In 2004, Australia's installed wind power almost doubled and there are projects approved or under construction that will quadruple it again. Once they’re all on line, wind will be supplying enough energy to power some 750,000 homes.
UPDATE: Vega skipper Chris Robinson has been arrested, and charged for disobeying a direction given by a police officer and entering a department of defence exclusion zone.
Chris was issued with a summons to appear in court in Rockhampton, Queensland, on July 8.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting continues this week in Ulsan, South Korea. That means whales are again threatened by the pro-whaling nations that seek a return to commercial whaling.
Thank you to the thousands of Australian and Pacific anti-whaling supporters who, with one voice, have said no to whaling!
More than 18,500 of you have signed our whaling petition to the Australian government, asking for greater protection for whales in our region.
The Greenpeace yacht Vega, veteran of Mururoa protests against French nuclear testing, is sailing around the Shoalwater Bay military exclusion zone, peacefully bearing witness to joint military exercises between Australia and the USA that may implicate Australia in the USA’s aggressive new nuclear posture.
They looked a curious sight, 70 people marching backwards through Sydney's streets yesterday afternoon. Office workers and shoppers cheered and some joined in! But the audience we were after was Premier Bob Carr, who is busy moving backwards to dirty energy like coal and nuclear.
The famous Greenpeace yacht Vega is now headed for Newcastle, where it will continue to bear a message of peace at its second stop of an East Coast tour of Australian cities.
New South Wales premier, Bob Carr, loves talking about climate change impacts on Australia.
He discusses the issue around the world and is even a member of the International Climate Change Taskforce. So he must really hate coal-fired power stations, right? Wrong. His government is considering approving more of these massive greenhouse polluters. Ever heard of clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency, Bob?
