOMING DEPENDENT ON ITS DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/9EcFvt
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A WAKE-UP VIDEO
"EXTREME ICE"
JUST HOW FAST ARE WE MELTING? AS IT HAPPENS
- ▶ GREENLAND'S ANTARCTICA MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV
Climate Central April 2nd 2014
▶ WARMING TEMPERATURES COULD DRY OUT ONE THIRD OF PLANET http://www.climatecentral.org/news/warming-temperatures-could-dry-out-one-third-of-planet-17249
- ▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF
DEFORESTATION IS DESERTIFICATION
A DEADLY GAME FOR ALL LIFE - AUSTRALIA & GLOBAL ECOCIDE
ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
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