Climate crisis

Adani-sponsored tourism award rejected
Farmers and graziers beef up opposition to Adani and Acland mines
Turnbull to run electricity grid on NBN model
Chevron abandons drilling plans in Great Australian Bight
Adani’s plans begin to anger traditional mine supporters

It is approaching crunch time for the Adani mega-coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, with the movement against it growing by the day, including in areas that traditionally support mining.
Naomi Klein: We must look for answers to capitalism’s disasters

Canadian activist and writer Naomi Klein is the author of books that have helped define the thinking of the left for the past several decades.

Last month, Klein talked to Alan Maass about the whiplash pace of natural disasters and the unnatural factors that make them worse — and how we can fight back while working toward an alternative.
Big banks not out of fossil fuel business yet
NSW government bends to big coal, weakens laws protecting Sydney’s water supply
Majority opposes Adani mega coal mine
How we organised a human sign to Stop Adani
Tony Abbott’s turning people green left
Great Barrier Reef at risk from port expansion

The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) warned that the Queensland government’s September 29 proposal to significantly expand the Port of Townsville, will further damage the ailing Great Barrier Reef.