Move Beyond Coal says it will be staging protests at Labor MP offices around the country over the next week to ‘turn up the heat’ on the government to stop approving climate-wrecking coal and gas projects.
As Australia heads towards a scorching summer predicted to be the hottest on record, the community organisation Move Beyond Coal is urging the Albanese Labor Government to stop approving new coal and gas projects that are driving runaway climate change and extreme weather.
Since the start of this year, the Albanese Government has already approved four new coal mines, despite the International Energy Agency warning that to reach net zero by 2050 there can be no investment in new coal mines.
As the government heads to the UN climate conference COP 28 in Dubai, Move Beyond Coal (a movement with its roots in #StopAdani) says it will be at MPs offices and iconic locations around Australia calling for real climate leadership from the Labor Government.
Turning up the heat
Hundreds of people are expected to take part in more than 30 actions as part of Move Beyond Coal’s ‘Turn Up the Heat’ week of action, from 4-10 December.
‘Despite being elected on a wave of demand for climate action, the Labor government is failing the number one test of climate leadership – stopping the approvals of unnecessary and dangerous new coal and gas projects,’ said Move Beyond Coal spokesperson Janet Kossy.
‘From First Nations communities seeing their Country destroyed by coal and gas, to Pacific nations suffering super storms and rising seas, and communities bracing for bushfires after floods – a resounding call is coming for our Governments to act on the climate crisis.
‘So we’re coming together in events around the country to Turn Up the Heat on Labor and show our politicians that we are building a movement that will outmatch the power of the coal and gas corporations.’
Actions are happening at the electorate offices of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and many others.
There is a complete list of actions here.
What a load of alarmist tripe. I ask all of you Byron lefty green’s again and again, with what industry will you replace the revenue raised by fossil fuels ?. Do you understand the question?. How will you pay for schools, police, hospitals, roads, and more?. Will you all donate more tax to the three tiers of government when you stop exporting fossil fuels?, No you won’t, you just go out and blindly protest, most of you are professional protesters without a clue what you are protesting about. How’s about you all go get a job and leave the important issues to people whom understand how important it is to have a stable prosperous government. You gain nothing protesting, you only lose support for your misguided cause and enrage normal working people with your contempt towards them. Your efforts would be much better served by cleaning up our waterways, however I suggest that involves hard labor, oh how tacky.
End Coal!
NSW Parliament just passed a Climate BIll and wasn’t Minister Penelope Sharpe basking in the glow.
Only problem is that NSW just can’t kick its addiction to Big Coal.
Reported in AFR 1/11/23; the Dartbrook Coalmine that shut in 2007, is starting up again; the Vickery Coalmine that shut in 1998, is starting up again.
Passing Climate Bill’s with climate targets is all well and good but when closed coalmines are re-opening at the same time, it make things a total farce.
Great news Joachim, about time state government grew some stones and did what is best for us and our economy, God knows you lot are clueless and fiscally bankrupt. “Embrace Coal”.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, “Embrace Coal”; have you contacted your hero, ScottyfromMarketingandtheMinisterforEverything, to have a rub and fondle of the black wonder rock that he passed around on the floor of Parliament?
Great news Joachim, about time state government grew some stones and did what is best for us and our economy, God knows you lot are clueless and fiscally bankrupt. “Embrace Coal”.
Great news Joachim, about time state government grew some stones and did what is best for us and our economy, God knows you lot are clueless and fiscally bankrupt. “Embrace Coal..
Joachy, If only you had the guts to admit coal enabled us to enjoy the high standard of living we have all enjoyed for decades, your pie in the sky solar panels and windmills thank goodness were only an idea for far into the future which everyone knows are now not up to the task. Embrace coal and nuclear, the only two viable reliable energy sources available to us today, just ask the rest of the world maatteee, oh that’s right the rest of the world are fools, only blackout Bowen knows what is best for us. By the way, you don’t know who my mates are however I do have many, I feel that like minded bond is something you are lacking. Scott Morrison is and always has been a better man than any of your green labor twerps pretending to be human beings, look at Bandt for a glaring example, really?, are you kidding?, an anti-Semite little man that just can’t stand our flag, is anti anything sensible and we actually pay him, go figure…