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#1872 From: glparramatta <glparramatta@...>
Date: Sun Apr 1, 2007 10:59 pm
Subject:: LA Times Op-Ed: "Carbon Trading Won't Work"
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-dorsey1apr01,0,1230661.stor\
y?coll=la-home-commentary

Carbon trading won't work
Experiments with the market scheme favored by Schwarzenegger shows
trading favors big polluters without curbing global warming gases.
By Michael K. Dorsey
MICHAEL K. DORSEY, assistant professor on Dartmouth College's faculty
of science, teaches in the environmental studies program.

April 1, 2007

Economists, some environmentalists and a growing gaggle of
politicians are pushing a grand strategy that a market mechanism —
known as "carbon cap and trade" — can rescue us fastest from a
climate catastrophe. But early evidence suggests that such a scheme
may be a Faustian bargain.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the chief proponents of the
market view. He has joined the governors of Washington, Oregon, New
Mexico and Arizona to create the Western Regional Climate Action
Initiative, which "sets the stage for a regional cap-and-trade
program" that he hopes will serve as a model for a national program.
The Kyoto Protocol, which went into effect in early 2005 (but which
the United States has not signed), also endorses this approach.

Carbon cap and trade works this way: A group of nations (signatories
to the Kyoto Protocol) or a group of states (the five Western states
in Schwarzenegger's plan) cap their carbon emissions at a certain
level. Then a government agency, such as the European Union or the
California Environmental Protection Agency, issues permits to
polluting industries that tell them how much carbon dioxide they are
allowed to emit over a certain time.

Companies unable to stay under their cap can either buy permits, or
"emission credits," on a trading exchange, which allows them to
pollute more, or they will face heavy fines for exceeding their
carbon dioxide targets. Firms that are able to come in under their
caps can sell their excess credits on the exchange. Thus the right to
pollute is a commodity bought and sold in a market.

The idea of trading pollution rights was part of the reauthorized
1990 Clean Air Act. The program successfully reduced the amount of
sulfur dioxide emissions, which cause acid rain, largely because the
sources were few enough (about 2,000 smokestacks in the Midwest) that
they could be monitored effectively and because there was a national
system, administered by the federal Environmental Protection Agency,
to enforce the legally required limits, or caps.

Carbon trading on a global scale, however, amounts to an untested
economic experiment. The most ambitious carbon-trading experiment to
date began in the European Union in 2003. About 9,400 large factories
and power stations in 21 member states were targeted, and the EU
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme was established to trade
pollution rights.

In January 2005, the EU governments distributed carbon credits —
permits to pollute — to the companies and power plants. The credits
were based in large part on what the firms estimated their annual
carbon dioxide emissions would be. Because these credits were given
out, not auctioned off, the firms did not pay for their pollution.
Yet they stood to make money by selling them.

The EU's official accounting of the companies' emissions, released in
April 2006, revealed that the companies' and power plants' actual
emissions came in below estimates. Some said the firms had inflated
their earlier emissions estimates, and thus all had credits to sell.
This situation produced a surplus.

Once it was known that the number of available permits exceeded
demand, prices slumped. Indeed, fear that there are too many permits
for sale (combined with concerns about the EU's regulatory
shortcomings) have effectively collapsed the market. A March 2007
report from Deutsche Bank Research noted that "many EU nations are
still a long way from delivering on their Kyoto Protocol commitments
to reduce carbon dioxide emissions."

Researchers at Open Europe, an economics think tank in Britain,
recently issued a report on the experiment. They concluded that the
EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme represents "botched
central planning rather than a real market." As a result, the report
said, carbon trading has not resulted in an overall decline of the
EU's carbon dioxide emissions.

Worse, the early evidence suggested that the trading scheme
financially rewarded companies — mainly petroleum, natural gas and
electricity generators — that disproportionately emit carbon dioxide.
The pollution credits given to the companies by their respective
governments were booked as assets to be valued at market prices.
After the EU carbon market collapsed, accusations of profiteering
were widespread. In fall 2006, a Citigroup report concluded that the
continent's biggest polluters had been the winners, with consumers
the losers.

Larry Lohmann, who works with the Corner House, a research
organization in Britain, argues that carbon trading is little more
than a license for big polluters to carry on business as usual. For
instance, the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme was further
weakened by provisions that allowed big polluters to buy cheap
"offset" credits from abroad. A British cement firm or oil company
that lacked enough EU permits to keep on polluting could make up the
shortfall by buying credits from, say, a wind farm in India or a
project to burn landfill gas to generate electricity in Brazil. "Such
projects," Lohmann said, "are merely supplementing fossil fuel … not
replacing it."

These problems may soon infect the cap-and-trade system of the five
Western U.S. states. In July 2006, Schwarzenegger and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair announced their intention to join together to
address global warming, possibly by linking emerging markets for
pollution credits in the U.S. with established ones in Europe.

U.S. industry and environmental leaders recently joined together
under the catchy name USCAP, for U.S. Climate Action Partnership.
Among the participants are Alcoa, Caterpillar, Duke Energy, DuPont,
General Electric, Pacific Gas & Electric, the Natural Resources
Defense Council and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The
group called for some form of carbon cap and trade, but its reduction
targets, in effect, would keep atmospheric carbon dioxide at roughly
current levels over the next five years.

The EU experience doesn't augur well for the effectiveness of a
global carbon-cap-and-trade scheme in a world characterized by
growing economic inequality and enormous differences in governmental
capacity to provide oversight, let alone regulation. The risk is that
by the time it's apparent such a scheme is not working, extreme
climate change will already be wreaking havoc.

#1871 From: Julien Gronbach <julien.gronbach@...>
Date: Sun Apr 1, 2007 12:38 am
Subject:: Malcolm Turnbull on Lateline Thursday night
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These transcripts are well worth a read, particularly Minister Turnbull
being interviewed.

Lateline wrap story on Forest Fund & IPCC report leak
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1885179.htm
Malcolm Turnbull interviewed afterwards by Tony Jones
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1885183.htm


--
Julien Gronbach
Clean Energy Campaigner
Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Level 4, 39 Liverpool St
Sydney NSW 2000

Ph: 02 9263 0348
Mob: 0419 179 529

Want some good news? Sign up for Switched On - the Greenpeace Energy
team's monthly email update on clean energy solutions:
http://www.greenpeace.org.au/climate/index.html

#1870 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:00 am
Subject:: Bris: TS07 action planning meeting after PalmSunday rally
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----- Original Message -----
From: "robin taubenfeld" <robintaubenfeld@...>
To: <ts-07discussion@...>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:32 PM
Subject: [TS-07discussion] Bris: TS07 action planning meeting after
PalmSunday rally


Hey everyone,
To make the most of Shoalwater peace activist - Steve Bishop's visit to
Brisbane to participate in Palm Sunday we have decided to have a TS07
action/program planning meeting after the Palm Sunday Rally!  This meeting
is to set a tentative schedule of events/actions/workshops etc for the Peace
Convergence week of action:

When:  Sunday April 1 2007
Time:    2pm
Place:   Three Monkeys - 58  Mollison Street (near cnr  Melbourne St) West
End
What to bring:  your ideas!

If you can't be there - try to email or call us with your proposals!  OK???

See you at the rally !?!?! (details below!)

peace,
Robin - 0411 118 737

Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Disarmament

National Day of Action for a Nuclear Free Australia

When:   Sunday 1st April 2007
Time:    11am
Where:  Queen's Park Cnr George & Elizabeth Sts Brisbane

Queensland themes:

+ ++    Stop hosting foreign military and spy bases
+++   Stop international land and sea military exercises
+++  Stop the nuclear industry - no uranium mining, no reactors,
   no waste, no weapons

Palm Sunday has a long history as a day of action for world peace and
disarmament.  This year, it is a National Day of Action against nuclear
expansion - from uranium mining to nuclear weapons.

Brisbane's rally will highlight issues of particular concern to
Queenslanders - Operation Talisman Sabre 2007 (US-Australian joint war games
that will take place in Queensland in June), uranium mining and the campaign
for a Nuclear Free Australia.

With a possible change in Labor uranium policy, a federal proposal for up to
25 nuclear reactors along the east coast of Australia, and Australia's
increasing ties to US military operations around the world,  it is time for
Queenslanders to decide which direction we want to take.

Palm Sunday is an opportunity for the community to gather, to celebrate and
to raise our voices for a Peaceful, Nuclear Free and Independent Australia.

Speakers include:

Ron Monaghan - Secretary Liquor Hospitality and  Miscellaneous Union (LHMU)
-Uranium mining and Australia
Daniele Viliunas - Medical Association for the Prevention of War
War games,weapons and war
Pauline Rigby - Depleted Uranium Silent Killer-Depleted Uranium
US- Australian War Games - Operation Talisman Sabre 07 - Steve Bishopric -
Shoalwater  Wilderness Awareness Group

Plus music and entertainment featuring:  the Combined Unions Choir and
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

All Welcome!

For more information
Friends of the Earth Brisbane :  Robin Taubenfeld 0411 118 737
Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Inc:  Joan  Shears (07) 3855 9497

>From: "Elois Yaxley" <elois@...>
>To: <kdjaffray@...>
>Subject: Quote from David Suzuki
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:36:05 -0700
>
>Dear Mr. Jaffray:
>Please use this quote of support from me:  "It is absolutely astonishing
>to me that today knowing the state of the planet's oceans and the
>importance of nature, that we would still use an area like Shoalwater
>Bay to carry out an exercise that endangers it. I suspect that this is
>far too well planned to turn around but I am with you in trying to stop
>this madness."  David Suzuki
>
>
>
>
>Sent via:  Elois Yaxley, Executive Assistant to David Suzuki

#1869 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:28 am
Subject:: Fw: Candlenight on Youtube
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----- Original Message -----
From: Anja Light
To: josephine de Riva O'Phelan ; Anne Goddard ; ayranglican@... ;
Annette Brownlie ; Andy Grodecki ; audrey hadley
Cc: Greg Aroney ; admin@...
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:52 AM
Subject: Candlenight on Youtube


Dear Friends,
In the lead up to this weekend’s “Earth Hour” (Saturday 31st March, 7.30pm till
8.30pm), you can now watch an uplifting music video of a song called
“candlenight” that is now available on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0JbmBHs5I

I wrote this song in 2005 to support the growing “candlenight” movement in Japan
that last year saw 7 million people switch off their lights at summer solstice.
I have been traveling to Japan since 1989 to support environmental campaigns
through lectures and concerts, producing 3 music cds to raise funds for
environmental campaigns and projects.

The team that has put together the recording and video production include:
Makoto “The Shadow” Ohara, Takuya Abe and Junji “Scan” Shishino. All musicians
and recording engineers and supporters have volunteered their time, energy and
materials for this project.

Please send this out to your friends and contacts far and wide to encourage and
support the movement for a just, compassionate and sustainable society.

The song is “copyleft” rather than “copyright” – meaning that you can use this
song for non-profit purposes and to build the movement for positive change (with
appropriate credits).

In the hope that this will help nurture and inspire the shift to an ecological
society,

For Life,
Anja Light
For more information and background: www.anjalight.com, www.sloth.gr.jp

Candlenight
Anja Light

In the darkest night, A glimmering light, of a brother or sister praying for
peace.
Soft golden glow, a call for hope, for a change in the way we live -
Where's there's light, there's life, though its darkest before dawn,
Its our right to survive, to let life go on...


Unplug the noise, Face the music,
Hang up the phone, Be in the moment
Switch it off, See things clearly
Cut the cord to the addictions - numbing your soul.


They say it can't be done, billions as one, turning off the consumer machine,
Here we are today, leading the way, our dreams can set us free,
Where's there's light, there's life, though its darkest before dawn,
Its our right to survive, to let life go on...


Unplug the noise, Face the music,
Hang up the phone, Be in the moment
Switch it off, See things clearly
Cut the cord to the addictions - killing the Earth.

Candlenight, candlenight…..


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#1868 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:28 am
Subject:: Fw: [TS-07] B-52 pilot called Dingo drops bombs on Australia
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B-52 pilot called Dingo drops bombs on Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Peace Convergence
To: ts-07@...
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:02 AM
Subject: [TS-07] B-52 pilot called Dingo drops bombs on Australia







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peace Convergence
e: info@...
w: www.peaceconvergence.com
m: 0432 563 967

stop the exercises | close the bases | end the wars



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TS-07 mailing list
TS-07@...
http://lists.peaceconvergence.com/mailman/listinfo/ts-07


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#1867 From: "Boris Branwhite" <orchidman@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:45 am
Subject:: Re: Re: [feedback...] My approuval from 22? March with "Robke" and rderoyan@...
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hi all -
the global warming issue, climate change issue, toxic cfl's, and more --

two groups in care2 are worth checking out -- 'addressing global warming'
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/globalwarming

and 'grassroots efforts to stop global warming'
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/GrassRootsGlobalCooling

both are quite active at the moment --
both have people who behave like implants, but both have heaps of good data and
ideas --

“every drop of rain that falls ends up in the mouths of whales – it is up to
humans to control what substances enter that raindrop during its journey to the
ocean”
   are quite active at the moment

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#1866 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:38 am
Subject:: further to "Something we like to chill to" - Howard Song Lyrx
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Transcribed by ear … apologies in advance to the as yet unknown

artist(s)/author(s) for any unintentional errors.



Howard Song Lyrx

“unknown artist/s”





Thank you Mr Bush for everything

You’re ruining the world

The rattle you’ve been hiding in your tail is now unfurled

Six Treaty’s out the window

The environment in strife

Just sacrifice Kyoto…For the American way of life

Oh that greedy life for all to see on daytime shop TV

Think America … Think Gross obesity



God bless ya Mr Howard

You’re a friend of bush as well

You’ve kissed up so much yankee arse

You’re breath must really smell

You’ve turned our peaceful nation into a ‘warocracy’

I didn’t know that aussies wanted a presidency

I didn’t vote for Mr Bush

I am Australian still

You can bend over for him …but I never will



You moralise on marriage ‘tween women and men

But aussie born kids of immigrants are alians

You cannot dictate that religion

Can’t define a civil state

When history shows your legacy it will be one of hate

You have turned away the weak

Oppressed the helpless and the poor

You’ve locked up children in detention

Shame on you forever more



You couldn’t wait to rush to war you horrid little man

But I don’t see you rushing

To save Chechnya or Sudan

You boast about how you wont be Intimidated

Yet The Free Trade Agreement gave the yanks all they could bloody get

Their moves effect the world

And you deny responsibility

You’ve made us a target with your stupidity



You lied about the Tampa and the refugees

I bet you wish the boat people downed on the high seas

I live in fear the over 55’s will vote unthinkingly

Bringing back your vision of a White Australia Policy



With bully boys like Abbot, Nelson and Downer in your click

I am amazed you’ve got no balls surround by so many pricks



Oh you say the Greens are kooky

And trash Labor out of hand

I pray the people vote for them and try to save our land

And rid our country of a man

ignoring what we say

Protecting neighbouring countries for the good ole USA

I’d rather perish on my feet than live upon my knees

Oh Johnny learn to say no and get off your’s please



Cause terrorists are bloody mongrels

But a war is not the key

If you want peace it has to start with you and me

Let’s rid ourselves of Howard and live peacefully

Yea, Save the world …

It has to start with you and me.

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http://globalclimatechangeaction.org/HowardSong


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#1865 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:19 am
Subject:: Fw: Promote the Global Petition for Climate Change Mitigation, collect 100,000 signatures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Goddard - 43 Things" <no-reply@...>
To: <anne@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:42 AM
Subject: Promote the Global Petition for Climate Change Mitigation, collect
100,000 signatures


Dear future self,

I'm reminding you about your stated goal on 43 things,
to "Promote the Global Petition for Climate Change
Mitigation, collect 100,000 signatures".

How's it going?

Sincerely,
Your past self


- View this goal:
http://www.43things.com/things/view/766783
- Edit this reminder:
http://www.43things.com/reminders/create/766783
============================================================
- Stop this reminder:
http://www.43things.com/reminders/delete/64056

#1864 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:23 am
Subject:: Re: [feedback...] My approuval from 22? March with "Robke" and rderoyan@...
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what'd he say?
what'd he say?
lol
sorry Rob :-)
wow...
maybe we will get some members now.
?
a

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clemens Vermeulen" <clemens@...>
To: <rderoyan@...>
Cc: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [feedback...] My approuval from 22? March with "Robke" and
rderoyan@...


On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:42:41 rderoyan@... wrote:
> Robert De Roy sent a message using the contact form at
> http://globalclimatechangeaction.org/contact.
>
> Hi Clemens (hoe gaat het met je? :-),

Hello Robke,

Het gaat heel goed hoor meneer... :-)


> I don't know why, but something is not OK with the approuval of "Robke" at
> "rderoyan@..." that I asked on 22? March. To avoid any confusion,
> I
> asked again an account with "Rainbow" at "rderoyan@...".
> Please drop the approuval of "Robke".

Thank you for alerting me to this problem. It took some time and a couple of
test accounts to discover that there was an 'e' missing in the webmaster
e-mail address on the web site.

The consequence of this was that we never received an alert about your
application for an account (or any other application for that matter).

Thanks to your message that is now FIXED. Great stuff.

Your 'Rainbow' account has now been activated



> I know Anne Goddard since March 2001
> when I visited Australia then and met her.

I am sure that Anne would be happy to hear from you directly. You might also
like to tell Anne about your plans for posting on the Global Climate Change
Action web site.

After you log in, you may contact Anne through her personal contact form at
URL http://globalclimatechangeaction.org/user/3/contact




> Friendly greetings from Robert De Roy (Rob)from Belgium-dutch part, but I
> speak french too as second language.

And your English is not too bad for a third language either.

Leuk om van je gehoord the hebben Robke en nogmaals bedankt voor je hulp met
het ontdekken van het probleem op de web site.

Tot schrijvens.

--
Clemens Vermeulen

contact: http://clemens.vermeulen.id.au/contact

#1863 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:15 am
Subject:: Re: URGENT... Act now...
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Hiya Benny,

The ALP have long since lost their way, i have sent my views to them (lots)
and i realise that i have been totally wasting my time.

However, letters to the editor ARE read by many (who vote).

Letters in mainstream media have woken many minds to a "differing" point of
view.
Many individual editors out there retain an ethical responsibility to
publish the truth and like a good strong (well backed up) opinion piece.
Time well spent is time spent writing to them.

Many are publishing on the issue of Climate Change, after all the effects
are starkly clear for all to see (and have been for a long time).

People are reading and making up their own minds ... and worrying, and
thinking... beginning to fully understand that there are viable
(profitable/sustainable) alternatives to the way our current representatives
stupidly and doggedly head (with our taxes).

And the noose these fools wear proudly around their necks grows tighter and
tighter as they show themselves to be totally full of it.
Finally....
be positive :-)
Roll on Blackout Australia - 7:30 to 8:30 pm tomorrow night March 31...
the slightly needed jolt to make them sit up and look...
http://earthhour.smh.com.au/individual/individual-form.html
- sign up form
so far - 57,000ish i think, i time out before i can sign up :-(
-
Followed by April Fuels Day Rallies around the country on Sunday...
www.nuclearfoolsday.org
-
and I hope to see you up here for the "Games" in May/June
http://www.peaceconvergence.com/

Warm regards
Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: benny zable
To: ClimateChangeAction@...
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: [ClimateChangeAction] URGENT... Act now...


Anne
The reality is that Labour and the Coalition are heavily invested in winning
an election that tread a conservative middle ground.
Remember Mark Latham had a most radical forest conservation policy which saw
John Howard exploit this to his advantage. If Labour adopts these proposals
we will see John Howard and Peter Costello drumming up more dirt on Labour
in relation to pinching money from the Super Fund.
The Democrats are on the way out. They probably do not wish to loose more
ground.

I know it sucks but that is politics.
I recon a letter campaign targeting Peter Garrett would be a more in line
Get Up would be another group to get going on pushing these sensible
propsals
I suggest that we need to help convince the public to vote the Greens if we
are to deal with the Climate Crisis seriously.

Benny Zable

>From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
>Reply-To: ClimateChangeAction@...
>To: <ajnield@...>,"Group 1"
><ClimateChangeAction@...>,<GreenLeft_Discussion@yahoogroups.com>\
,<Redfern-Waterloo@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] URGENT... Act now...
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:43:40 +1000
>
>Please put pen to paper... write of your Climate Change concerns...
>Let your Federally elected representatives,
> the ALP and the Dems KNOW (via the media)
>that we must have action now.
>How can we see a mitigation of the worst
>effects of climate change when our leaders will
>NOT ALLOW the changes we must have.
>
>Contacts (and my letter) pasted below.
>---------------------------
>
>Dear Editor,
>
>It was with a great deal of distress I read an online media release this
>morning.
>
>Bob Brown (Green's) motion endorsing the Australian Council of
>Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
>and the Coalition in the Senate on Monday the 26th of March.
>
>I am particularly disappointed in the Democrats (who say that they are in
>power to
>help keep the B's honest), who abstained from voting.
>
>The ACTU's motion reads:
>That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
>the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
>a) government subsidies for energy efficient
>retrofitting of buildings;
>b) mandatory green building codes
>c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
>d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
>e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
>emissions
>f) the right to reject work which harms the
>environment
>g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
>cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002
>
>To vote down such a motion simply goes beyond my comprehension.
>Surely our elected representatives can see that the taxpayers of this
>country want action
>to mitigate climate change NOW.
>
>We can only hope that our elected "representatives" will understand the
>voters displeasure
>at the next Federal Election. If not, I hope the people of this once great
>nation are ready
>to kiss their children's futures goodbye.
>
>Anne Goddard
>Queensland
>http://globalclimatechangeaction.org
>--------------------------
>Background:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ghoppy9
>To: ClimateChangeAction@...
>Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:19 PM
>Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action
>plan
>
>[Greens-Media]
>Monday, 26 March 2007
>
>Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan
>
>Greens Leader Bob Brown's motion endorsing the Australian Council of
>Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
>and the Coalition in the Senate today. The Democrats abstained.
>
>The motion reads:
>That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
>the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
>a) government subsidies for energy efficient
>retrofitting of buildings;
>b) mandatory green building codes
>c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
>d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
>e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
>emissions
>f) the right to reject work which harms the
>environment
>g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
>cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002
>
>"I was shocked," Senator Brown said.
>
>"This is a most moderate plan compared to European or Californian
>legislation. Labor shows it is not going to face up to the challenge
>of climate change this side of the election," Senator Brown said.
>
>Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603
>
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Ebony Bennett
>Media Adviser
>Office of Greens Senator Bob Brown
>Mobile: 0409 164 603
>Ph: (02) 6277 3170
>Fax: (02) 6277 3185
>ebony.bennett@...
>
>Summary of media contacts:
>editorial@... <editorial@...>;
>editorial@... <editorial@...>; editor@...
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#1862 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:49 am
Subject:: ABC u mining poll
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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: [anawa-list] ABC u mining poll

From: nfreewa
To: nfreewa@...
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: [anawa-list] ABC u mining poll


Dear all,
I am sending this by itself because of its urgency. The ABC Perth is
doing a poll about uranium mining and so far the 'absolutely not' only
scored 22%. Please log on and vote. You will find the poll in the bottom
right hand corner of the page.
http://www.abc.net.au/perth/

cheers,
Annemarie
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Ph: 9271 4488
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Web: www.anawa.org.au

#1861 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:13 am
Subject:: Australian Senate notes 14 March Europarliament Resolution on NPT Prepcom
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Australian Senate notes 14 March Europarliament Resolu----- Original
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From: John Hallam FOE-Aust
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:14 PM
Subject: Australian Senate notes 14 March Europarliament Resolution on NPT
Prepcom

The following notice of motion is to be found on the current notice-paper of
the Australian Senate.

It effectively has the Aust Senate note the European Parliament resolution
of 14 March 2007.

John Hallam

Notice given 26 March 2007

*754

Leader of the Australian Democrats (Senator Allison): To move-

That the Senate-

(a) notes the resolution of the European Parliament on 14 March 2007
regarding the third session of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons from 30 April to
11 May 2007 in Vienna, Austria, in:

(i) committing the European Union (EU), by consensus, to reviving
and strengthening the NPT resolution of the European Parliament on
14 March 2007,

(ii) emphasising the importance of nuclear non-proliferation and
disarmament, describing the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) and their means of delivery as one of the most
important threats to international peace and security,

(iii) recalling the statement in the report of the United Nations (UN)
Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and
Change, A more secure world: our shared responsibility, that 'we
are approaching a point at which the erosion of the non-proliferation
regime could become irreversible and result in a cascade of
proliferation',

(iv) taking into account the growing international consensus on the
urgency of nuclear disarmament, promoted by the New Agenda
Coalition and in the Rome Declaration of the World Summit of
Nobel Peace Prize Winners (convened by Mikhail Gorbachev and
the Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni) of 30 November 2006,

(v) highlighting the role of parliaments and parliamentarians in
promoting nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and in this
perspective welcoming the efforts of the global Parliamentary
Network on Nuclear Disarmament, and

(vi) re-affirming its position that the NPT is the cornerstone of the
global nuclear non-proliferation regime, the essential foundation for
promoting cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and an
important element in furthering the goal of achieving nuclear
disarmament and general disarmament in accordance with
Article VI of the Treaty;

(b) notes that the resolution:

(i) calls upon all states whose activities violate the non-proliferation
regime to stop their unwise and irresponsible behaviour and to
comply fully with their obligations under the NPT, and reiterates its
call on all states not part of the NPT to accede to the Treaty,

(ii) urges both the Council and the Commission to actively participate
in the discussions being held at the Vienna NPT Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) meeting and to make a coordinated,
substantial and visible contribution towards a positive outcome of
the 2010 NPT Review Conference,

(iii) invites both the Council and the Commission to clarify which steps
they envisage undertaking to strengthen the Non-Proliferation
Treaty and to pursue effective multilateralism as stated in the
December 2003 EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Materials
and Weapons of Mass Destruction,

(iv) affirms that, for multilateral efforts to be effective, they must be
set
within a well-developed vision of achieving a nuclear-weapon-free
world at the earliest possible date,

(v) urges the [EU] Presidency to produce regularly, before the Review
Conference of 2010, a progress report on the implementation of
each of the 43 measures adopted in the 2005 EU Common Position
of 25 April 2005 relating to the 2005 NPT Review Conference, as
well as a list of new commitments the Council hopes to achieve at
the 2010 NPT Review Conference,

(vi) urges the [EU] Presidency to promote at PrepCom a number of
disarmament initiatives, based on the 'Statement of Principles and
Objectives' agreed upon at the end of the 1995 NPT Review
Conference and on the '13 Practical steps' agreed to unanimously at
the Year 2000 NPT Review Conference, which should be improved
and implemented in order to make progress (to avoid regress or
standstill),

(vii) urges, in particular, the [EU] Presidency to break the deadlock on
establishing a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty, to speed up
the signature and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty (CTBT) by all countries, especially those required for it
to enter into force and a full stop of all nuclear weapon testing
awaiting the CTBT to enter into force, and to prioritise the
importance of lowering the risk of nuclear terrorism by developing
and enforcing effective export and border controls on sensitive
WMD-related materials, equipment and/or technologies,

(viii) calls on the international community to promote initiatives towards
an international multilateral process of uranium enrichment under
the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),

(ix) recommends that the European Parliament send a delegation to
Vienna to participate in the NPT PrepCom events and requests the
[EU] Presidency to include representatives of the European
Parliament in the EU delegation (in accordance with the precedent
set by the delegation to the UN Program of Action Review
Conference in New York in 2006), and

(x) invites its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the
Commission, the UN Secretary-General, and the governments and
parliaments of the member states of the UN, the Director General of
the IAEA, the Parliamentary Network on Nuclear Disarmament,
Mayors for Peace, as well as to the other organisers of the
international conference on nuclear disarmament at the European
Parliament, scheduled on 19 April 2007; and

(c) calls on the Australian Government to:

(i) endorse the EU motion in all respects,

(ii) send a cross-party delegation of Australian federal parliamentarians
to Vienna to participate in the NPT PrepCom events,

(iii) encourage federal parliamentarians to form an Australian
Parliamentary Network on Nuclear Disarmament, and

(iv) encourage mayors to form an Australian Mayors for Peace
organisation.

#1860 From: Brooke Oehm-Smith <brooke@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:17 pm
Subject:: Fwd: Climate Change & Energy Taskforce
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FYI

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Councillor Helen Abrahams" <duttonpark.ward@...>
Date: 28 March 2007 15:34:25 GMT+10:00
To: "'Smith, Brooke'" <brooke@...>
Subject: Climate Change & Energy Taskforce

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Dear Ms Smith

Brisbane City Council's Civic Cabinet has received the final report of
the independent Climate Change and Energy taskforce.  Professor Ian
Lowe, who worked with Mr Scott Losee, Mr Jim McKnoulty and Dr John
McEvoy, chaired the taskforce.

Council has not yet assessed, nor endorsed the report - 'A Call for
Action'.   Council will debate the report and its recommendations on
April 30 with a view to adopting a Council policy on addressing Climate
Change and Peak Oil. Before this occurs, it is vital we receive
community feedback on the recommendations.

I, as Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, would be
interested in your comments on the document before the end of April.

A link to the report can now be found on Council's website at:
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:665313119:pc=PC_2526
<http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:665313119:pc=PC_2526> .

Climate change will have a big impact on Brisbane residents in years to
come, with the CSIRO predicting our average temperatures in a few
decades will resemble those of Rockhampton, with more extreme weather
events likely, and a range of other impacts of global warming on our
lifestyle and environment.

Council is responsible for planning and development in Brisbane, so we
really need to understand what changes will happen, and what this means
for our city.

I look forward to hearing from you and I would also be happy to forward
your comments onto Council officers.

Regards
Helen Abrahams
Councillor for Dutton Park


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#1859 From: Brooke Oehm-Smith <brooke@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:12 am
Subject:: Fwd: Rush Limbaugh Blasts Our Polar Bear Ad ... Fight Back!
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Begin forwarded message:

From: "NRDC - Frances Beinecke" <earthaction@...>
Date: 27 March 2007 19:17:47 GMT+10:00
To: "Brooke Smith" <Brooke@...>
Subject: Rush Limbaugh Blasts Our Polar Bear Ad ... Fight Back!
Reply-To: notice-reply-in8n36ez1tj5xt7@...

Dear Brooke,

Rush Limbaugh just called us "creeps" for running our Polar Bear
S.O.S. ad on television and broadcasting the plight of the polar
bear across America.

Here's what he has to say ...

"... the ice floe melts into the letters 'SOS,' with the two
polar bears on top of the SOS! I predicted little children will
see this and say, 'Mommy, mommy, mommy! The polar bears! The ice
floe is almost gone! They're going to die! What can we do? What
can we do?'"

I guess Rush finally gets it! The point of the ad is, of course,
that the polar bear's sea ice is melting away ... along with its
future ... and we need to respond quickly.

But Rush and other global warming deniers would stop the Bush
Administration from doing the right thing and protecting polar
bears before it's too late.

In the face of their opposition, it's more important than ever
that you submit your own Official Citizen Comment in favor of
polar bear protection -- BEFORE THE APRIL 9 DEADLINE -- at
http://www.polarbearsos.org/takeaction

Then, please forward this email to as many friends as you can --
to create a blizzard of comments to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service.

Help us stop Limbaugh and the pro-pollution crowd from
sacrificing the polar bear's future.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

P.S. Want to make Rush even madder? If you haven't already seen
the Polar Bear S.O.S. ad, view it now at
http://www.polarbearsos.org/donate_rl -- and then make a
donation to help us keep running it.

. . .

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#1858 From: "benny zable" <bennyzable@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:16 am
Subject:: RE: URGENT... Act now...
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Anne
The reality is that Labour and the Coalition are heavily invested in winning
an election that tread a conservative middle ground.
Remember Mark Latham had a most radical forest conservation policy which saw
John Howard exploit this to his advantage. If Labour adopts these proposals
we will see John Howard and Peter Costello drumming up more dirt on Labour
in relation to pinching money from the Super Fund.
The Democrats are on the way out. They probably do not wish to loose more
ground.

I know it sucks but that is politics.
I recon a letter campaign targeting Peter Garrett would be a more in line
Get Up would be another group to get going on pushing these sensible
propsals
I suggest that we need to help convince the public to vote the Greens if we
are to deal with the Climate Crisis seriously.


Benny Zable


>From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
>Reply-To: ClimateChangeAction@...
>To: <ajnield@...>,"Group 1"
><ClimateChangeAction@...>,<GreenLeft_Discussion@yahoogroups.com>\
,<Redfern-Waterloo@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] URGENT... Act now...
>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:43:40 +1000
>
>Please put pen to paper... write of your Climate Change concerns...
>Let your Federally elected representatives,
>  the ALP and the Dems KNOW (via the media)
>that we must have action now.
>How can we see a mitigation of the worst
>effects of climate change when our leaders will
>NOT ALLOW the changes we must have.
>
>Contacts (and my letter) pasted below.
>---------------------------
>
>Dear Editor,
>
>It was with a great deal of distress I read an online media release this
>morning.
>
>Bob Brown (Green's) motion endorsing the Australian Council of
>Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
>and the Coalition in the Senate on Monday the 26th of March.
>
>I am particularly disappointed in the Democrats (who say that they are in
>power to
>help keep the B's honest), who abstained from voting.
>
>The ACTU's motion reads:
>That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
>the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
>a) government subsidies for energy efficient
>retrofitting of buildings;
>b) mandatory green building codes
>c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
>d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
>e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
>emissions
>f) the right to reject work which harms the
>environment
>g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
>cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002
>
>To vote down such a motion simply goes beyond my comprehension.
>Surely our elected representatives can see that the taxpayers of this
>country want action
>to mitigate climate change NOW.
>
>We can only hope that our elected "representatives" will understand the
>voters displeasure
>at the next Federal Election.  If not, I hope the people of this once great
>nation are ready
>to kiss their children's futures goodbye.
>
>Anne Goddard
>Queensland
>http://globalclimatechangeaction.org
>--------------------------
>Background:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ghoppy9
>To: ClimateChangeAction@...
>Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:19 PM
>Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action
>plan
>
>[Greens-Media]
>Monday, 26 March 2007
>
>Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan
>
>Greens Leader Bob Brown's motion endorsing the Australian Council of
>Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
>and the Coalition in the Senate today. The Democrats abstained.
>
>The motion reads:
>That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
>the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
>a) government subsidies for energy efficient
>retrofitting of buildings;
>b) mandatory green building codes
>c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
>d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
>e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
>emissions
>f) the right to reject work which harms the
>environment
>g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
>cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002
>
>"I was shocked," Senator Brown said.
>
>"This is a most moderate plan compared to European or Californian
>legislation. Labor shows it is not going to face up to the challenge
>of climate change this side of the election," Senator Brown said.
>
>Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603
>
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Ebony Bennett
>Media Adviser
>Office of Greens Senator Bob Brown
>Mobile: 0409 164 603
>Ph: (02) 6277 3170
>Fax: (02) 6277 3185
>ebony.bennett@...
>
>Summary of media contacts:
>editorial@... <editorial@...>;
>editorial@... <editorial@...>; editor@...
><editor@...>; editor@... <editor@...>; Your
>Rights at Work Team <campaigns@...>;
>cairnssun@... <cairnssun@...>;
>bugle@... <bugle@...>; 4corners@...
><4corners@...>
>
>Media contacts:
>
>NATIONAL
>
>Australian Financial Review <edletters@...>
>
>The Australian <letters@...>
>
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>
>Business Review Weekly letters (2005): <brweditor@...>
>
>Crikey - <www.crikey.com.au>
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>VICTORIA
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>Cairns Post <editorial@...>
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>Adelaide Advertiser <advedit@...>, or via website form:
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>Sunday Mail <mailedit@...>
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>Coober Pedy Times <cptimes@...>. Letters <500 words.
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#1857 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:43 am
Subject:: URGENT... Act now...
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Please put pen to paper... write of your Climate Change concerns...
Let your Federally elected representatives,
  the ALP and the Dems KNOW (via the media)
that we must have action now.
How can we see a mitigation of the worst
effects of climate change when our leaders will
NOT ALLOW the changes we must have.

Contacts (and my letter) pasted below.
---------------------------

Dear Editor,

It was with a great deal of distress I read an online media release this
morning.

Bob Brown (Green's) motion endorsing the Australian Council of
Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
and the Coalition in the Senate on Monday the 26th of March.

I am particularly disappointed in the Democrats (who say that they are in power
to
help keep the B's honest), who abstained from voting.

The ACTU's motion reads:
That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
a) government subsidies for energy efficient
retrofitting of buildings;
b) mandatory green building codes
c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
emissions
f) the right to reject work which harms the
environment
g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002

To vote down such a motion simply goes beyond my comprehension.
Surely our elected representatives can see that the taxpayers of this country
want action
to mitigate climate change NOW.

We can only hope that our elected "representatives" will understand the voters
displeasure
at the next Federal Election.  If not, I hope the people of this once great
nation are ready
to kiss their children's futures goodbye.

Anne Goddard
Queensland
http://globalclimatechangeaction.org
--------------------------
Background:

----- Original Message -----
From: ghoppy9
To: ClimateChangeAction@...
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:19 PM
Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan

[Greens-Media]
Monday, 26 March 2007

Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan

Greens Leader Bob Brown's motion endorsing the Australian Council of
Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
and the Coalition in the Senate today. The Democrats abstained.

The motion reads:
That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
a) government subsidies for energy efficient
retrofitting of buildings;
b) mandatory green building codes
c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
emissions
f) the right to reject work which harms the
environment
g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002

"I was shocked," Senator Brown said.

"This is a most moderate plan compared to European or Californian
legislation. Labor shows it is not going to face up to the challenge
of climate change this side of the election," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603

----------------------------------------------------------
Ebony Bennett
Media Adviser
Office of Greens Senator Bob Brown
Mobile: 0409 164 603
Ph: (02) 6277 3170
Fax: (02) 6277 3185
ebony.bennett@...

Summary of media contacts:
editorial@... <editorial@...>;
editorial@... <editorial@...>; editor@...
<editor@...>; editor@... <editor@...>; Your Rights
at Work Team <campaigns@...>; cairnssun@...
<cairnssun@...>; bugle@... <bugle@...>;
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Media contacts:

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The Australian <letters@...>

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Business Review Weekly letters (2005): <brweditor@...>

Crikey - <www.crikey.com.au>

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Herald-Sun <hsletters@...> or <hseditor@...>

Sunday Herald Sun <shsletters@...>

The Age <letters@...>

MX (Melb) <talk@...>

The Melbourne Times (weekly) <letters@...>

ACT

Canberra Times <letters.editor@...>

NSW

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Daily Telegraph <dtmletr@...> or
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Sun Herald <shletters@...>

Illawarra Mercury <editor@...>

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Northern Territory News <ntnmail@...>

Alice Springs News <alicenews@...>

Katherine Times <mail@...>
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Centralian Advocate <ceneditorial@...>
Tennant and District Times <tdtimes@...>

QUEENSLAND

Courier Mail <cmletters@...>

Qld Sunday Mail <smletters@...>

Cairns Post <editorial@...>

SA

Adelaide Advertiser <advedit@...>, or via website form:
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Sunday Mail <mailedit@...>

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Coober Pedy Times <cptimes@...>. Letters <500 words.

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TASMANIA

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WA

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#1856 From: "ghoppy9" <ghoppy9@...>
Date: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:19 am
Subject:: Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan
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[Greens-Media]
Monday, 26 March 2007

Labor, Libs clobber ACTU's climate action plan

Greens Leader Bob Brown's motion endorsing the Australian Council of
Trade Unions' action plan on climate change was voted down by Labor
and the Coalition in the Senate today. The Democrats abstained.

The motion reads:
	 That the Senate endorses the climate change action plan proposed by
the Australian Council of Trade Unions, including its call for:
		 a) government subsidies for energy efficient
retrofitting of buildings;
		 b) mandatory green building codes
		 c) large-scale reuse of treated effluent
		 d) improved vehicle fuel efficiency
		 e) greater use of shipping to cute greenhouse gas
emissions
		 f) the right to reject work which harms the
environment
		 g) a mandatory renewable energy target of 10 per
cent, as called for by the Greens in 2002

"I was shocked," Senator Brown said.

"This is a most moderate plan compared to European or Californian
legislation. Labor shows it is not going to face up to the challenge
of climate change this side of the election," Senator Brown said.

Further information: Ebony Bennett 0409 164 603


--------------------------------------------------------------
Ebony Bennett
Media Adviser
Office of Greens Senator Bob Brown
Mobile: 0409 164 603
Ph: (02) 6277 3170
Fax: (02) 6277 3185
ebony.bennett@...

#1855 From: glparramatta <glparramatta@...>
Date: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:25 am
Subject:: Stop Bush in September 2007 - call to action | stopbush2007
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     Stop Bush in September 2007 - call to action

George Bush is coming to Sydney this year... Stop this weapon of mass
destruction


       Troops out of Iraq, Afghanistan


       Renewable energy, not wars for oil


       Workers' rights not slavery

US President George W. Bush will be in Sydney in September 2007. He will
be joining John Howard and other 21 world leaders at a major meeting of
the Asia Pacific forum on Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Their agenda will be to further corporate globalisation as the expense
of the livelihoods of workers and small farmers. Wars around the globe,
their “anti-terrorism” agenda, terrorism, lifting trade restrictions and
climate change will be high on their agenda.

We can be sure that these leaders will not come up with solutions.

While in power, Bush and Howard have presided over a new world disorder.
Both have involved their countries in an unpopular occupation in Iraq
which has resulted in the deaths of well over 650,000 Iraqis and
thousands of US and British troops, as well as cost over $1 billion per
week to maintain. If the US' occupation of Afghanistan is anything to go
by, so long as foreign troops stay, Iraq can look forward to years of
impoverishment and devastation.

Hyping up the rhetoric of the “war on terror”, Bush and Howard have
ignored the far greater threat to humanity posed by climate change. Both
have refused to provide support and leadership for reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and renewable energy, preferring to promote the nuclear
industry.

While trying to convince us that removing our basic civil liberties and
legalising torture are the best ways make us secure, Bush and Howard
have systematically removed our basic working rights. They have shifted
the balance in favour of employers making it harder for employees to
have the basic pay and conditions needed to support themselves and their
families.

This world view represented by George Bush and John Howard is as
destructive as it is unsustainable.

Another world is not only possible – it is necessary! In September 2007
we are inviting you to join the millions of people around the world
standing up for peace, democracy, clean energy and the rights of working
people everywhere. Add your organisation’s support for this call to
action, and to the demonstration and other activities being planned for
this September in Sydney. Email stopbush2007@...
<mailto:stopbush2007@...> with your endorsement and/or to make
a financial contribution to the event.


       Another world is necessary!

#1854 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:37 am
Subject:: Fw: [Oz-envirolink] AWU takes over labor on Coal and Uranium mining...
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Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: [Oz-envirolink] AWU takes over labor on Coal and Uranium mining...


Hi all,


Please have a look at www.nouranium.com and take the opportunity to vote on
this ALP site.


You will see that hardly anyone has visited it, so I would like you all to
hit on it! And tell your friends.


The vast majority of ALP members are opposed to expansion of uranium
mining, but are worried about global overheating. My simple message is a
dollar spent on uranium is a dollar wasted - as the Stern Report
emphasized, urgent action to suck carbon dioxide out of the air is the
issue.

(or rather - don't put it in the air in the first place - HS)


One of the main proponents of the uranium industry is the AWU, hence
Beattie's cave-in and the preselection of pro-uranium ALP candidates around
the country who are AWU stooges.


The ALP National Conference is going to be a distraction and portray the
ALP as a divided rabble, playing into the hands of those who want Howard to
just scrape in so Ziggy and his mates can get those reactors built in your
back yard.


I suggest a poll of all federal election candidates now, before the
conference.


Cheers


Geoff Pain,
(who lost preselection for Brand to Gary Gray who favours uranium mining in
WA).



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#1853 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:07 pm
Subject:: US- Al Gore Action
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Please forward to all of your US contacts...

Tell the US congress to act on global warming
--------------------------
Sign the postcard to your representative demanding real action on global warming
below
and Al Gore will personally deliver it to Washington in March.

http://www.algore.com/cards.html

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Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:08 pm
Subject:: US- Al Gore Action
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Tell the US congress to act on global warming
--------------------------
Sign the postcard to your representative demanding real action on global warming
below
and Al Gore will personally deliver it to Washington in March.

http://www.algore.com/cards.html

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#1851 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:59 pm
Subject:: Palm Sunday in just over a week!
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From: Jessica Morrison
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:07 AM
Subject: Palm Sunday in just over a week!


From little things, big things grow!

Our Palm Sunday alliance now includes 76 organisations and thousands of
Australians preparing for Palm Sunday activities.  This week we welcome news of
events in Newcatle and Kempsy, check out them on the website to see what towns
of all sizes can do!

T-Shirts Now Available!
We now have T-shirts ready to sell.  It's in a variety of bright colors and
includes the Leunig cartoon.  See: 
http://nuclearfoolsday.org/leunig-palm-sunday-tshirt

Please promote Palm Sunday on your website:
Many organisations are yet to display Palm Sunday information on their website. 
If this is at all possible, please promote Palm Sunday on your website, even if
this is a simple link.

Promotions, Promotions, Promotions
Most States now have their promotional fliers on www.nuclearfoolsday.org . 
Download fliers and print them off, or if you are in Melbourne pick up posters
at Friends of the Earth, 312 Smith St, Collingwood.

Train stations will be a focus in Melbourne for leafleting, please contact
fijroberts@...

Melbourne: People needed to join in with Puppets!
The Creative Collective have made some amazing life size puppets and other
props.  However they require more people to be involved on April 1.  The
rehearsal is this Saturday 2-4pm, at the Trades Hall loading bay - please come!

Cheers

Jessica

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Phone: + 61 38344 1637
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Fax: + 61 38344 1638

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#1850 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:58 pm
Subject:: Nuclear Power & Water - Jim Green
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or via:  http://feedblitz.com/r.asp?l=1952273&f=172908&u=2792782

Nuclear Power & Water

Jim Green, National nuclear campaigner - Friends of the Earth, Australia
Published on March 22, 2007 – UNESCO's 'World Water Day'

A number of problems associated with the nuclear industry are
much-discussed... the
repeatedly demonstrated link between "peaceful" nuclear programs and weapons
proliferation,  the nuclear waste legacy, and the small risk of catastrophic
accidents.

Less well understood are the various impacts of uranium mines and nuclear
facilities on water resources.

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#1849 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:31 pm
Subject:: Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle 2007
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Subject: [TS-07] FW: From Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle 2007


CANC will be in Rockhampton during Talisman Sabre...

To view this email in HTML format please go to:
<http://canc.org.au/canc/emails/call-out_email_01.html>


Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle 2007

Cycling for clean, renewable energy & a Nuclear Free Australia

We're starting the call out for people to be involved with the CANC.

Come and ride with Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle <http://canc.org.au>  to help
make Australia nuclear free.

Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle <http://canc.org.au>  is a community campaign to
raise awareness about and build opposition to the nuclear industry in Australia.
We're converging on Canberra with pedal power to tell the pollies we don't want
a nuclear future! We're cycling from Rockhampton to Canberra and from Port
Augusta to Canberra from late June to early September to make Australia nuclear
free.

This will be a fantastic way to build positive political change towards a truly
sustainable future. We need your ideas, passion and input to organise this event
properly; everyone has something to offer. We also need riders, and lots of
them! You can join us for as for as long or as little as you like. Don't be
afraid of the distances. There will be riders of all levels of experience and
fitness and always someone who is as slow or fast as you.

Contact us to find out how you or your group can get involved.

Website: canc.org.au
Email: contact@...
Join our email list <http://canc.org.au/announcement>

Evan Wills <evan@...>
0414 604 641

Georgina Pike <georgina@...>
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Regards Evan and the CANC crew

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#1848 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:46 pm
Subject:: More Gore
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GORE STILL MAN TO WATCH

When the nuclear-arms race was skyrocketing,
Gore was an authentic expert on national defence,
weapons systems and nuclear proliferation.
Gore’s mission on climate change is the latest example of his ability
to master the technical ... read on:
http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/ - Allen L Roland's Radio Weblog
-----------------------------------------
AL GORE: ORACLE? OR BUNKO ARTIST?

By Rick Moran
Environmental activist (and former vice president) Al Gore descended
on Capitol Hill yesterday, telling two congressional panels that global
climate change represents the most dangerous crisis in American history
and that the measures ... read on:
Right Wing Nut House - http://rightwingnuthouse.com


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#1847 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:24 pm
Subject:: Spanish Wind Power blows past Coal and Nuclear
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Spanish Wind Power blows past Coal and Nuclear

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Media Release

Spanish Wind Power blows past Coal and Nuclear
22 March 07 - For immediate Release - Melbourne, Australia

On March 20th Spain's wind power generation rose to contribute 27 per
cent of the country's total daily power demands, surpassing supplies by
nuclear and coal. This is a new record for contribution of
wind-generated power at a given time to their electricity grid. As
projected this occurred without any stability issues.

Spain's installed wind power capacity is the second highest in the world
at 11,615 Mega Watts (MW). Half of the country's wind farm fleet is
constructed of older technology with much less efficiency than what is
currently available. Spain will increase installed wind capacity to
20,000MW by 2010 and are adding 2000MW in the year 2007.

Spain's electricity grid is approximately the same size of Australia's
NEM (National Electricity Market) Grid, making it a prime model for
comparison. Spain's success with wind power also presents an exciting
opportunity for Australia to follow its renewable lead, given Spain's
poor wind and solar potential energy resources when compared to
Australia.

The Global Wind Energy Council reported a record boom in the wind energy
markets across 70 countries for 2006. Despite formidable political
barriers, wind power has earned its place as a mainstream energy source.

Geographically Australia is 15 times the size of Spain, with only half
of Spain's population. With around one thirtieth of Spain's population
density, Australia has a phenomenal capacity for wind generation that
remains untapped.

Beyond Zero Emission's Renewable Stationary Energy proposal shows that
Victoria can generate 12,000MW of wind power using only 1% of its land
area. This estimate is based on already available commercial
technologies, as well as requiring robust policy frameworks and
political commitment.

Beyond Zero Emissions have marked out Victoria's opportunity to move its
energy supplies to near-100% wind power, boosted by gas and hydro in
peak periods. Gas and hydro boosts would eventually be replaced by solar
thermal technologies, resulting in 100% of Victoria's energysourced
entirely from renewables.

"Developments worldwide show that the global wind energy industry is
clearly competitive in big energy markets, achieving sustained growth
despite being denied excessive subsidies that fossil-fuel industries and
other non-renewables enjoy" said Matthew Wright, author of BZE's
Renewable Stationary Energy scoping document.

Spain aspires to be sourcing 30% of its electricity from renewables by
2010, half of this to be supplied by wind power. At the sub-national
level autonomous regions including Navarra have aimed to source 100% of
their energy requirements from renewables by 2010.

With the introduction of state based renewable energy targets,
Australia's political climate is just right for planning a national
energy transition to 100% renewables.

Wind power's established role as one of Europe's mainstream energy
sources has yet to resonate in Australia. Now that Spain has
demonstrated the success of wind power to supply a significant
proportion of its required energy, Australia's wind power production
should now take off with the support of matured wind generation
technologies and sophisticated turbine models.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Spains-wind-energy-reaches-new-high/2007/03/\
21/1174153103988.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navarre

http://beyondzeroemissions.org/files/Victorian_Stationary_Energy_Scoping_BZE_v1.\
13_15Feb07.pdf

For comment ring: Adrian Whitehead 0403 735 118
Matt Wright 0421 616 733

http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org
Beyond Zero Emissions is an independent Zero Emission Minus Climate Change
campaign.
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#1846 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:19 pm
Subject:: Turning Water into Radioactive Waste
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ACF : Turning Water into Radioactive Waste
Posted by: d.noonan@...
Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:34 pm (PST)
MEDIA RELEASE

22 March 2007

ATTENTION: News Editors, Political, Resource and Environment Reporters

Turning water into radioactive waste

The uranium industry is meeting in Adelaide today, on UNESCO's World
Water Day, to discuss turning public water resources into radioactive
mine waste - and all in the name of private profits.

The two-day 'PayDirt Uranium Conference 2007' begins today in Adelaide,
bringing together a range of companies, big and small, that have a
common interest in the current and proposed misuse of water in uranium
mining operations.

"Aspiring acid leach uranium miners, Curnamona Energy Limited at Oban
and Uranium One at Honeymoon, plan to pollute groundwater in South
Australia by discharging radioactive waste from uranium processing into
local aquifers without rehabilitating their impacts on our environment,"
ACF Nuclear Free Campaigner David Noonan said.

"Let's see the uranium industry at the 'PayDirt' Conference agree to pay
for managing their own dirt and commit to take long term responsibility
for the radioactive waste it produces."

"BHP Billiton takes 35 million litres of water every day free of charge
from the Great Artesian Basin under outdated legal privileges contained
in a 1982 Indenture Agreement.

"The Big Australian's big water grab from the GAB threatens the unique
desert springs that depend on continued natural groundwater flows and
turns this precious outback water into hazardous radioactive waste,"
David Noonan said.

ACF is calling on BHP Billiton and the SA Government to recognise that
they cannot credibly continue to play by a set of old and unbalanced
rules that overrides the Environment Protection Act, the Freedom of
Information Act, the Aboriginal Heritage Act and the Natural Resource
Management Act in SA.

For more information, please contact ACF Nuclear Free Campaigners:

David Noonan 0408 821 058 (Thursday only), and

Dave Sweeney 0408 317 812 (available Thursday and Friday)

David Noonan
Nuclear Free Campaigner
Australian Conservation Foundation
120 Wakefield Street, ADELAIDE SA 5000, Australia
Ph +61 8 8232 2566 Fax +61 8 8232 2490 Mob 0408 821 058
d.noonan@...
http://www.acfonline.org.au/

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#1845 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:06 pm
Subject:: Activist calendar: Feminist quiz, Ground Truth film, Palm Sunday rally
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Subject: [BooksNotBombs] Activist calendar: Feminist quiz, Ground Truth
film, Palm Sunday rally


*** Please forward these progressive events to all who may be interested -
thanks ***

3 upcoming events:
1. GLW Feminism quiz night (this Sat March 24)
2. Red Cinema screening The Ground Truth, new anti-war film on US soldiers
turning against the war (Sat March 31)
3. Palm Sunday peace and anti-nuclear rally (Sun April 1)


The Green Left Weekly
Feminism is not a dirty word
QUIZ NIGHT

This Saturday March 24, 6:30 for a 7pm start
The Activist Centre, 74b Wickham St (in Metro Central building), Fortitude
Valley

$10/$5 concession ($20 solidarity price)
Cheap meal and bar available

Test your knowledge about feminism in politics, art, activism, music,
revolution, poetry, history, literature and more. Prizes for everyone, good
fun and good feminist company! Come with others or by yourself and you'll be
part of a team - all welcome!

A fundraiser for Australia's leading radical newspaper, Green Left Weekly

For more information or bookings:
Phone: Kathy 0400 720 757/3831 2644
Email: brisbane@...

***

Red Cinema, progressive films on the big screen, presents a new anti-war
film...The Ground Truth
Sometimes the greatest act of courage is to tell the truth

See a powerful preview for The Ground Truth here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLjKtLnetK4Called
"The finest film to emerge from the awful Iraq war"  by TIME,
The Ground Truth confirms that war is hell.

The film shows the lies told to soldiers, the process of their
dehumanisation as they fight Bush and Howard's war in Iraq, and their
growing dissent against the war and those that profit from it. The message
cannot be dismissed - because it is so powerfully presented by voices within
the army. We see the GI's mental and physical disorders, and their political
awakening.

"The Iraq battle wasn't ours", says one "our battle is right here at home".

Don't miss it!

Sat March 31, 6:30pm for 7pm.

Brisbane Activist Centre, 74b Wickham St (Metro Central building) The
Valley.
Entry by donation $10/$6 conc/$3 high school, food + drinks available from
6:30pm.
Funds raised to Green Left Weekly. www.greenleft.org.au Ph 3831 2644; 0410
629 088


***

Brisbane joins National Day of Action for a Nuclear Free Australia

Palm Sunday Rally for Peace and Disarmament

When:   Sunday 1st April 2007
Time:    11am
Where:  Queen's Park Cnr George & Elizabeth Sts Brisbane

Queensland themes:

- Stop hosting foreign military and spy bases
- Stop international land and sea military exercises
- Stop the nuclear industry
- No uranium mining - no reactors - no waste - no weapons

Palm Sunday has a long history as a day of action for world peace and
disarmament.  This year, it is a National Day of Action against nuclear
expansion - from uranium mining to nuclear weapons.

Brisbane's rally will highlight issues of particular concern to
Queenslanders - Operation Talisman Sabre 2007 (US-Australian joint war games
that will take place in Queensland in June), uranium mining and the campaign
for a Nuclear Free Australia.

With a possible change in Labor uranium policy, a federal proposal for up to
25 nuclear reactors along the east coast of Australia, and Australia's
increasing ties to US military operations around the world,  it is time for
Queenslanders to decide which direction we want to take.

Palm Sunday is an opportunity for the community to gather, to celebrate and
to raise our voices for a Peaceful, Nuclear Free and Independent Australia.

Speakers include:

- Uranium mining in Queensland  - statement from Kalkadoon spokesperson from
Mt. Isa
- War games and war -  Daniele Viliunas - Medical Association for the
Prevention of War
- Depleted Uranium - Pauline Rigby - Depleted Uranium Silent Killer
- US/Aus War Games, Operation Talisman Sabre 07 - Steve Bishopric -
Shoalwater  Wilderness Awareness Group

Plus music and entertainment featuring:  the Combined Unions Choir and Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom.

All Welcome!

For more information
Friends of the Earth Brisbane:  Robin Taubenfeld 0411 118 737
Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Inc:  Joan Shears (07) 3855 9497
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Books Not Bombs is a youth and student coalition against war. Books Not
Bombs Organised two very sucessful High School and University Student
strikes agaist the Iraq war in March this year. We are still organising as a
network of people who are committed to halting the war path of the US,
Australian and other governments who are determined to go to war against the
third world. We believe a world without war is possible, but only if it is
world that puts ordinary people's rights before the profits of big
corporations and the super rich. Everybody i welcome and encouraged to get
active with Books not bombs. We can be reached at the Brisbane activist
centre on 3831 2644 , Dave on 3875 7227 or phone Jason on 0407155581 for Uni
or High school activity.

Hope to see you
soon

#1844 From: "Anne Goddard" <anne@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:15 pm
Subject:: ban depleted uranium weapons
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#1843 From: Brooke Oehm-Smith <brooke@...>
Date: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:55 pm
Subject:: Fwd: Help Stop Global Warming: Don't Use Kleenex
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Apologies if you've already received this.

Cheers,

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Date: 22 March 2007 2:33:32 GMT+10:00
To: brooke@...
Subject: Help Stop Global Warming: Don't Use Kleenex
Reply-To: laurie@...

Stop Global Warming Virtual March
03/21/07


NEW PARTNERS AND MARCHERS

This week the Virtual March grew to over 670,000 marchers! Recent
partners include Napster, Sacramento Zoo, Cleveland Zoo, Laetitia
Vineyard & Winery, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Rock N Renew founder
and Jonny Lives leader Jonny Dubowsky, former NFL great Rod Woodson,
sports journalist Rich Eisen, NBA MVP Steve Nash, and New Orleans
Saints star Reggie Bush.

POLAR BEAR SOS

Time is running out for polar bears, as they suffer the effects of
global warming: birth rates are falling, fewer cubs are surviving and
more bears are drowning. With more than 25 percent of the world's
polar bear populations already in decline, further warming could
drive the polar bear to extinction by century's end. Please join with
us and the NRDC to tell the Bush Administration to protect polar
bears and their critical habitat. Visit PolarBearSOS.org and take
action now!

ACT LOCALLY

The lack of leadership on global warming at the federal level is
empowering citizens to take action locally. A recent New York Times
article described how New Hampshire residents are considering a state
referendum to ask the federal government to address the climate
change issue. The measure also calls for state solutions for stopping
global warming. Organizers hope to force presidential candidates to
address the issue during the New Hampshire primary. Hopefully New
Hampshire's efforts will help send a message that change can begin at
the local level.

GLOBAL WARMING AND KLEENEX

Kimberly-Clark, parent company to Kleenex and Scott brands, refuses
to stop using virgin paper fiber from the endangered North American
Boreal forests, which represent one quarter of the world's remaining
intact ancient forests, vital to fighting global warming. More than
700 businesses have pledged not to use Kimberly-Clark products, and
we encourage Marchers to do the same. We also encourage you to join
Greenpeace in taking action, by visiting KleerCut.net and voicing
your opposition to Kimberly Clark's clear-cutting.


GUSTER'S CAMPUS CONSCIOUSNESS TOUR

SGW Virtual Marchers Guster again have teamed up with environmental
action group Reverb to launch the second annual Campus Consciousness
Tour. The band aims to spread environmental awareness and inspire
students to get involved with earth-friendly causes. The tour kicks
off March 28, 2007 in Winston-Salem, NC at Wake Forest University.
For more information about the Campus Consciousness Tour and tour
dates, visit www.CampusConsciousness.org.


ROCK N RENEW ON THE ROAD

New Virtual Marcher Jonny Dubowsky, lead member of indie band Jonny
Lives, is taking his Rock N Renew effort on the road. Rock N Renew is
an educational series for students that examines the topics of global
warming. During the band's upcoming tour, Jonny will be visiting
schools in each tour market, and will be utilizing local club venues,
promotions and media to help raise awareness about global warming.
Great work!



Keep Marching!

Laurie David
Founder
StopGlobalWarming.org





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