While electric cars are often touted as the future of transport and a crucial part of the effort to reach 鈥渘et zero鈥 greenhouse gas emissions, in reality they are not a meaningful solution, argues Ben Radford.
Climate crisis
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has described rich countries鈥 plans听to expand fossil fuels as a 鈥渄eath sentence鈥 for his country. Zara Lomas looks at Pacific Island states鈥 push for a听international treaty to phase out fossil fuels.
Discussing why the United States has delivered Donald Trump a second term, Sam Wainwright argues there is a huge disconnection and alienation from mainstream politics and that听a qualitatively different kind is needed. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Rising Tide said the People鈥檚 Blockade of the coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle will go ahead, despite the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the NSW Police. Isaac Nellist reports.
To address the climate crisis, society needs to be radically restructured around the needs of people and ecology, not profits, argues Isaac Nellist.听
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss NSW Police鈥檚 attempt to block the Rising Tide People鈥檚 Blockade of the world鈥檚 largest coal port and talk to 91自拍论坛 journalist Alex Bainbridge about the Queensland election results.听
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Thousands of people from around the country supported a national day of action to save native forests, organised by the the Bob Brown Foundation. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Climate and civil rights activists protested outside the NSW Supreme Court against NSW Police鈥檚听attempt听to听block听the Rising Tide People鈥檚 Blockade of the world鈥檚 largest coal port, reports Isaac Nellist.
Bronwyn Vost, who is active in the Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends, told Pip Hinman why she decided to try and stop Forestry NSW from logging forest on Biripi Country, risking arrest and a large fine.
Vandana Shiva and her feminist colleague Maria Mies issued the Leipzig Appeal in 1996 to say, 鈥淣o to GMOs and No to Patents on Seed鈥. The call echoes in Shiva鈥檚 new book, writes Niko Leka.
Australia, Britain and Canada are responsible for 60% of Commonwealth emissions, while representing just 6% of Commonwealth countries鈥 populations. Pip Hinman reports.听
Gomeroi Traditional Owners, unionists and representatives from Lock the Gate Alliance met with NSW MPs to urge them to end Santos鈥 Narrabri coal seam gas project in the Pilliga Forest. Kerry Smith reports.
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