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3 huge divestments! Charlie Wood – 350.org Australia
More1 of 423 huge divestments!
Inboxx Charlie Wood – 350.org Australia <350@350.org> Unsubscribe
10:06 AM (29 minutes ago)to meDear Neville,
Did you hear? In the past 24 hours, three major Australian institutions have committed to divest from fossil fuels, joining over 450 institutions worldwide:
- First it was our leading science institution – the Australian Academy of Science – representing 500 of Australia’s foremost scientific minds. [1]
- Then, the 25,000-member-strong National Tertiary Education Union announced that they’ve said goodbye to fossil fuels and are now calling upon other unions, super funds, and universities to join them. [2]
- And to top it off – last night City of Melbourne Councillors vowed to make the City’s investments fossil fuel free, and called on their super fund to follow suit. [3]
With the Paris climate talks barely a month away, global momentum to divest from coal, oil, and gas has gained incredible speed.
It’s clear that the agreement secured in Paris won’t go far enough to ensure climate justice for all. Until we break the toxic relationship between our politicians and the big polluters, we can expect more failed talks and more broken promises.
And that’s why divestment is so important. The more institutions and individuals move their money out of coal, oil, and gas, the more we take away the fossil fuel industry’s power to control our politicians and pollute our planet.
And we know this strategy is working. The City of Melbourne is the tenth local government in Australia to say no to the fossil fuel industry. They join over fifty governments and 450 institutions worldwide who are putting people and a safe climate ahead of the big polluters and their dirty profits.
As more local Governments divest, it sends a powerful message to our Federal Government that it’s time for them to follow. Our movement is building from the bottom up and it’s unstoppable. With a Federal Election around the corner, the powers-that-be in Canberra ignore this movement at their peril.
Let’s do this,
Charlie and Isaac for the 350.org Australia team
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References:
[1] Australian Academy of Science Divests from Fossil Fuels, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 27.
[2],[3] City of Melbourne steps up anti-coal push and education union divests, The Australian Financial Review, October 27.
350.org is building a global climate movement.You can connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and become a Climate Defender and donate monthly to help 350.org keep Australia’s fossil fuels in the ground.
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BP vs baby whales Emily Mulligan – Avaaz
1 of 42BP vs baby whales
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9:53 AM (1 minute ago)to me
BP wants to drill for oil in the middle of a whale breeding sanctuary! In order to start drilling in the Great Australian Bight, BP needs approval from an obscure Australian regulator NOPSEMA in 72 hours. Let’s overwhelm their Perth office with our call. Sign now:
Sign the petition Dear friends across Australia,In 72 hours, the company responsible for the largest marine oil spill in history could receive the green light to drill in one our largest whale breeding sanctuaries — but we can stop it.
Almost hunted to extinction, southern right whales are now making a comeback, raising their young in the Great Australian Bight. But now, obscure regulator NOPSEMA is considering granting a drilling permit to oil giant BP in those protected waters!
Experts say that any spill in the region could spread oil for thousands of kilometres across the southern coast, and endanger hundreds of whales.
But if enough of us act now, we can make this project as toxic for our government as it is for our oceans, and ensure this crucial decision for the future of our seas and marine life is not taken by an undemocratic and unaccountable body. Sign now to save the whales, and tell everyone:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bigger_badder_deepwater_horizon_aus_loc_1/?bhPqncb&v=66661
Deepwater Horizon was an environmental calamity, but it was relatively close to the oil industry HQ in Houston. Incredibly, if there was a spill in the Great Australian Bight, the clean up equipment would still have to be transported from there or Singapore. Either way, this would be time that the marine wildlife and fishing industry simply couldn’t afford.
This mega oil field is touted as one of the largest untapped oil fields remaining on earth, if it is drilled according to plan it will accelerate the world’s course to run away climate change.
Independent oil spill modeling commissioned by The Wilderness Society shows the possible decimation of tourist hotspots like Kangaroo Island and Tasmania — there are even scenarios where Melbourne is affected! The Great Australian Bight is a critical blue and southern right whale migration zone and much of the area is a whale sanctuary, protecting the whale’s breeding grounds.
BP didn’t release the oil spill modeling required to assess the true risks of this process. So at even the first stages of this project, it’s obvious environmental concerns and community consultations are not their priority. Act now to ensure NOPSEMA send BP back to the drawing board.
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/bigger_badder_deepwater_horizon_aus_loc_1/?bhPqncb&v=66661
Avaaz members have played a pivotal role in stopping climate ticking time bombs like Keystone XL and mega coal mines risking the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Each is critical to give us a chance of stopping catastrophic climate change — now is the time to unleash the power of Avaaz in Australia to stop this mega oil drilling project from going ahead. Let’s be fearless.With hope and determination,
Emily, David, Alex, Dalia, Mais and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
BP would need to bring equipment from Texas to contain South Australia oil spill (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/25/bp-would-need-to-bring-equipment-from-texas-to-contain-south-australia-oil-spillBP to explore drilling options off South Australian coast five years after Deepwater Horizon disaster (News.com.au)
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/bp-to-explore-drilling-options-off-south-australian-coast-five-years-after-deepwater-horizon-disaster/story-e6frflp0-1227508454786Oil spill risks for Great Australian Bight outlined in Wilderness Society modelling (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-09/bp-oil-spill-great-australian-bight-wilderness-society-modelling/6839862The Federal Government Says Billions of Animals Died From the BP Disaster (Vice)
https://news.vice.com/article/the-federal-government-says-billions-of-animals-died-from-the-bp-disas… -
Abbott is gone. What next on climate? Sam LR – GetUp!
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12:53 PM (31 minutes ago)to meHey NEVILLE,The haze of Tony Abbott’s climate denial is clearing, and it’s time for us to get organised.
Can you fill out this short survey to help set GetUp’s climate agenda?
The stage is set to make this a race to the top on climate. We’ve got a new Prime Minister still figuring out his long-term climate policy. We’ve got an opposition now desperate to find a platform that isn’t just ‘not-being-Tony-Abbott.’
World superpowers are about to meet for historic climate negotiations. And before we know it, we’ll be facing a Federal Election with climate change as a top voting issue.
We’re keen to get started, but we need your input: https://www.getup.org.au/climate-plan
The survey will only take a few minutes, but this is our chance to free Australians from dirty, polluting energy. To secure policy that shuts down dirty power plants and makes polluters take responsibility for their mess. To invest in big, ambitious new renewable power projects. To fight the companies polluting our air and damaging our climate.
To possibility,
Sam LR, for the GetUp team.
PS – There’s so much to do to protect people and the places we love from pollution, but there’s also so much you’ve helped get underway. Right now we’re getting ready to help fight Adani’s monstrous Carmichael Mine in court. And thanks to the incredible contribution of GetUp members, we’re working with policy experts, scientists and movement partners to develop our Homegrown Power Plan to pull our major parties towards strong renewable energy policy. Thank you for helping to make this happen.
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Tell Turnbull to fund Gonski
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Tell Turnbull to fund Gonski AUSTRALIAN UNIONS TEam
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12:03 PM (3 hours ago)to me
Inga — Next week union members, parents and supporters across the country are calling Malcolm Turnbull to demand he fund Gonski. Be part of this nation-wide action by registering here.
One of the first election promises the Abbott-Turnbull Government broke was bi-partisan support for extra funding for our schools so every child, no matter what their background, gets a quality education.
Let’s see if we can convince Malcolm Turnbull to reverse this decision.
We will build a better future for our children by winning this funding. Already some schools have received some Gonski funding and they are getting results. Principals and teachers are using the funding to reduce class sizes, improve student literacy and numeracy and help those at risk of falling behind.
But too many schools and students are still missing out.
The Australian Education Union has put together some great stories on how schools are using the Gonski funding and you can learn more about their Gonski week actions and activities here.
Winning Gonski funding will be a once in a generation achievement and is a key part of our Build a Better Future campaign.Let’s all get behind the push to make it happen.
In union,
Dave and Ged
Australian Unions Team
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Reasons to be cheerful about the climate talks
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Reasons to be cheerful about the climate talks
Inboxx James Randerson, The Guardian <info@mail.theguardian.com> Unsubscribe
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Dear Neville, When the Guardian launched phase II of Keep it in the Ground we promised to keep you abreast of all the key moves ahead of the Paris climate summit in December.
To recap, the summit is the latest in the annual round of meetings (Conferences of the Parties in UN jargon) to thrash out a global deal on climate change. The talks have been building up to Paris 2015 after the disappointing ending at Copenhagen in 2009.
Here’s a backgrounder on the talks
This time around, there is widespread optimism that there will be a deal. Why? Because the talks are much further advanced than at the equivalent stage before Copenhagen. Over 150 countries representing 90% of the world’s emissions have already put their greenhouse gas curbing pledges on the table (our big data interactive will help you get to the bottom of what they mean).
Another factor is the French hosts. They have poured a huge amount of diplomatic capital into making these talks a success. Here’s an extract from a piece by the Guardian’s Fiona Harvey, a veteran of reporting many UN climate talks, on France’s diplomatic push:
Every one of France’s ambassadors, in embassies and consulates around the globe, has been educated on the demands of climate change, and instructed in how to communicate the messages to the governments they deal with, ahead of the summit, which starts on 30 November. Ambassadors have been holding public events, private meetings, talks with their diplomatic counterparts, businesses, NGOs and even schoolchildren. At home, the outer walls of the foreign ministry, a stately 19th-century edifice on the banks of the Seine, are covered in a series of banners declaring, in several languages, the messages of Paris Climat 2015. Even the Eiffel Tower. further down the riverbank, has been pressed into service, lit up at night with climate slogans…Climate diplomacy has never seen such a concerted push.
Another hopeful development this week was the landslide by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party in the Canadian elections. The outgoing PM Stephen Harper turned Canada into an international climate pariah so Trudeau’s promise to take part in Paris can only have a positive impact on the talks. But, says US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg, let’s not get carried away. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
Your sincerely,
James Randerson
