Podcasts about quit coal

Good News: At the COP28 conference, the US has committed to quitting coal use! Link HERE. The Good Word: A wonderful quote from Jane Austen! Good To Know: Some odd and amazing facts about the Milky Way galaxy… Good News: Ecuador returns land to its original indigenous caretakers, Link HERE. Wonderful World: Explore the delights […]

James Hay and Andrew Kingsmill from EnergyCo discuss the infrastructure roadmap towards 100% renewables. Plus: Sun Cable, Callide and more news.

From the BBC World Service: Nine rich countries have pledged at least $20 billion to enable coal-dependent Indonesia to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Residents in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have escaped a coronavirus lockdown and clashed with police. And according to the U.N., the global population is expected to hit 8 billion today.

From the BBC World Service: Nine rich countries have pledged at least $20 billion to enable coal-dependent Indonesia to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Residents in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have escaped a coronavirus lockdown and clashed with police. And according to the U.N., the global population is expected to hit 8 billion today.

UNC students and community activists held a climate strike March 25. Students demanded that the UNC system transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. The Chapel Hill demonstration coincided with Fridays For Future, a global youth-led movement in support of climate action that sponsored sister strikes in Raleigh and Durham. Zachary Turner talks about it with Jayda Williams on this edition of the Carolina Connection podcast.

We know that countries around the world sometimes favor coal because it is cheaper. But new research from my guest today Jan Steckel aims to pinpoint some of the political forces that drive investment in coal.  Scteckel along with his research collaborator Michael Jacob are coordinating a series of global case studies to understand the non-economic factors associated with investment in coal-fired power. This episode, produced in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) examines how politics drives new investments in coal in the developing world.        

With just 4 days left until the Victorian State Election we catch up with the Forest, Act on Climate, Sustainable Cities and Quit Coal collectives to see how their campaigns are tracking and how we can have conversations to help people make there choice on Saturday.

This week on the show we head to Westernport on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, where AGL have proposed the Crib Point gas import terminal. We’ll hear about the campaign to stop the floating gas infrastructure project from:- Louise Page of local activist organisation Save Westernport- Zianna Fuad, the coordinator of Quit Coal collective, part of Friends of the Earth Melbourne- Excerpts from the Environment Victoria live stream of the rally against the proposed project held outside the recent AGL annual general meeting, including speeches from Cat Nadel of Environment Victoria and Julia of Save WesternportMore information about the campaign can be found at the links below:https://savewesternport.org/https://www.quitcoal.org.au/https://environmentvictoria.org.au/

Sometime next month, underground miners will dig Germany's last ton of black coal, load it onto a conveyor belt, and whisk it a mile to the surface of the Ibbenbüren mining facility. From there, the high-energy anthracite will be tossed into a high-combustion chamber in an adjacent power plant, where it will be converted into electricity to light up this northwest corner of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state. It's been a good run at the Ibbenbüren mine.

3CR Breakfast Rundown 31 May 2018 7:05am Acknowledgement of Country 7:25am Zianna Fuad, coordinator of Quit Coal Collective talks about the energy Justice Roadtrip held over May 11-13. 7:40am Song - Elbow, Running to stand still 7:45am Erin McKinnon, statewide coordinator at Reconciliation Victoria, speaks about the HART Awards and the fundamental principles of reconciliation. 7:55am Song - Baker Boy, Mr La Di Da Di8:00am Christine Kngwarraye Palmer, talks about GrandMothers Against Removals (GMAR) and the demands they have made to government during Reconciliation Week to stop the removal of aboriginal young people from their communities.8:20am Song - Baker Boy, Marryuna ft Yirrmal

This week in The Money Café, James Kirby, Wealth Editor at The Australian and Stephen Mayne from The Constant Investor discuss issues facing shareholders and more.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this the second part of our state election, start-of-the-year special, Dirt Radio talks first with Zianna Fuad, co-ordinator of FoE’s Quit Coal campaign, about dubious plans for carbon capture and storage in the La Trobe Valley, and the myth of 'clean coal'. Then, Callum Simpson from FoE’s forest collective explains the importance of the Emerald Link proposal for East Gippsland and the need to dump Victoria's Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs).The election happens in November this year, and there’s much at stake in terms of environment policy, sustainability, and with the perspective of a wider optic – the question of social justice and the role of the communities in the working of democracy.

Environmental sociologist from the University of Newcastle, Vanessa Bowden talks about what she found when she went to the Hunter Valley to interview business leaders about their attitudes to coal and climate change. She explains that Tony Abbott’s doubts about the veracity of climate science and his dismissal of those concerned about climate change, still have considerable support, but there may be some changes in the wind.And, campaign co-ordinator for Quit Coal, Zianna Fuad provides an overview of IMARC, The International Mining and Resources Conference, happening in Melbourne, and explains the strategic importance of a big Stop Adani Rally planned for the conference on Nov 1st.    

So much is going on in the early 2016! Quit Coal on front line is calling for a ban on Unconventional Gas in Victoria. Will they listen to the community?The Bats Return to save the Leard State forest at Maules Creek with FLAC.The Melbourne Mob is getting ready to hit the streets of the CBD during Invasion Day.Colin also launches his new rubric 'How to make trouble and Influence people' Short story from Australia! 

On the recent unfurling of an 86 square metre banner over the main entrance of Victorian state parliament. The banner read “Coal is the single greatest threat to civilisation and all life on our planet” – a quote from NASA’s Professor James Hansen.