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Tag: fossil fuel subsidies

Emergence of Gas Free Geelong

28 August 2020 Gas Free Geelong Local Geelong matters

In a Zoom-meeting on 28 August 2020, we launched a new group called Gas Free Geelong to inspire and assist our local business and resident community with transitioning away from gas – and to advocate for the cancellation of any

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Australia’s Labor party still immersed in gas and coal

1 May 2019 Mik Aidt Commentary

The problem with Labor’s support for climate action is that it is either fake, hollow or misguided. We need to call out those politicians who think they can sign a climate emergency declaration and then spruik fossil fuels. Peter Khalil,

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Censored by Facebook for calling climate criminals out

25 October 2018 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs

Allow my to have a rant. I don’t appreciate being censored. It hasn’t often happen – the only two times I recall were when I wrote something about the – in my view unpleasantly close – financial relationship between an association of patients

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Australia needs an emergency declaration but solutions are there

29 April 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, World affairs

As levels of global temperatures, greenhouse gas pollution, the sea and governmental hypocrisy all keep rising, we too must now rise to challenge our failing leaders. Welcome to an hour’s podcast about climate frontlines, blatant hypocrisy of Environment Minister Greg

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We learn from each other’s solutions

27 December 2014 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Local Geelong matters, Petition

A revolution is happening under our noses: We’re watching a bright green coalition begin to build a future that makes sense in our lifetime. Wind energy is now cheaper than coal. The only thing standing in the way for a

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From doom to joy

21 March 2014 Mik Aidt Commentary, Local Geelong matters, World affairs

The Sustainable Hour on 19 March 2014 looks into our choice between free and clean energy along with a safer climate on one hand, and expensive, polluting burning of carbon combined with catastrophic climate-doom with economic collapse on the other.

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Crowdfunding to cancel fossil fuel subsidies

22 March 2013 Mik Aidt World affairs

This blog-post touches upon three absurdities of our time, and a new tool to work around them: crowdfunding. The three absurdities of March 2013 are: • Governments donate 1.9 trillion dollars annually as public subsidies to the fossil fuel industry,

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