The 53 million tyres thrown away in Australia each year may become a valuable source of energy thanks to a company that has developed a commercially viable process for producing diesel oil from the rubber. The process reduces the tyres to oil, steel, carbon black and methane gas. 100% of the material from the tyre Continue Reading →
Conservative financial publisher Bloomberg reports that 70 Gigawatts of Solar energy 70 gigawatts of solar production was installed in 2016 compared to 60 gigawatts of wind and much lower amounts of gas and coal. Solar is the cheapest form of energy in 58 developing countries where electricity prices are high. In developed countries natural gas Continue Reading →
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 →