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Tag: Australia

The Tonystralian paradox

29 June 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary

The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is a dedicated Catholic. Pope Francis’ new encyclical letter and his call for action on climate change confronts Tony Abbott with an interesting dilemma: As the leader of a nation shortly to become the

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Open letter to religious leaders in Denmark

30 December 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary

Religious leaders: Time to join the climate struggle Many consider you moral lighthouses. Show them that you are worthy of their trust. By Jens-André Herbener, historian of religion, University of South Denmark     Dear leaders of Denmark’s religious communities

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Renew Geelong’s air, spirit and economy with renewables

18 July 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters, Petition One comment

A board on Tasmania is about to make a big decision. Should they invest in a two-billion-dollar wind farm on King Island? A fossil-fuel funded lobby group has managed to create a major drama around the board’s proposed decision, and

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Why you should be concerned about ‘fracking’

13 July 2014 Mik Aidt Recommendation 6 comments

‘Fracking’ is moving in — very possibly to an area near you. People all over the planet are protesting against it. In the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Argentina, South Africa, and also increasingly in the United States and

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Geelong’s new environment strategy

23 January 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

Rodney Thomas, Manager of City of Greater Geelong’s Environment & Waste Services, was guest in The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse on 22 January 2014. He talked about Geelong’s new environment strategy, which has been published in a draft

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The Sustainable Hour no 1 to 10 on 94.7 The Pulse

18 December 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

On this page you can listen to the radio shows in full length and in excerpts. See the audioplayers below. You will also find links to more information about the topics and sites that have been mentioned during the hour.

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Dear Climate Change Authority

29 November 2013 Mik Aidt Recommendation

I posted this to the Australian Climate Change Authority today – just before deadline which is today, 29 November. You can do it too. Dear Climate Change Authority, Thank you for doing this extremely important work and for allowing us

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The Cost of Carbon

20 October 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, Recommendation, World affairs

‘The Way Forward’ – “This is home…” Published on youtube.com on 22 October 2013. » The different segments of the hour-long Internet-broadcast ‘The Cost of Carbon’, covering six continents, are being uploaded on youtube.com here: youtube.com/user/ClimateReality ‘The Cost of Carbon’. Published

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Community outraged over fracking threat

19 October 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters, World affairs

Citizens of Geelong are outraged to find out that the oil and gas company Lakes Oil is coming to the region. The company acquired an exploration license for ‘tight gas’, a kind of ‘unconventional’ gas. This exploration is likely to

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Movement for a frack free Geelong region

26 September 2013 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

On 24 September 2013, 45 concerned citizens – a good mix of farmers, fishermen, tradesmen, civil servants, teachers, doctors, activists, students, and parents – met at Geelong Trades Hall to discuss how they feel about that the company Lakes Oil is

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