Contesting Fadden!
Chris Simpson is standing for the seat of Fadden for the Australian Democrats, motivated by the urgent need to restore accountability, listen to local voices and demand evidence-based policy. Fresh …
Cut fuel excise – or solve the problem?
With the price of unleaded petrol now over $2 per litre, the government is signaling a cut in fuel excise but this is no solution to higher prices or reducing …
Last seven years hottest on record
New data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the world continues to warm up as the government and opposition continue to avoid doing anything substantive about climate change.
CoP26 debacle
With just 3 weeks to go, the Prime Minister finally announced today that, yes, he will go to Glasgow, he may or may not have a plausible plan to reduce emissions – it’s still being finalised.
Break it down: target sectors with the biggest emissions footprints
Start with the sectors that contribute the most to Australia’s greenhouse emissions: Electricity, stationary energy, transport and agriculture.
Norway to hit 100 per cent electric vehicle sales early next year
While Norway is on track for 100% of all new cars sales to be EV’s in 2022. Australia is at 0.6%.
Greta Thunberg speaks to UN climate action summit
My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. …
China: no more coal power plants
There you have it – China will not build any more coal-fired power stations abroad. This is indeed significant since China builds/finances the majority of new coal projects in developing …
Show us your COP26 submission
The Glasgow Summit Conference of the Parties kicks off on 1 November and the UN warns it is the world’s last chance to get runaway climate change under control. It calls …
A fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. We’d like to see that!
Over 2,000 scientists and academics are calling on world leaders to commit to a treaty to stop expanding fossil fuel production.