Zero Emission Network

A national day of action on climate change is occurring around Australia calling for emergency action on climate change

TASMANIA, HOBART: 12pm Parliament House Lawns
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH: 12.30pm Forrest Place Perth
CANBERRA, CANBERRA: 12:15pm at Garema Place Civic
VICTORIA, MELBOURNE: 1:00pm at State Library
NSW, SYDNEY: 10:00am at Bangaroo, Hickson Road, Millers Point to Sydney CBD
NSW, WOOLONGONG: Wollongong Mall amphitheatre(cnr Crown & Church Sts, Wollongong)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ADELIADE: 11am, Tarndanyangga (Victoria Square)

Renewable Energy Target Scheme – Exposure Draft Legislation

Submissions required to prohibit burning native forests for power

Due 13th February 2009

Background

In 2001 the Australian Government introduced a Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme. The scheme aims to increase the uptake of renewable energy in Australia's electricity supply.

In Newcastle, the world's biggest coal port, community groups have been campaigning against the doubling of coal exports from Newcastle Harbour. This campaign has involved large community protests and nonviolent direct action to shut down the coal industry.

Visit Rising Tide's website for more information: http://www.risingtide.org.au/

A new national petition to get a national gross solar feed in tariff by Australian renewable energy company, Energy Matters (http://www.energymatters.com.au/)

Visit the website to sign.

http://www.feedintariff.com.au/about.php

From the website....

"Let's get Australia moving on solar feed in tariffs!

Sunday November 23,2008

11.45am Story Reserve, at the rotunda

Next to Swing Bridge (near the Tennis courts)

Warburton Hwy, Warburton

Melways Ref Map 290 A4

Just over 1 hour from Melbourne/15minutes from Warburton logging is scheduled in Melbourne's pristine Cement & Armstrong Creek Water Catchments.

On Sunday November 23rd at 11.45am, join the Warburton Community, the Yarra Ranges Shire Council, Melburnians and Environmental Groups as they walk through Warburton to demonstrate opposition to the logging of our water catchments.

Inspired by the Climate Emergency Rally Walk Against Warming is on again.

November the 15th around Australia and Canberra on the 6th of December.

See their website for more details.

Those wonderful young people are looking for your help at raising funs to attend the next UN meeting on climate change in Poland.

They are running a movie night fundraiser at the Nova Cinema on the 23rd of October featuring The Coen brothers’ smash-hit comedy ‘Burn After Reading’

You need to pay before the night.

For full deatils check out their website.

organised by getup... link: www.climatetorch.com

The torch is lemon powered (acid battery), solar powered & wind powered!!

The Queen of Brunswick, Barb Wire will be receiving the torch from the Mayor of City of Yarra at Fitzroy town Hall 12.30pm Saturday 30.08.08.

Then the 'Queen of Brunswick', will be chauffeur ridden on a tandem bicycle to the Ceres environmental park with a large crowd of cyclists.

ANU's Brendan Mackey has release a new paper “Green Carbon - The role of natu ral forests in carbon storage” that furthers previous work at the ANU ion the critical role native forest play in storing large amounts of carbon.

The report also make this critical comment on the ultimate goal for climate change:

The climate crisis is a planetary emergency coming faster than anyone thought. There will be millions of climate refugees, unless we act fast.

Come to Tim Forcey's audio-visual presentation called, 'Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change,' at the Hercus Theatre, physics building, Melbourne University, Parkville, (near the corner of Swanston & Elgin Streets)

Sunday 31st August, 7.30pm – 8.45pm.