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Friday, May 3rd Student Strike for Climate

roman April 30, 2019

The details for this Friday’s Student strike for Climate from the School Strike for Climate page

On the 3rd of May, there are School Strikes being organised at 5 different MP Offices
for the School Strike 4 Climate National Day of Action.

This is only 2 weeks before the Federal election – the #ClimateElection.

We are running out of time and the next government is amongst the LAST to be in a position to take meaningful action on climate change.

May the 3rd is a key opportunity for students to show their local MP just how important climate action is to them and ask them to commit to Stopping Adani, 100% Renewables by 2030 and no new fossil fuels (which means No Drilling in the Bight!). We cannot vote, but climate change in the single biggest threat to our futures and we must make our voices heard!

All the strikes start at 11am. Bring your family, friends, teachers and everyone in between.

Locations

ADELAIDE CITY – Simon Birmingham’s Office (107 Sir Donald Bradman Drive)

STURT – Christopher Pyne’s Office (starting at St Morris Reserve) –

BOOTHBY – Nicolle Flint’s Office ( 724 Marion Rd) –

MAYO – Rebekha Sharkie’s Office (starting at Keith Stephenson Park) –

WAKEFIELD – Nick Champion’s Office (600 Main North Rd)

We hope to see y’all on May the 3rd.

Actions, Adelaide FoE Notes, Clean Futures, Climate

FoE submits legal summons in historic climate case against Shell

roman April 30, 2019

April 8th, 2019 News from Milieu Defense (FoE Netherlands)

The Hague – Friends of the Earth Netherlands will deliver a court summons to Shell to legally compel the company to cease its destruction of the climate, on behalf of more than 30,000 people from 70 countries.

A 236 page complaint will be delivered to Shell’s International Headquarters in the Hague this afternoon by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, ActionAid NL, Both ENDS, Fossielvrij NL, Greenpeace NL, Young Friends of the Earth NL, Waddenvereniging and a group of 500 co-plaintiffs.
Shell’s oil and gas reserves in Australia contain some 1,000,000,000 ton of CO2. This court case could substantially impact on Shell’s operations in Australia by requiring them to limit carbon emissions from their polluting business in line with global carbon targets, leading to stranded assets.

Ian Dunlop, former executive at Royal Dutch Shell and chair of the Australian Coal Association (1987-88) has joined the case as an honorary co-plaintiff said ?“I strongly support the Friends of the Earth Netherlands/ Milieudefensie legal summons against Shell. After three decades of inaction, climate change has entered the end-game where it is now an immediate existential threat to humanity. There is no further place for the predatory delay which fossil fuel companies like Shell remain guilty of today. Fossil fuel expansion must stop, and existing carbon emissions rapidly reduced.”

Adelaide FoE Notes, Clean Futures, Climate

“Heading for Extinction”

roman March 29, 2019

A talk by Deb King about the urgency of climate change action
and how it might be tackled. Come along and hear about

6 – 8pm April 8th at the Box Factory,
in the Hurtle Room

all welcome
Come along and find out what you can do
in the fight against climate change.

Please book a ticket so we can plan for numbers attending

Climate, Old_Notes

Labor plans for electric vehicles

roman March 28, 2019

The Australian Labor Party has unveiled its first electric vehicle policy, setting a 50 per cent target for EVs as a share of new passenger vehicle sales by 2030, and for government fleets by 2025.

The Labor policy, unveiled at the start of a week that will include the federal budget and likely conclude with a confirmed date for a May election, is the first by either of a major party to address EVs, and will go some way to rectifying Australia’s laggard status in the uptake of EVS.

“Cleaner cars and transport aren’t just good for the environment – they are cheaper to run,” Labor said in its policy statement, which also accompanies confirmation of its 50 per cent renewable energy targets, its 45 per cent emissions reduction target, and a broadening of what is effectively a baseline and credit scheme.

— Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy.com.au,
“https://reneweconomy.com.au/labor-sets-50-per-cent-ev-targets-for-new-vehicle-sales-and-government-fleets-94948/”

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Rainforest illegally logged at Tonghi creek

roman March 28, 2019

Protected rainforest and rainforest buffers have been illegally logged by VicForests near Tonghi Creek in far East Gippsland.

Logging by VicForests in coupe 868-506-0009 “Granton Road” has impacted on rainforest in numerous locations a several hectares of forest that should have been protected in a rainforest buffer has been logged.

The breaches have been reported the breach to the regulator Department of Environment Land Water and Planning and written to the Office of Conservation Regulation.

Field inspections of VicForests logging coupe 868-506-0009 “Granton rd” identified protected warm temperate rainforest near the southern and western boundaries of the coupe. The rainforest has not been afforded the required minimum buffer protections and has been freshly impacted by logging.

Friends of the Earth member group Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO)’s report presents evidence of warm temperate rainforest stands within four areas of the coupe where field inspections were most intensively focussed. It is alleged logging in these areas has breached rainforest protections detailed in the Code of Practice for Timber Production and has not been conducted in accordance with the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2014.

More details on FoE Australia site

Actions, Old_Notes