Bathurst Community Climate Action Network has pledged support for one of its members, Stephanie Luke, who was arrested last week during a protest against the expansion of the Wilpinjong coal mine. BCCAN President Tracy Sorensen said that the world was rapidly shifting away from coal in an effort to combat rising temperatures caused by greenhouse…
Earlier this year BCCAN received a grant of $5000 via the Sparktank project, an initiative of Skillset and the Office of Environment and Heritage. We used this grant to run a community market research project in which we tested support for the concept of electric car races on Mt Panorama (production and/or dedicated racing vehicles).…
Bathurst Community Climate Action has joined the national #StopAdani campaign. Right now, foreign-owned mining company Adani wants to build the biggest coal mine in Australia’s history. The coal from this mine would cook the climate and wreck the Great Barrier Reef. Right now, climate change is unfolding around us. Our Reef is undergoing its second…
This is the short version of the final Conservation Voltage Reduction report by Chris Halliday of Powerlogic, uploaded in March 2017.
As part of Cementa 2017, join Future Method Studio, Wiradjuri elders Lyn Syme & Kevin Williams and lawyer Maeve Parker for a tour and damper breakfast on Travelling Stock Reserve no.55. Our commons and the Travelling Stock Reserves (TSR’s) contain practical, environmental and cultural resources that are depended upon today as they have been for millennia.…
The digital transformation of public procurement will bring huge changes to the sector, but it also offers increased competitiveness of our economies.
While we are great supporters of renewable energy, BCCAN, as an organisation, does not endorse any particular suppliers or businesses. That said, you may find the following list of companies or organisations helpful as you do you do your own research. This list is a work in progress. Suncrowd (Support for community-initiated bulk-buy projects) …
Climate Change and Ocean Pollution By Laurana Smith (B.A. Resource and Environmental Studies and former Environmental Officer) Introduction When we think of Climate Change we often think of rising sea levels threatening coastal real estate and agricultural land, and shifting weather patterns with predicted increases in extremes of drought and intense storm events. However,…
By Tracy Sorensen One way to deal with a problem is to pretend it doesn’t exist. This is known as denial. This works really well for a while – it can buy you time – but ultimately a problem, by definition, is a thing likely to cause trouble. With the election of Donald Trump, the…
BCCAN has received information from 350.org that as early as next week, French company ENGIE could announce the closure of Australia’s dirtiest coal-fired power station – Hazelwood – in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. According to 350.org: This is a win for the climate and health of the local community, but that’s only half the…