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See this great movie: Non polluting cars running on solar power a dream of the future. No the reality of the past. Find out “who killed the electric car”. In cinemas now. Take a look at our Transport Page for details on how you can reduce you impact.
Six Steps to a Sustainable Energy Future
1. Buy clean power
2. Reduce energy use
3. Influence politics
4. Get others to do the same
5. Public support
6. Help Futureenergy.org
Futureenergy.org recommends six simple steps we can all take to reach a sustainable energy future. Take a look at our action page for details on how you can help save the future.
Elections 2006 and 2007
If we want a future for our planet please vote for the party doing the most on climate change. Sadly no party party is perfect, with the Bracks Government extending the life of the most polluting coal power plant in the world, Hazelwood, but supporting 15% renewable energy by 2015. The Greens has said they will oppose windfarms where ever they are opposed by local residents. Even worse are the Liberals are continuing to oppose windfarms and meaningful action on climate change. The Howard government’s policies focus on supporting the fossil fuel industries though technologies such as geosequestration and corporate welfare while it has defunded renewable research closing the renewable CRC.
An Inconvenient Truth
See this Great Movie. The movie is a must see. Anyone who has the remotest interest in climate change should take their friends and family to see this movie. It is a movie that maybe well become to be know as one of the most important movies of the 21st Century. Check out the following websites
You can pledge to see the truth orThe Australian Movie Site
Release
An Inconvenient Truth is being broadly released in Australia on September the 14th.
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News
The Team is BACK!
November 8, 2006: After a two year break campaigning for other organisations the Futureenergy.org team of Matthew and Adrian is reforming to continue the campaign to save our planet. This time round we are running under the banner of Beyond Zero Emissions and have also established a Zero Emission Network. This website will be maintained as a solutions orientated we site and will be updated over the next two months.
Why Zero Emission?
Imply put we have already gone to far down the path of global warming and we can no longer delay taking action to reduce levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG). The only way we can do this is to reduce our release of GHG to near zero and sequester atmospheric and ocean GHG. Mainstream environment groups are campaigning to slow down but ultimately increase the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to levels far higher than today. Given the effects of climate lag, global dimming, and positive feed back loops we can not risk this path if we wish to have a chance of a future worth living in for the mjority of those living on this planet. Find out more about why we need to go to Zero Emissions and Below now.
How far have we come in two years!
August 24, 2006
After a two year break it is interesting to review the news items from below and see where we have got to. Ice around the world is melting faster than ever, America and Australia still haven’t signed the Kyoto Protocol, the Howard government is still trying to stop the bald hills wind farm and others, Bellamy has been discredited internationally because of his claims around wind power and climate change, the record 2004 hurricane season was topped by the destructive power of Katrina in 2005, and coal still doesn’t stack up.
Arctic Melting Fast
November 10, 2004
New research has found the Arctic has decreased by 8% in surface area since 1970. The research titled Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment was commissioned by the Arctic Council and was released at a symposium being held this week in Iceland. “The report concludes that the consequences of the fast-paced Arctic warming will be global. In particular, the accelerated melting of Greenland’s two-mile-high sheets of ice will cause sea levels to rise around the world.” ANDREW C. REVKIN, New York Times. October 30, 2004 Read the article article. Take a look at the report.
Russia ratifies Kyoto Protocol
October 23, 2004
Russia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. This leaves Australia and America as the two major non signatories. The Kyoto Protocol is a first step in implementing solutions to Greenhouse gas emissions on a global level.
The United Nation Convention on Climate Change
Howard Government seeks to halt wind farms: October 14, 2004: One of the first acts of the Howard government is to oppose the construction of the Bald Hills wind farm. The Federal Government intervention is part of a Liberal campaign to use wind farms to gain political points against the Bracks government by encouraging division and opposition to wind farms across Victoria.
Information: Clean power, polluting power, energy efficiency, climate change, oil peak, politics. Futureenergy has great information pages on climate change, clean energy, polluting energy, energy efficient homes and transport solutions. Find out more about these urgent topics.
– Overview
– Climate Change
– Clean Power
– Polluting Power
– Energy Efficient Houses
– Transport
– Political Information
The climate crisis and our dependency on fossil fuels will be the most serious issue facing us in the 21st century. Failure to deal with this growing problem has already resulted in environmental disasters. Find out more about our climate in crisis. We are three to six years away from reaching the world’s peak oil production. Oil influences every part of our economy and society, so the oil peak will have a significant impact. Find out more about the looming Oil Peak.
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Visit our allied campaign’s web site and find out about the Nuclear Free Australia campaign.
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Future Energy Pty Ltd is a separate organisation that is not connected in any way to the Futureenergy.org campaign. Future Energy Pty Ltd helps communities develop proposals for community owned wind turbines. If your community is interested in having its own turbine, get in contact with Future Energy Pty Ltd.