By Tracey Carpenter “The massive expansion of coal mining and export planned in Australia, and praised by Labor and Liberal politicians, is enough to take the planet beyond the point of no return on global warming if it were to go ahead.” That is the message that Bill McKibben, award-winning author, co-founder of 350.org, delivers…
By Tracey Carpenter It’s a ‘hoary old chestnut’ of a claim still bandied about from either ignorance or malice that climate science is ‘unclear’, or ‘bad science’. How much clearer does it get than this? The University of Queensland study which examined over 12,000 peer-reviewed climate science articles published over the last two decades and…
By Cameron Love Current atmospheric CO2 concentration is almost at 400 parts per million, we’re burning fossil fuels at a rate which is emitting a further 30 gigatons a year and it’s increasing at 3 per cent annually. The Carbon Tracker Initiative reports there’s a further 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions in reserves representing…
Australia’s Coal expansion threatens the whole planet “The massive expansion of coal mining and export planned in Australia, and praised by Labor and Liberal politicians, is enough to take the planet beyond the point of no return on global warming if it were to go ahead.” That is the message that Bill McKibben, award-winning author,…
Wind Farms – the low down on noise? Whilst we know that wind energy is a cost effective clean green energy resource all we hear about wind farms lately seems to be about noise and health. But the health scare that’s being spun in NSW is not supported by those states where windfarms are up…
Climate change has become one of the dirtiest phrases around which probably explains why reaching the grim climate milestone of 400ppm carbon dioxide has barely rated a mention this week. No-one wants to know bad news! (Although that didn’t save us from this week’s Budget.) So if you’re thinking, ever so reluctantly, the shock jocks and…
By Bev Smiles* Bathurstians have a valuable opportunity to learn more about key local land, water and environment issues and projects by taking part in a regional environmental conference being held in Bathurst on the weekend of May 4-5. The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) is holding its annual regional conference in conjunction with…
Local businesses are following international trends to shift to cleaner technologies and improve efficiencies to reduce their water and electricity usage. The Central West Catchment Management Authority recently ran a program for local businesses which turned up some signigicant savings in energy, water and resource usage and a boost to sustainable business practice in our…
Christopher Monckton’s denial that climate change is human induced is like a snake oil salesman telling you what is easier to hear. Only that this salesman is paid for by those who have a vested interest in people not facing reality says Tracey Carpenter President of Bathurst Community Climate Action Network. She says the antics…