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Shaun Murray on the need to replace Hazelwood Power Station (Full speech)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 by takver with 0 comments
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Shaun Murray, from Friends of the Earth, speech to 101010 global work party crowd at the start of Switch off Hazelwood protest outside the Hazelwood coal fired power station, near Morwell, 180km from Melbourne. Read more…
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March to Hazelwood coal power station and erection of solar power tower
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 by takver with 0 comments
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As part of the 10/10/10 global climate work party organised by 350.org - one of more than 8000 events around the world, people from Victoria gathered outside the Hazelwood brown coal fired power station, one of the dirtiest, most polluting power stations in the industrial world. After listening to a couple of brief speeches, the crowd of about 300 people marched to the power station car park where a solar power tower with 170 heliostats was erected to show the alternative energy sources available to replace Hazelwood. Read more…
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Melbourne walk against warming 2009
Posted: Dec 14, 2009 by takver with 0 comments
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24 year old Leah from Tuvalu addressed the Melbourne Walk Against Warming Climate Rally detailing some of the effects of climate change being felt now and calling for an ambitious, fair and legally binding climate treaty from the Copenhagen Climate Conference. Read more…
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Climate Emergency: thousands march in Melbourne calling for action
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 by takver with 0 comments
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On June 13, 2009 thousands of people around Australia rallied for action on Climate Change. On a cold and bleak Melbourne winter day about 4,000 people gathered at the State Library where they heard from Greens Senator Bob Brown and 'Climate Code Red' author and climate activist David Spratt, and other speakers. The crowd then marched down to the Melbourne Town Hall where a sitdown protest was held outside the State Conference of the Australian Labor Party. Read more…
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Climate Emergency: Damien Lawson calls for Civil Disobedience Campaign for action on Climate Change
Posted: Jun 15, 2009 by takver with 0 comments
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Damien Lawson, Friends of the Earth Australia national Climate Justice co-ordinator called for a campaign of civil disobedience if politicians continue to do very little on reducing carbon emissions and continue giving preferential treatment to the Coal Industry and substantial subsidisation of energy intensive industries at the expense of investment in renewable and solar energy and the creation of green jobs. Read more…
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Moreland Climate Debate with David Spratt and Kelvin Thomson MP
Posted: Apr 22, 2009 by takver with 0 comments
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Climate Activist David Spratt & Kelvin Thompson, Labor member for Wills, debate climate change strategy and what the Federal Government, and indeed all Governments, should be doing in regard to climate change. The debate was held at night in front of a full hall of people in Coburg, 20th April 2009. Read more…
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Dr Ruth Mitchell on the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Posted: Apr 21, 2009 by takver with 0 comments
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At the 2009 Palm Sunday rally in Melbourne Dr Ruth Mitchell from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War spoke detailing the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and the need to keep the pressure on politicians and Governments on this issue to achieve further disarmament. Read more…
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