environmental

Public meeting: Where to now for the climate movement?

Speakers: Brian Walters (Greens state candidate), Bronwyn Halfpenny (Victorian Trades Hall Climate Action Working Group).

1pm.
Joe Nap Room A, Union House, University of Melbourne.

Presented by Melbourne University Climate Action Working Group.

Event date: 
Tue, 07/09/2010
Event time: 
Tue, 07/09/2010 - 1:00pm
Phone: 
0405 317 787.

Public lecture: The dirty politics around climate change.

Clive Hamilton - Greens candidate in 2009 & author of Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change & Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change will speak via video link.

6.30pm. Wood Theatre, Economics & Commerce Building, Room G09, Melbourne University.

RSVP: query-environment@unimelb.edu.au

Event date: 
Mon, 06/09/2010
Event time: 
Mon, 06/09/2010 - 6:30pm
Email: 
query-environment@unimelb.edu.au

Friends of the Earth forum: How can we achieve a clean energy future?

The state government has announced that it will cut greenhouse emissions by 20% by 2020 but climate science tell us we must go much further. The technology exists to make make the transistion to 100% renewable energy in 10 years.
There are no technical and economic barriers to repowering the Australian economy.

Speakers: James Bramwell (Beyond Zero Emissions), Cam Walker (FOE) & Deborah Hart.

7-8.30pm. Commons, cnr Bank & Montague Sts, South Melbourne. For more info ph 0419 338 047.

Event date: 
Wed, 01/09/2010
Event time: 
Wed, 01/09/2010 - 7:00pm
Phone: 
0419 338 047

United States: Leaked oil remains despite BP and government spin

By Ash Pemberton

The Gulf of Mexico is still threatened with an ecological catastrophe, but the US government and British Petroleum (BP) are trying to cover up the scale of BP’s Macondo oil well disaster.

About 4.9 million barrels of oil escaped into the sea after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers. BP capped the well on July 15, but work on the relief well to permanently plug the spill is expected to be delayed until early September, Bloomberg.com said on August 20.

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Population Puzzle distorts reality

By Simon Butler

Dick Smith’s Population Puzzle, a documentary that aired on ABC1 on August 12, made no modest claims. It went for the direct, hard sell. Its message: “Cutting immigration to Australia is a great product, and you should buy it.”

It said a smaller Australia would not solve just one or two social problems, but more than a dozen.

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No new coal strategy meeting

Help build a grassroots campaign against the new coal-fired power stations proposed by the Barnett government. Lotteries House, City West, 2 Delhi St, West Perth.

Event date: 
Sun, 05/09/2010 - 12:00pm
Event time: 
Sun, 05/09/2010 - 12:00pm
Email: 
info@safeclimate.org.au
Website: 
Safe Climate Perth
Phone: 
Kamala 0417 319 662, Peter 0438 940 386

Introduction to Socialist Alliance

For new members or those interested in finding out more about Australia's largest and broadest socialist organisation. Who is the Alliance and where did it come from? What does SA stand for and how do we organise? Come along to discuss, raise questions, and get involved.

Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Cheap dinner available from 6pm.

(An earlier intro session is being held on Sat afternoon, August 28, for those who can't make this one)

Event date: 
Wed, 01/09/2010 - 6:00pm
Email: 
sydney@socialist-alliance.org
Website: 
http://www.socialist-alliance.org
Phone: 
9690 1977 or Brianna 0439 694 505

Introduction to Socialist Alliance & Resistance

For new members or those interested in finding out more about Australia's largest and broadest socialist organisation. Who is the Alliance and where did it come from? What does SA stand for and how do we organise? Come along to discuss, raise questions, and get involved.

Resistance Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale.

(A further intro session will be held on Wed evening, Sept 1, for those who can't make this one)

Event date: 
Sat, 28/08/2010 - 3:00pm
Email: 
sydney@socialist-alliance.org
Website: 
http://www.socialist-alliance.org
Phone: 
9690 1977 or Paul 0410 629 088

Floods devastate Pakistan, government adandons people

By Farooq Tariq, Lahore

By August 12, more than 20 million people had been affected by the floods in Pakistan. Waters remained at dangerous levels in several parts of the country, with more torrential rains forecast by the weather department.

This has been one of the most devastating floods in world history. The UN has once again appealed for donations for Pakistan. But the international response has been slow.

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Pakistan: A town completely destroyed

By Farooq Ahmad, Pir Sabaq

On July 29, our Labour Relief Committee team found Pir Sabaq, Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province, with a population of more than 34,000, completely destroyed by the flood.

A tent city of more than 1000 tents has been established but most of the people are still forced to live in partially destroyed homes. This could lead to a major building collapsing at any time, with further loss of lives.

In addition to losing their homes, most people have found their household items have been swept away. They have lost their cattle and goats as well. People are without anything to eat, drink or wear.

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