By Ben Courtice, 4 July 2009

As the government tries to pass its controversial carbon trading legislation, the latest polling indicates widespread public support for it. A recent Nielsen poll found 65% support the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), while just 25% oppose it.

MEDIA RELEASE - Friday 26 June 2009

Early this morning, two activists locked onto a conveyor belt at Bluewaters coal-fired power station near Collie. The action is to protest Griffin Energy’s decision to burn wood from WA native forests for energy production. The two activists were arrested and later removed from the conveyor belt by police, after more than four hours of preventing coal from being fed into the power station. A third activist has also been arrested at the site.

Around 50 people attended a climate protest at Australian Labor Party Headquarters in Sydney this morning [June 23], angry at the NSW Government’s budget decision to expand coal power in the state.

June 18, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Top headline: World leaders sign pact to avert climate disaster

Newspaper Ignites Hope, Announces "Civil Disobedience Database"

* Civil-disobedience database: http://BeyondTalk.net
* PDF of printed newspaper: http://iht.greenpeace.org/todays-paper/
- Online version: http://www.iht-se.com/

The video clip below shows news coverage of a Wollongong "Billionaires for coal" action that was held in the lead-up to the recent climate rallies. It also shows TV coverage of the Wollongong rally itself.

500 people attended the climate rally in Perth on June 13. Organisers were pleased with the turn-out and will continue organising future events. The next meeting on of the Safe Climate Coalition on July 4 is to plan the next steps in this campaign.

Courtesy of the Perth Voice and Fremantle Herald, published Saturday 6 June 2009

[This comment piece by Greens Senator Rachel Siewert was published in the Perth Voice and the Fremantle Herald last week. The comment piece was introduced with a note that read: "Senator Rachel Siewert is the Australian Greens’ pokesperson on health and ageing, community services, Aboriginal issues, agriculture and natural resource management. Previously research officer with the Department of Agriculture and co-ordinator of the WA Conservation Council, Sen Siewert has represented WA in the Federal Senate since 2005. She will be among the speakers at the Climate Emergency Rally in Forrest Chase at 12.30pm, Saturday June 13. In this week’s THINKING ALLOWED she says the Rudd Government’s carbon trading scheme is a flop."]

Greenpeace and other environment groups have launched a new policy document called "Plan B: An agenda for immediate climate action".

The document can be found online here.

The document suggests a plan of action including:
1. Prioritise saving energy
2. Fast-track the switch to a renewable-energy economy
3. Drive the shift to low emissions vehicles and sustainable cities

Safe Climate held a successful photo shoot on 9 June as part of the lead up to the Climate Rally on June 13.