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July 07

12 December, 2005: A Greenpeace activist prepares to take action in TLB timber yard in Brisbane, Queensland. The timber yard stocks illegal ancient rainforest timber from Papua New Guinea and West Papua. © Greenpeace/Thomas Enlarge image

The global forest-climate swindle

This week in Sydney, the federal government hosted a high-level meeting on forests and climate. While Greenpeace welcomes the government talking about serious responses to climate change and global deforestation, the proposed policies are unlikely to make a serious contribution to combating climate change.

Big Switcher Dimity Williams (second from left) and her local climate group Families Facing Climate Change meet with their local MP Peter Costello to discuss climate change. Enlarge image

Talking The Big Switch with Mr Costello

Dimity Williams lives in Ashburton, Victoria. Her electorate is Higgins and her local MP is just about as high profile as they come – he’s the federal treasurer. Having Peter Costello as her local representative didn’t stop this 39-year-old mother and doctor from meeting with him to talk about an issue she is deeply concerned about - climate change.

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Greenpeace dumped four tonnes of coal outside the NSW Department of Planning this morning, blocking the entrance in protest to the state’s continued approval of new water-guzzling coal mines at a time of acute water scarcity. Enlarge image

New coal = no water

Greenpeace activists dump tonnes of coal outside the NSW Department of Planning to protest the state’s approval of new water-guzzling coalmines at a time of acute water scarcity.

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