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Door-knocking success with Hazelwood campaign
40 supporters of Climate Action Moreland have door-knocked and leafleted more than 2500 Brunswick homes to launch a new strategy to engage the community on climate issues in this key election year.
The door-knocking, on 17 April and 2 May, will continue at least once a month, with a focus on the campaign to replace Hazelwood power station, the dirtiest in the developed world. It was supposed to close in 2005, but the government extended its licence for another 25 years. Hazelwood is a national embarrassment, 80% foreign owned and responsible for 3% of Australia’s and almost 15% of Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Action Moreland wants it shut down by 2012 and replaced with renewable energy. We want the government to make shutting down Hazelwood an election promise, but they’ll only do that if we can show there is real community concern on the issue. So we’re taking the issue to the streets of Brunswick… door by door! (more…)
Add comment May 11, 2010
100% renewables campaign launch
On Sunday, 2 May, Climate Action Moreland joined with Beyond Zero Emissions in launching the 100% renewables campaign in Brunswick – calling for a switch from polluting coal power stations to 100% clean green renewable energy like wind and solar.
CAM was joined by over 60 climate action groups around the country also launching the 100% renewables campaign in their local area.
‘We want all our local candidates, Labor, Liberal and Green, to commit to supporting renewable energy. Right now we have a choice – we can continue our dependence on fossil fuels or we can make the switch to 100% renewable energy Mechanisms like a national feed in tarif are proven to be effective and will drive investment in large scale technology.’ said launch organiser Ellen Roberts.
We have the community support for the change, what we lack is the political will from the major parties. The demise of Rudd’s emissions trading scheme means we need better, more effective initiatives.’
For more information about the campaign check out http://climateactionmoreland.org/our-campaigns/
Add comment May 10, 2010
Replace Hazelwood With Renewable Energy Video
Thanks to Andrew at The Vagabond magazine for putting together this fantastic video. It shows volunteers from Climate Action Moreland, 100% Renewable Energy and the Climate Action Centre door knocking in Brunswick to demand that Hazelwood, the most polluting coal-fired power station in the developed world, be replaced with renewable energy.
2 comments May 6, 2010
Enough of the noughties, it’s time for the Transition Decade.
We are at a crucial time in human history. Societies have collapsed before because they destroyed their environments and failed to take the necessary steps before it was too late.
* The great civillisation of the ancient Maya destroyed their forests and sucked their rivers dry until their land was uninhabitable and they were forced to abandon their cities.
* The Middle East was not always a desert – it was originally a heavily forested area that was stripped bare by the ancient Sumerians, turning a once fertile area into the barren desert it is today.
* And the Easter Island people created an ecological collapse in a relatively short time period – for them, everything was a consumable resource. With nowhere else to go and nowhere to expand, their entire civillisation collapsed.
We are heading down the same road as those who have gone before us. But this time the collapse of civillisation will be a whole lot worse. This time it will be a global catastrophe like nothing we’ve seen before – the science is clear about that. Unless we make major changes, and make them fast.
Continue Reading Add comment March 28, 2010
Sign here and Seal the Deal on a global agreement to combat climate change
Add comment October 4, 2009
Switch off Coal. Switch on Renewables. September 12-13
You can volunteer to help with some leafleting in the Moreland area, particularly of train stations.
Please help leaflet the following stations on the following days from 7-8.30am:
Wednesday 26 August – Coburg station
Thursday 27 August – Essendon station
Wednesday 2 September – Brunswick station
Thursday 3 September – Moonee Ponds station
Wednesday 9 September – city station
Thursday 10 September – city station
If anyone wants to leaflet a different station or leaflet one of these stations on a different day, people can let me know so that we don’t double up. People can also leaflet their tram.
Please call Sue on 0413-377-798.
Add comment August 18, 2009
Surf Coast not Coal Coast – launch of Anglesea campaign
Groups launch campaign to replace Anglesea coal mine and power station
Images available at www.climateactioncentre.org
Environment, climate and local community groups have joined forces in a campaign to replace Alcoa’s Anglesea power station with renewable energy.
Continue Reading Add comment June 8, 2009
The CPRS – making a bad scheme even worse!
Changes to the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme scheme announced yesterday Monday 4 May, have caused a stir in the media, between the political parties, and even between green groups. The ALP has attempted to compromise by increasing the reduction target while at the same time increasing hand outs to big polluters and delaying the introduction to the scheme.
Continue Reading Add comment May 5, 2009
