lcallinan

lcallinan, 14 days ago to climate

"But by far the biggest use of gas in Australia is in the production and liquification of it for export. , ... , but this is not a very important export industry. The industry employs 20,000 people – one-sixth as many as Coles – and pays little in taxes and royalties." Alan Kohler, TND May 13, 2024. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis climatecrisis

luciedigitalni, 3 months ago to auspol

“We find ourselves in a remarkable situation. Coalition and Labor governments have committed Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines that we do not need, via a plan that will almost certainly fail. The longer it takes for this to be acknowledged, the more likely it will be that our submarine capability will simply collapse as the Collins-class boats become unserviceable with no replacements in sight. This would surely count as the most disastrous defence-policy mistake in our history and one of the worst on record anywhere.”

Hugh White, via The Politics

#AUKUS #AusPol

timrichards, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Trains

If you're interested in being aboard the first standard-gauge passenger train to ever travel from Melbourne to Mildura, I know 707 Operations still have some seats left on this journey in June. Should be fun, and I imagine will get some media attention when it arrives in Mildura.

https://www.slowrailjourneys.com.au/post/8-12-june-the-vinelander-returns-to-mildura-on-an-epic-slow-rail-journey-exploring-outback-victoria

#Train #Trains #Melbourne #Victoria #Mildura

lcallinan, 4 months ago to climate

"What troubles me the most is the profound sense of climate anxiety and grief that has settled into the hearts and minds of the young people I work with due to feeling like the political class and other adults around them are failing them. " Carly Dober, a psychologist living and working in Naarm/Melbourne. Guardian, 130124. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

lcallinan, 5 months ago to random

Australia's houses started to become unaffordable in 2000 when Howard & Costello halved Capital Gains Tax. See the graphs below from Alan Kohler, TND 26 11 23. # auspol

lcallinan, 7 months ago to climate

“Rupert Murdoch has weaponised his global media network for the promotion of climate denialism and to attack renewable energy, which plays to his ideology and to the interests of some of the powerful petro-states, specifically Saudi Arabia.” Prof Michael Mann, Penn State. cited by Damian Carrington , Guardian, 300923. 230923 #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

RickiTarr, 8 months ago to random

Lawful Good Question!

You can make one law right that goes into affect today, what would it be?

eniko, 8 months ago to random

Proposal: stop saying stuff like "we're destroying the planet" and change it to "they're destroying the planet", to pivot away from self blame when most of us don't have the power to change things and definitely would if we could, and towards laying the blame squarely on the elites propping up the fossil fuel industry so we can focus our collective anger on those actually responsible

lcallinan, 9 months ago to random

Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/growing-number-of-countries-consider-making-ecocide-crime?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

lcallinan, 10 months ago to climate

"The key point to grasp is that while it's possible to transition to 100% renewable energy, we cannot do it fast enough to stay under 1.5°C or 2°C if we continue to grow the global economy at exist­ing rates. " Jason Hickel (2020). Less is More. Page 137, Para 2. William Heinemann: London. . #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis .

lcallinan, 10 months ago to random

"During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the height of the British Empire, 30 million Indians perished need­lessly of famine in what the historian Mike Davis has called the 'Late Victorian Holocausts'. Jason Hickel (2020)." Less is More. Page 59, Para 2. William Heinemann: London.

lcallinan, 10 months ago to random

A majority in Fadden have voted to reward the LNP for foisting both the disgraced Stuart Robert and a by-election, on them. Gluttons for punishment.

lcallinan, 11 months ago to climate

"An area the size of Switzerland was cleared from Earth’s most pristine rainforests in 2022, despite promises by {>100} world leaders {at COP26} to halt their destruction, ... , . " Patrick Greenfield, Guardian, 270623. They are not even trying to stop Climate Breakdown. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis