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Thursday, November 29, 2018

Queensland's Catastrophic bushfire, extreme heatwave and climate change

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Queensland: Catastrophic fire conditions, a week long extreme heatwave with record breaking temperatures, mass bushfire evacuations at Gra...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Guest Post: Frank Jotzo on Labor's new energy policy using the #NEG and the need to do so much more

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Labor's policy can smooth the energy transition, but much more will be needed to tackle emissions Frank Jotzo , Crawford School of Pub...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Storms and flooding for Melbourne Cup day, but media dares not mention climate change

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Melbourne Cup day dawned with rain falling. Storms escalated with torrential rain through the morning. Power outages, train disruptions, f...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

The IPCC 1.5C report and a visit to Bill Shorten to #stopAdani

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In this photo I am making a short speech outside Labor MP and Opposition leader Bill Shorten's office at Moonee Ponds on the major tra...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

IPCC 1.5C report needs to inform Moreland's transport strategy

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I attended the Brunswick Town Hall, for a special hearing by Moreland Council considering oral presentations to submissions on the Moreland...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Guest Post: Why our carbon emission policies don't work on air travel

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Just came across this post from the Conversation from July 2018. It argues that there are two possibilities to reduce aviation emissions as ...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Report on Darebin Climate Emergency Conference

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The last two days - 11-12 September - I attended the Darebin climate emergency conference in northern Melbourne suburb of Northcote. I was...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Aviation Emissions and Consultation on the Melbourne Airport Masterplan

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Last night I attended the last public consultation on the Melbourne Airport Masterplan which involves substantial expansion of the termina...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Guest Post: What's your heatwave plan?

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Australia's 'deadliest natural hazard': what's your heatwave plan? Andrew Gissing , Macquarie University and Lucinda Co...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The climate journey of Kermit the Growling Grass Frog from Craigieburn to Bonn and the UN Climate conference #COP23

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Part travelogue, part storytelling about the UN climate conference COP23 in Bonn, Germany, this article was originally  published at Susta...