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Fact sheets and briefings

Media kit for the energy revolution

September 17, 2008

You can use the information in this kit to get heard in the media. Your opinions on climate change can have a huge influence on chief decision makers and the public.

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Forests and climate

August 20, 2008

To avoid catastrophic climate change, we need revolution in the way we produce and use energy as well as a global effort to end forest destruction. Tropical forest destruction is responsible for about one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than the world's entire transport sector.

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Oil from Rock

August 18, 2008

Companies are trying to cash in on rising oil prices by investing in polluting projects that make oil from rock. They aren't interested in making petrol cheaper for Australians and would be profiting at the environment's expense.

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Energy [R]evolution

August 18, 2008

To combat catastrophic climate change, Australia urgently needs a revolution in the way we use and produce energy. By rolling out renewable energy and energy efficiency measures, Australia can phase out coal by 2030. Political will is all that is missing.

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Just transitions

June 30, 2008

The transition to renewable energy will provide thousands of jobs and create thriving new industries for Australia.

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Briefing: From a coal-fired economy to a renewable "Silicon Valley"

June 30, 2008

Ensuring a just transition for workers in the Hunter region

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Time to stop funding climate change

April 03, 2008

Every year state and federal governments put at least $9 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money into subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil). Most of these subsidies result in increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Australians are paying to be put at greater risk of extreme climate change impacts like droughts and bush fires. If governments are serious about tackling climate change, they must start redirecting public funding away from polluting fossil fuels to clean energy like wind and solar.

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Climate change myths and facts

July 20, 2007

Decipher climate change facts from myths.

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Pipe Dreams - why Australia is playing a dangerous game by pretending it can clean up coal

February 26, 2007

Why the plan to capture greenhouse emissions from coal pushed by big corporations won’t stop the climate crisis. And why Australia’s politicians shouldn’t be fooled.

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The 2006 Victorian election and climate change

December 13, 2006

The tens of thousands of individuals who forced the issue of climate change onto the agenda of the 2006 election can be pleased that they have established climate change credentials as a key test of any political party’s right to govern in this and all future elections.

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