The campaign to establish a Richmond River Koala park is gaining momentum, with a coalition of local conservation groups pushing for NSW Labor to act on its promises. Kerry Smith reports.
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Given that renewable energy has become the cheapest energy source in recent years, it should be supplanting fossil fuels. But, as Brett Christopher points out in The Price is Wrong, contemporary neoliberal capitalism does not operate on such logic. Neville Spencer reviews Christopher’s book.
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A catastrophic algal bloom — fuelled by warming oceans and calm marine conditions — is killing marine life on the shores of South Australia on an unprecedented scale. Tracey Carpenter reports.
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First Nations people, unionists and environmental activists took their protest about Santos’ coal seam gas plans in the Pilliga Forest to NSW parliament, ahead of a decision by the Native Title Tribunal. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Novelist, filmmaker and academic Tracy Sorensen, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, passed away on May 5. Neville Spencer writes about her life, which included a strong focus on social justice.
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Labor has secured a second term, with a landslide victory, but unless unions, social and community movements organise for real change, it will continue to bend to the will of the billionaire class, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Isaac Nellist.
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Andrew Chuter, NSW Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance, argues that we must stand firmly and unapologetically with the Palestinian people.
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Malaysia’s parliament fast-tracked and passed the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Bill, opening the door to the construction of CCUS facilities across Peninsular Malaysia, writes Suresh Kumar. But critics say the move is little more than greenwashing.
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Climate organisations are alarmed that the federal offshore gas regulator has just approved Santos’ controversial offshore Barossa gas project under the Timor Sea. Pip Hinman reports.
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Rising Tide is trying to put climate change back on the election agenda. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books for ecosocialists.
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Climate protesters protested Whitehaven Coal outside NSW parliament, the same day the Land and Environment Court was to sentence the corporation. Jim McIlroy reports.