WATCHWORD 23.7.14 Wanted: WATCH volunteers From time to time WATCH needs volunteers for tasks like making banners, meeting with politicians, manning market stalls, speaking with the media or circulating petitions. These tasks tend to fall back on our hard-working but under-resourced committee. If you think you might be able to help, please get in touch…
Winter has officially begun, but more than 40 species of plants and animals in the region are behaving as if it is spring. “Roses, camellias, spring bulbs and native peas are blooming, summer vegies are producing past season, fruit trees are confused and certain bird species are showing nesting behaviours,” said Lizette Salmon, spokesperson for…
http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2280868/federal-budget-2014-reaction-from-border-residents/?cs=53 ENVIRONMENT: An ‘anti-future’ climate policy THE government’s climate-change policies will encourage extreme weather such as bushfires and floods, according to a Border environmental campaigner. The government last night said it would cut the carbon tax and provide subsidies for fossil-fuel companies. It is also axing the Australian Renewable Energy Agency that has funded clean-energy…
Great to see The Border Mail giving this important story the prominence it deserves. See: http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2188975/world-already-feeling-effects-of-climate-change-says-un-report/?cs=7
Note: The following media release was picked up by The Border Mail’s Country Mail (published on 29.3.14), Prime7 television news (screened 26.3.14) and ABC Goulburn Murray local news (aired 17.3.14). Summer is officially over but local horticulturalists are still reeling from the consequences of January and February heatwaves. Citrus, avocado, apple and fig crops were…
Well done to the 300+ locals who attended the Wodonga March in March rally last Sunday. Climate change, the environment and asylum seekers featured prominently. A ‘Statement of No Confidence’ in the Liberal National Party Coalition Government was approved during the gathering and tendered in Parliament on 17 March. This document asserted that many decisions…
This rally is part of the national March in March movement to express dissatisfaction with the Abbott Government. March in March has been organised by grass-roots groups using primarily social media. It involves a number of rallies and marches across Australia between 15-17 March, including those in Melbourne, Canberra, Mildura, Warrnambool and Castlemaine. If you…
The Abbott government has recently started a review into the Renewable Energy Target with a view to lowering it or even abolishing it altogether – we can assume this both from its general direction on Energy policy, and from the three people it has chosen to conduct this review. Given the great opportunities for the…
The government called for submissions on its ‘Energy White Paper’, which looks at Australia’s prospects and plans for Energy resources and use for ‘the future’ – the next 20 – 30 years. As might be expected, the general direction of this government is towards increasing use of fossil fuel resources, and expanded economic growth, with…
On behalf of WATCH I sent this submission to the Climate Change Authority, which is currently considering Australia’s emissions reductions target of 5% on 2000 levels by 2020. The CCA is of the opinion that this target needs significant strengthening, to between 15 and 25% less than 2000 emissions levels, which is an encouraging position;…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 