Thousands of people rallied as part of the refugee sanctuary movement in Melbourne on Monday. Our citizen journalist John Englart was there to capture on photo the rally and the many posters present. The rally was in response to the High Court ruling on sending refugee families back to Nauru detention. The Sanctuary movement grew […]
Gallery: Melbourne Refugee Sanctuary rally calls out to #LetThemStay by @takvera
February 9, 2016 Leave a Comment
Climate science staff cuts #CSIROcuts labelled as science vandalism reports @takvera
February 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
The announced staff cuts and restructure announced by CSIRO CEO Larry Marshall have been labelled as science vandalism and an abandonment of Australia’s scientific commitments under the Paris Agreement signed by Australia less than 2 months ago. Australian climate science is essential for collecting data and provide good modelling and projections for Australia’s variable but […]
With rising emissions Australia applies Kyoto credits to meet 2020 #climate target reports @takvera
February 1, 2016 Leave a Comment
The latest analysis from Reputex energy consultancy shows that Australia will not meet our 2020 emissions reduction target, except by using carry over credits from the Kyoto Protocol first commitment period (2008-2012). Reputex highlights that the Government’s own figures indicate Australia will continue on a new upward emissions trajectory, with forecast growth of 6 per […]
Vietnam reviews #coal expansion in wake of #ParisAgreement reports @takvera
January 29, 2016 Leave a Comment
In the wake of the Paris agreement, Vietnam has announced a review of all it’s new coal power stations in the planning pipeline and under contruction. Vietnam is currently the third largest builder of coal plants in the world. In a statement (vn) released on 19th January, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stated the […]
Occupation of #Santos #Pilliga #CSG site by traditional owners, local farmers reports @takvera
January 17, 2016 Leave a Comment
Santos plans for a Coal seam gas field in the Pilliga region of western NSW has met stiff opposition from local farmers and traditional owners. A Santos test site was occupied today by 120 people in a mass civil disobedience action. 120 people joined traditional owners from the Gamilaraay / Gomeroi mob in occupying the […]
Town of Yarloop destroyed in #Waroonafire maelstrom #WAfires – @takvera
January 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
Australians woke up on Friday 8 January hearing another bushfire tragedy: the total firestorm devastation of the Western Australian town of Yarloop south of Perth. This comes after 60 homes were destroyed along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria on Christmas Day. John Englart (@Takvera) provides a brief introduction and summary to a curated story […]
Intense #Bushfire hits Surf Coast Christmas Day forcing evacuations – @takvera #vicfires
December 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
We are already getting a taste of the future with climate change with record temperatures in December, extreme bushfire alerts, and intense bushfires like the Separation Creek and Wye River bushfire causing town evacuations on the Surf Coast near Melbourne. On Christmas day BOM Tasmania reported in a tweet “A sweltering 36 degrees in #Hobart […]
Burying the bad news at Christmas: Greenhouse Gas emissions rising reports @takvera #Auspol
December 24, 2015 Leave a Comment
Australia’s Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory to June 2015 was published on Christmas Eve. You can usually tell something is trying to be hidden when it is being released late on a Friday to avoid public and media scrutiny. Doubly so if published on Christmas Eve. I find it hard to believe […]
The Paris moment for #climatejustice. @takvera on the historic #Parisagreement of #COP21
December 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
In the history of the World the Paris Agreement will be regarded as an historic moment. Even though it was far from perfect and didn’t go far enough. It was part of the Paris moment for climate justice. Paris was a moral turning point. When 195 countries agreed by consensus to set a target to […]
Thousands protest for #climatejustice in Paris #D12 as #COP21 concludes reports @takvera
December 14, 2015 1 Comment
Even though the State of Emergency which prohibits large political protests is still in place, tens of thousands turned out on the streets of Paris for climate justice in various creative protests. The French state on Friday, relented, and allowed the protest to go ahead. For two weeks activists had been planning a day for […]
