The fact that Albanese waited until AFTER the election to give Woodside free rein to add to fossil fuel emissions with their agenda of extended gas mining is as egregious as his dedication to the AUKUS scam against Australia . Two cases of treachery, without a mention of this government’s soulless refusal to condemn the Zionist genocide in Palestine , or sanction Israel in any way . Utterly beneath contempt . Not even the poorest excuse for leadership , or decency .
Tbh, nobody in any position to address this has been interested in doing so for decades. "Net zero," "carbon credits" and so on are just accounting measures. Meanwhile, the physics shows that emissions continue to rise. Blaming emerging economies because the west had reduced emissions is bullshit. All we did was outsource production, and in Australia we continue to export the fossil fuels used in those processes, while increasing our consumption of goods produced beyond anything imaginable during my childhood. We drive bigger cars and build bigger houses (despite smaller families) than we did when the first IPCC report was published. Sure carbon footprints are a scam, but we don't HAVE to buy into marketing campaigns to forever consume more, bigger, better. We don't have to fall for lines about - "but jobs!", "The economy", "investment returns " - in our voting patterns and economic decisions. But we do.
We have not taken this seriously.why WOULD we expect our governments to listen to the science when voters (collectively) don't care enough, and business interests don't want concrete action?
We decimated the economic and policy structures that COULD have helped us address this when we began to adopt neoliberal policies and outsourced government functions to private consultants.
We are screwed. The only way forward is to start taking stock, pay attention and learn the skills you need to survive in a tougher world. That means building social capital in your own community, and learning to understand how the real, physical, natural world actually works.
The Albanese Government has been devastingly disappointing when it comes to climate action. Approving the extension to the North West Shelf gas project was a reckless abandonment of an urgent need to reduce the impact of climate change. Instead it will hasten the destruction of our planet and further wreck our children's future. Supporting Israel in its genocide, continuing to support the costly Aukus fantasy and continuing to plunder our resources and kill our environment is the stuff of Coalition governments. Try and spot the difference - it's hard!
Amy. You touch on it there in your comments. But the big challenge with CC that ought to be focussing those on the right is the mass displacement of people. This will be the catalyst that sparks real problems whilst the "weather" effects in many developed countries might be "accommodated"
It looks like persistent failures of mainstream politics - of the LibNatLab triopoly - to see this as the duty of care of those holding the highest Offices as how got to where we are. With failures of timid courts refusing to require it of them. Can't hold companies to account for climate harms - courts say that is for legislators - but legislators reject that there even is a duty of care and prefer it be a matter of public opinion where eloquent targeting of economic fears or just distraction has equal standing to the world's leading science based expert advice.
I think the responsibility and trust - including to inform the public and emphatically reject the false narratives - belongs firmly with those holding the highest Offices of responsibility and trust. A top down requirement, not a choice. Ordinary people can be free to believe what they like but those in those Offices have - should have - a clear duty to seek and take account of the relevant expert advice, which they called for and commissioned and funded for the express purpose of making informed decisions. Irrespective of their personal opinions or even those of voters. Irrespective of strategic donators.
The ALP presenting one face to concerned voters - supporting RE within Australia (I think more a case now of not standing in the way of RE that would happen anyway, whilst taking credit) - whilst also supporting unlimited expansion of fossil fuel mining for export - with rubber stamping pure scam carbon offsets and unworkable, unscalable CCS, looks too much like 'no duty of care' and behind closed door/no records kept deal to me.
Thank you Amy! Sadly it feels like it's those of us who care about little things like sustaining life on this planet, who are shouting at clouds, for all the good it seems to do. There always seems to be reasons why the govt can't act, why we can't afford good things like nature, a stable climate, bringing people out of poverty ... but we can afford to mortgage the nation for useless submarines we'll never get. I'm so glad you're speaking out, please keep going!
It is now but our cries of anguish fall on deaf ears. Just for short term wealth of a few we trash this beautiful planet. It is criminal!!!
Well said Amy ! Just how many people are really listening - lobby those in power over and over again
The fact that Albanese waited until AFTER the election to give Woodside free rein to add to fossil fuel emissions with their agenda of extended gas mining is as egregious as his dedication to the AUKUS scam against Australia . Two cases of treachery, without a mention of this government’s soulless refusal to condemn the Zionist genocide in Palestine , or sanction Israel in any way . Utterly beneath contempt . Not even the poorest excuse for leadership , or decency .
Tbh, nobody in any position to address this has been interested in doing so for decades. "Net zero," "carbon credits" and so on are just accounting measures. Meanwhile, the physics shows that emissions continue to rise. Blaming emerging economies because the west had reduced emissions is bullshit. All we did was outsource production, and in Australia we continue to export the fossil fuels used in those processes, while increasing our consumption of goods produced beyond anything imaginable during my childhood. We drive bigger cars and build bigger houses (despite smaller families) than we did when the first IPCC report was published. Sure carbon footprints are a scam, but we don't HAVE to buy into marketing campaigns to forever consume more, bigger, better. We don't have to fall for lines about - "but jobs!", "The economy", "investment returns " - in our voting patterns and economic decisions. But we do.
We have not taken this seriously.why WOULD we expect our governments to listen to the science when voters (collectively) don't care enough, and business interests don't want concrete action?
We decimated the economic and policy structures that COULD have helped us address this when we began to adopt neoliberal policies and outsourced government functions to private consultants.
We are screwed. The only way forward is to start taking stock, pay attention and learn the skills you need to survive in a tougher world. That means building social capital in your own community, and learning to understand how the real, physical, natural world actually works.
The Albanese Government has been devastingly disappointing when it comes to climate action. Approving the extension to the North West Shelf gas project was a reckless abandonment of an urgent need to reduce the impact of climate change. Instead it will hasten the destruction of our planet and further wreck our children's future. Supporting Israel in its genocide, continuing to support the costly Aukus fantasy and continuing to plunder our resources and kill our environment is the stuff of Coalition governments. Try and spot the difference - it's hard!
Amy. You touch on it there in your comments. But the big challenge with CC that ought to be focussing those on the right is the mass displacement of people. This will be the catalyst that sparks real problems whilst the "weather" effects in many developed countries might be "accommodated"
It looks like persistent failures of mainstream politics - of the LibNatLab triopoly - to see this as the duty of care of those holding the highest Offices as how got to where we are. With failures of timid courts refusing to require it of them. Can't hold companies to account for climate harms - courts say that is for legislators - but legislators reject that there even is a duty of care and prefer it be a matter of public opinion where eloquent targeting of economic fears or just distraction has equal standing to the world's leading science based expert advice.
I think the responsibility and trust - including to inform the public and emphatically reject the false narratives - belongs firmly with those holding the highest Offices of responsibility and trust. A top down requirement, not a choice. Ordinary people can be free to believe what they like but those in those Offices have - should have - a clear duty to seek and take account of the relevant expert advice, which they called for and commissioned and funded for the express purpose of making informed decisions. Irrespective of their personal opinions or even those of voters. Irrespective of strategic donators.
The ALP presenting one face to concerned voters - supporting RE within Australia (I think more a case now of not standing in the way of RE that would happen anyway, whilst taking credit) - whilst also supporting unlimited expansion of fossil fuel mining for export - with rubber stamping pure scam carbon offsets and unworkable, unscalable CCS, looks too much like 'no duty of care' and behind closed door/no records kept deal to me.
Thank you Amy! Sadly it feels like it's those of us who care about little things like sustaining life on this planet, who are shouting at clouds, for all the good it seems to do. There always seems to be reasons why the govt can't act, why we can't afford good things like nature, a stable climate, bringing people out of poverty ... but we can afford to mortgage the nation for useless submarines we'll never get. I'm so glad you're speaking out, please keep going!
Texas, anyone?