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Federal Budget funds fossil fuels more than renewables
The Federal Budget, handed down yesterday by Treasurer Wayne Swan, contains no significant climate change initiatives, and reduces funding for several existing programs such as the water tank and...
View ArticleA YCAN Investigation – State Government Green Jobs Package
Just under two weeks ago many of us at YCAN received a media release from Peter Batchelor, the Victorian Minister for Coal Industry Profits, trumpeting the recent Green Jobs Action Plan released in the...
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Volunteers needed - Replace Hazelwood
The campaign to Replace Hazelwood power station with renewable energy (and energy efficiency) is gathering strength. You may have seen the coverage in the media recently as well as Hazelwood’s owners’...
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An urgent message from Bolivia
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.ioSteve and Naomi from Rising Tide reporting from BoliviaSome countries around the world are feeling the effects of climate change more than others, yet most...
View ArticleReplace Hazelwood video
In this election year let's get some action instead of backflips...
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YCAN wins Yarra City Council sustainability award
Yarra Climate Action Now has won the Yarra City Council Sustainability Award for Community Action (environment group) 2010.We are very pleased with this award and want to thank and say well done to...
View ArticleAMWU supports 100% renewable energy
The Western Australian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has passed a motion supporting 100% renewable energy at its recent conference.The call for renewable energy was included as...
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Climate Truth and Lies forum 23 June
Come and hear about climate change science and solutions at Truth & Lies, a presentation by Climate Code Red co-author David Spratt at Northcote Town Hall (189 High St, Northcote) on Wednesday 23...
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Knocking the suburbs
Last weekend volunteers from Yarra Climate Action Now doorknocked over 1000 homes in Collingwood and Fitzroy for the Replace Hazelwood campaign. We gathered hundreds of signatures for our petition and...
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Gillard Government already disappoints on climate
Unfortunately, the Gillard Prime Ministership has gotten off to a very bad start.Within 24 hours of her swearing in, the Federal Government was signing a deal to export brown coal - the world's...
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Saving civilisation is not a spectator sport
By Lester R. Brown (written for US audience)Given the enormous environmental and social challenges faced by our early twenty-first century global civilization, one of the questions I hear most...
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Melbourne launch of the Zero Carbon Australia Plan
100% renewable energy for Australia within a decade is possible and affordable. Come along to the energy event of the year to find out how.This free public lecture will be the launch of the Zero Carbon...
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Replacing 25% of Hazelwood is greenwash
Big news on the front page of The Age today, with the Brumby Government considering replacing one quarter of Hazelwood Power Station, Australia's most polluting, with a mixture of fossil fuel gas,...
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Zero Carbon Australia Plan available - 100% renewables can be a reality
The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan was launched to a packed out auditorium at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday.To download the full Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy...
View ArticleFederal Election Called - help make climate the key issue
The election has been called and the circus begins.Amongst the sea of spin and annoying catch phrases, it can be hard to find some substance - and sometimes, the best thing to do is to create it!We...
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YCAN Event: 100% renewable energy for Australia: What are we waiting for?
As heard on Radio National and seen on ABC News Breakfast...Come along to hear Beyond Zero Emissions present their detailed blueprint for how Australia can be powered by 100% renewable energy within a...
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Gillard: moving Australia backwards on climate
Yesterday Julia Gillard announced some of the Labor Party's climate policies.Debate amongst the YCAN team has centred on whether these are the worst policies ever, or the second worst.The Labor Party...
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Vote Climate
Many of us are doing what we can in our homes to cut carbon pollution and save water, and now the government must do its part.Bush fires, floods, sea-level rises and drought — climate change is already...
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A new coal plant for Victoria?
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, and the warmest April, May, and...
View ArticleCosts of the climate crisis multiply in lives and dollars
Two excellent articles in today's Age describe the increase in natural disasters caused by global warming, and the economic cost of last year's bushfires.The calamities are upon us as the world...
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