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Safe Climate news - July 29, 2010
Safe Climate Newsletter
29th July, 2010
The same week that Beyond Zero Emissions and the Melbourne University Energy Institute launched their blueprint for Australia to get 100% of our stationary energy from renewables by 2020, WA's premier and environment minister announced approval for WA to construct three new coal-fired power plants, and bring two old ones back into use.
It's clear there are solutions to the climate crisis; it is not technical feasibility but political will that is missing, not only at the state, but also at the federal level.
Around Australia, Walk Against Warming will be held the week before the federal election, on Sunday August 15, to put the pressure on our political leaders to:
- Make the polluters pay by putting a price on carbon
- Replace our most polluting power stations with clean energy
- Create new clean jobs and industries
- Guarantee to cut pollution over the next term of government
- Support poor and vulnerable countries to tackle the impacts of climate change and invest in sustainable development.
The Walk will give people from around WA the chance to show our support for renewable energy, not the planned expansion of coal. It will be held at the Fremantle Esplanade, at midday, Sunday August 15th. Safe Climate Perth will be organising a contingent to take part, and we'd like to ask you to join the Walk and let your friends know about it. Together, let's make it impossible for those who say they lead us to take us down the climate nightmare dead end
The Power of Community: how Cuba survived peak oil
Film screening, West Leederville Primary School, cnr Northwood St/Woolwich St, West Leederville
Safe Climate meeting
SATURDAY 31ST JULY, 2-4PM
City Farm, 1 City Farm Place, East Perth (just next to
Claisebrook station)
Walk Against Warming 2010
SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST, MIDDAY
Fremantle Esplanade
Carbon-free energy plan launched
About 650 people packed into a Melbourne university lecture theatre to see the launch of the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan on July 14.
Read the article
German energy goal for 2050: 100% renewable electricity supply
New UBA study shows that electricity supplied entirely from renewable energies is realistic
Germany’s electricity supply could make a complete switch to renewable energies by 2050. The technology already available on the market could make this possible even today, but it requires that electricity be used and produced very efficiently.
Greens slam Gillard on brown coal export deal
Get in touch with a climate action group near you
Climate
Action
Bunbury - contact Frosty on 0417 968 196
Meeting dates vary.
Guildford Climate Group - Come along and help decide the direction we take. Contact Peter for more details, phone 0438 940386 peter.langlands@grs.uwa.edu.au.
Hills Sustainability Group (formerly Hills Climate Action Group)- meets monthly at St Cuthbert's Church Hall, Darlington. Newcomers welcome. Phone Diana 9252 1029 or Leonie 9299 6489.
Margaret River Climate Action Group vicstroud@highway1.com.au
Rockingham Climate Action Group rcag@iinet.net.au
Safe Climate Perth (formerly Coalition for a Safe Climate) - generally meets 2-4pm, Saturday fortnightly at City Farm, East Perth (next to Claisebrook station). Next meeting July 31. Phone Kamala 9228 0802, Peter 0438 940386. Email info@safeclimate.org.au
WeLComE ( West Leederville. Community. Environment. ) WeLComE meets at the West Leederville Primary School, usually last Thursday evening of each month. New members are... welcome! Organising film screenings (see above), Living Smart course (end of July) and tour of local residences to see do-able water and energy saving technologies and devices. Contact George on crisps@westnet.com.au.
If you know other Climate Action Groups that are up and running or about to get started, drop us a line so we can help get the word out!
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