Environmental Justice News

Daily news…Jonah is an articulate 25-year-old undergraduate with a demanding day job and parents who worry about him – he speaks with Jackie Pearson about why he believes the direct actions of groups like Blockade Australia will “take us to a safer future”. Speaking with Jonah, who explains he is […]

DAILY NEWS…. For four days last week #BlockadeAustralia successfully created major traffic disruptions at Sydney’s Port Botany to draw attention to the climate crisis and the NSW Police response has been to form a Strike Force and call the protesters anarchists. By Jackie Pearson Acting Premier and Minister for Police […]

DAILY NEWS… Jo Dodds doesn’t quite remember how she managed to become President of the NGO called Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BS4C) but she does remember the day her feelings about climate change became visceral. She wants the NSW Planning Minister to make sure climate-impacted communities get to build […]

Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks of life. The little battler, who fits in the palm of a hand, washed ashore recently at New Brighton Beach on the NSW north coast […]

Emergency Leader for Climate Action (ELCA) – a group of Australia’s highest ranking, former emergency service chiefs – held a media conference in Brisbane on March 14 to issue a scathing statement on the Morrison Government’s failure to prepare for and help alleviate the horrific impacts of the latest flooding […]

DAILY NEWS – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The sun is shining on Australia’s east coast today for the first time in weeks but I am sitting here wondering if ‘rain bomb’ will become the Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year and thinking about what will need to happen – how bad will […]