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The journey from fence-sitting journalist to focusing on ESG has taken a while and I am now very comfortable with the title activist writer. By Jackie Pearson I remember returning to my hometown for a year in 1998 and working on the local Rural Press paper. The editorial training was […]
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Central Coast Council’s flood update on March 23 gave a vivid description of what it’s like to live in one of the most climate-change affected regions on the east Coast of Australia. The council’s workers had been “on the ground managing road closures, responding to water and sewer interruptions and […]
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The banks are shifting on climate. All big four banks have publicly committed to stop financing thermal coal by either 2030 or 2035, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Economy and Democracy program manager, Matt Rose. “The next step is to get out of gas and oil,” Rose says. “Together […]
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It’s easy to see the Central Coast as a green oasis and believe we will always have plentiful bushland and pristine waterways but our bush reserves are under threat and we need to take strong community action to protect what we have. By Jackie Pearson Have you ever taken a […]
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The Community Environment Network’s annual forum is an opportunity to check out and join Central Coast environmental community. The Future is Local is the theme of the 2021 Community Environment Network (CEN) Annual Forum to be held at the Ourimbah Campus of UON on Sunday 21 March 2021. CEN Chair, […]
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2020 was almost on par with 2016 as the hottest year on record and yet Australia clings to coal and gas. By Jackie Pearson Professor Will Steffen of the Climate Council says: “Year after year, decade after decade, temperature records are tumbling due to the burning of coal, oil and […]
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If you didn’t catch the last episode of the ABC’s Insiders for 2020, it’s worth spending an hour on ABC i-view, particularly to review David Spears’ interview with Minister for Communications and Arts, Paul Fletcher. By Jackie Pearson David Spears had big shoes to fill when he replaced Barry Cassidy […]
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