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Residents of the Mahgreb region in Sahara desert are losing their local Oases as extreme temperatures and lower rainfall become the norm across the region. Global warming is pushing existing climate away from the equator toward the poles. Starting at the equator, a tropical death-zone has appeared wiping out mangroves, coral reefs and now desert Continue Reading →
At a forum held in solidarity with Brisbane’s homeless at the ETU offices in South Brisbane last night, Jonathan Sri took up the challenge of a homeless person to “walk a week in my shoes”. Starting from today, December 16th Councillor Sri will spend a week on the streets, sleeping, eating and using the toilets that Continue Reading →
The Arctic continues to break records for warm winter temperatures and low coverage of sea ice. There was less than one million square kilometres of ice at the end of November, the lowest amount on record and less than half the long term average for this time of year. Temperatures are ten degrees Celsius above Continue Reading →
Activist groups around the country are preparing to defend the Wangan Jagalingou lands in the Galilee Basin from coal mines. The recently approved Adani mine will provide less than 1,500 jobs and will consume 12 billion litres of water each year and create a hole in the ground 64 square kilometres in size. Direct action Continue Reading →
Sydney Grammar School students have synthesized the essential malaria drug Daraprim that currently sells for $750. The anti-parasitic drug that was recently purchased by a wealthy wall street banker who increased the price from $13 to $750 as soon as he acquired control of the drug. The process developed by the Sydney students could be Continue Reading →
Foreign Policy magazine (FP) last week reported that Mark Zuckerberg has failed in his most recent attempt to get facebook into China. Zuckerberg has been courting Chinese officials to promote facebook’s new geographic filtering mechanism that allows governments to manipulate the information available to their citizens. FP reports that the Chinese government is more concerned Continue Reading →