June 16, 2015
SYDNEY, 16 JUNE 2015: Concerned citizens will rally tomorrow outside the NSW Minerals Council Beyond the Rocks conference this year being held in partnership with the NSW government. They are calling for the NSW Minerals Council – representing controversial miners...
June 4, 2015
Proving once again that Whitehaven Coal either know something that the rest of the world don’t or just have a ‘put trust in blind faith’ approach to business, the scandal plagued coal miner is expanding its production despite coal being at historically low prices. In...
May 22, 2015
photo: Cherie Lawrence photographer: Cherie Lawrence photo: Cherie Lawrence Over 70 concerned Brisbane residents gathered today at CommBank’s Queen Street branch to demand they publicly rule out funding the expansion of Abbott Point and destruction of the Great...
May 20, 2015
40 residents have descended on the Commonwealth Bank’s Bourke Street branch today, peacefully occupying the ground floor and holding banners reading “Funding Climate and Reef Destruction – Commbank Can!” The group are calling upon Commbank to...
April 23, 2015
The Climate Council has released a report today saying that if all of Australia’s coal resources were burned, it would consume two-thirds of the global carbon budget. They tell us it’s likely that over 90% of Australian coal reserves are unburnable, even under the...
April 14, 2015
It was just over a year ago that 100 people descended on the Maules Creek Mine construction site. Brave souls climbed the colossal machines of destruction, chaining and locking themselves to render them useless for the day. So began the Leard Blockade biggest...