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Author: Guest writer

Robert Hinkley: Corporations need a moral compass

28 July 2023 Guest writer Petition, Recommendation

Article by former corporate lawyer Robert Hinkley about why the need to adopt 11 new words in Corporate Law.

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Call for a treaty to stop the fossil madness

26 December 2022 Guest writer Educational, World affairs

2022 was the year that the Fossil Fuel Treaty evolved from a conceptual idea to a proposal backed by two countries, 74 cities, and over 500 parliamentarians.

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Surfers: End all search and new drilling for fossil fuels

24 August 2022 Guest writer Australian matters, Commentary, Petition

Surfers across Australia are opposing a proposed seismic survey for oil and gas in the Bass Strait, covering an area of pristine ocean larger than Tasmania, because of the danger to marine life.

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Faith groups: No more fossil fuels

24 August 2022 Guest writer Recommendation

“We need to stop all new coal and gas projects and put an end to public subsidies for those industries.” Multi faith protest actions on 13 October 2022.

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Emissions keep increasing. Does the climate movement need new strategies?

17 June 2022 Guest writer Educational, World affairs

Bill McKibben and Neil King from Deutsche Welle spoke with two of the world’s leading climate activists — Kumi Naidoo of South Africa, the former head of Greenpeace International, and Luisa Neubauer, sometimes called the Greta Thunberg of Germany — about what their

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Gas in one hand, carbon-neutral in the other

1 March 2022 Guest writer Commentary, Local Geelong matters 3 comments

How is it that Geelong Council “has not yet decided” what it should think about Viva Energy’s proposed new fossil fuel project?

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A letter to our overseas friends

28 October 2021 Guest writer Australian matters, Commentary, Recommendation, World affairs

Is Australia really acting on climate change?

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Jacob Oscarson’s Nordic Rebellion speech: “I am not a criminal – I am a messenger”

9 October 2021 Guest writer World affairs

During the Nordic Rebellion on 21 to 29 August 2021, 129 people were arrested for their protests against the Norwegian oil extraction. The trials in Oslo are still ongoing and one of the accused is Jacob Oscarson. Here is his

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Big oil’s delay tactics are the new climate science denialism

13 September 2021 Guest writer Educational, World affairs

Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in ‘discourses of delay’ to divert attention away from the crisis

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The climate crisis is a crime story

16 July 2021 Guest writer Commentary, Educational, World affairs

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative? By Mark Hertsgaard Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene. This crime

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