Forest campaigners have renewed efforts to stop the New South Wales Forestry Corporation’s destructive logging in Bulga State Forest, reports Pip Hinman.
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Protesters outside the Nature Positive Summit at the Sydney Convention Centre demanded that environment minister Tanya Plibersek take strong action to save natural habitat. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.
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Australia is a world leader in species extinction and forest destruction, a March for Nature rally was told. Jim McIlroy reports.
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It is not enough to “punish Labor” in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha and Sam Wainwright.
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Isaac Nellist discusses Israel’s latest attacks on Lebanon and talks to Zack Schofield, an activist with Rising Tide, about Labor’s expansion of coal mining in New South Wales and how we can resist.
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Community, environmental and First Nations groups are relieved that their years of campaigning to protect marine life has forced a multinational gas exploration company to withdraw its seismic blasting plan. Sarah Hathway reports.
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Climate activists and organisations say environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to approve the expansion of three thermal coal mines in north-western NSW will “supercharge climate change”. Kerry Smith reports.
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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books for ecosocialists, including a new translation of Marx’s Capital, the role of animal poo in Earth’s life support systems, and more.
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The latest statistics show that almost all the gains made from reaching an average of 40% renewable energy in electricity generation have been cancelled out by rising greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from transport. Peter Boyle reports.
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How might we develop a socialist approach to technologies, in the face of the threat of rapid, potentially uncontrollable, climate change? Simon Pirani offers his contribution.
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Farmers went to Queensland Parliament House to tell MPs, bankers and energy industry representatives that they want a clean future, so they can keep farming forever. Elena Garcia reports.