On Friday 1st February 2019, WATCH released the following media release: Record breaking January temperatures coupled with low rainfall have caused significant stress on local plants including death of less established trees, burnt leaves, defoliation of deciduous trees, increased eucalypt limb falls and premature fruit drop. Albury’s January temperatures were the hottest on record, with…
This media release became The Border Mail’s front page story on 9 October 2018. Media release – 8/10/18 Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C and emission pathways to achieve this goal, a report described by the authors as one of the…
This op-ed by Dr Ben Habib, La Trobe University Lecturer in International Relations and former WATCH member, was submitted to The Border Mail but unfortunately not published. The Carmichael coal mine proposed by Indian mining company Adani in Queensland is an issue of direct importance to everyone, including residents of the Border region. Sussan Ley,…
Living Lightly article published in The Border Mail on 4/4/18, by WATCH member Bruce Key. Renewable energy is very popular, but it has a big drawback – its intermittency. This raises the question of how to store electricity so that it is available when required. The obvious answer is batteries, but it is difficult to…
Visitors to our website might have noticed fewer posts this past year or so. This is because many of us have been focused on the Adani Carmichael coal mine. If the mine proceeds it would be Australia’s single biggest contributor to climate change and the equivalent of adding a new country with emissions 1.5 times…
By David Johnston, October 7 2017 PROTESTERS thousands of kilometres away were still able to send a strong message opposing plans for a mega coal mine in central Queensland. LOUD AND CLEAR: Stop Adani protesters were out in force on the Lincoln Causeway on Saturday. More than 400 people showed their opposition to the coal…
By Lizette Salmon Last month Wodonga Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) celebrated its 10th year. A decade with six prime ministers and five Border Mail editors. Changes aplenty, but we’re still here. As a non-partisan climate advocacy group, we began by meeting dozens of politicians from all levels of government, including a Federal and two state Shadow…
Do you want Westpac to lend money to Adani to build their massive Carmichael coal mine in Queensland? They’ve refused to rule out a loan and ignored our hundreds of emails, calls and letters. What better way to make our message loud and clear than being outside their branches all over Australia? It’s started already…
Saturday 29 October, 1.30-3.30pm, Sustainable Activity Centre, Wodonga. Talking about climate change can sometimes feel more taboo than sex, religion and politics. If you’d like help manoeuvring those tricky moments, come along to our climate conversations workshop. It’s facilitated by experienced psychologists from Melbourne’s Psychology for a Safe Climate. Please RSVP by Wednesday 26th October…
Are you voting in the Wodonga Council election and want to know candidates’ attitudes to climate change? WATCH asked them four quick questions and ten candidates responded. Who supports renewable energy? Who thinks wind and solar are a scam? Alison Reed, Ant Packer, Kat Bennett, Lubosh Hanuska and Trevor White gave climate action the highest…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 