Ep. 101. Peoples Climate Conferences and Coal power + Water

First to air on 2ser: 22/04/2010
Presented by: Jess, James and Tessa

Ep. 101. Peoples Climate Conferences and Coal power + Water
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World Peoples Conference on Climate Change

This week the 'Worlds peoples conference on climate change and the rights of mother earth' is happening in Bolivia. We spoke with Naomi Hogan from Climate Action Newtown who is in Bolivia for the conference about who is there, whats happening and controversey over the Bolivian government trying to silence protesters. James Reports.

Vicotrian Coal Power and Water

Recently an advisory panel to the Victorian Water department strongly urged against allocating further state resouces to the coal industry. The Coalfired power stations wanted access to so-caled "unallocated water" in Blue Rock Dam - 20 billion litres a year worth.We spoke with Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Australia about coal and water usage. Jess Reports.

Events
No New Coal Protest
Is happening today in Sydney.
Thursday April 22nd, 1pm-2pm
NSW Government Offices, Farrer Pl.

Tillegra Dam Protest
Friday 23rd April 12.45pm
Organised by the Save the Wiliams Coalition, there will be a "Human Gallery" as well as two dairy cows for the milking!! in Martin Place. So head along!!

Ep 92. Longwall Expansion, Leaking Ranger and China-First Coal

First aired on 2ser 18/02/2010

Ep 92. Longwall Expansion at Appin Colliery, Leaking Ranger and China-First Coal
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BHP-Billiton is proposing a massive expansion of its Appin longwall coal mine. The land is the pristine headwaters of the Georges River, however even though this enormous proposal will potentially impacts the who Georges River system, it has largely flown under the radar of its residents. The Third Degrees Kathrine Lim spoke with Sharon Cullis from the Georges River Environmental Alliance.
More info on Longwall mining see www.riverssos.com

Leaky Ranger
Last Tuesday, in a Senate Estimate Committee hearing, information came to light about the true extent of radioactive contamination at Ranger Uranium Mine. The regulatory body (the Office of the Supervising Scientist) admitted that water with over 5400 times the “safe” background level of radioactivity, is currently leaking into Kakadu national park.The Third Degress Hannah Walters spoke to WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, about the importance of holding the government to account in the senate estimate committe and recent Ranger mine findings.

China-First Coal
Any announcement of a 70 billion dollar coal export deal where 30 million tonnes of coal each year, for the next 20 years, would be shipped from Queensland soil to power stations in China – should create its own confusion. However when Clive Palmer and his company Resourcehouse behind this ‘China First’ project misnamed the Chinese company involved, and that company – China Power International Holding – denied any binding nature of the deal and called it a ‘framework’ only, confusion regarding contractual arrangements got in the way of confusion about how a project such as this could go ahead in the first place. The proposed thermal coal mine site is in the Galilee Basin, near Alpha in Central West Queensland. The Third Degrees Jess Minshall spoke with Bradley Smith, Campaigner with Friends of the Earth Brisbane’s Six Degrees campaign to get an understanding of what impact such an export deal would have.

Events
Longwall exhibition opening
Thursday 18th Feb. 6pm-8pm, ESP Gallery
228 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville, NSW
A sculpture, video and sound installation reflecting the devastation that longwall coal mining is causing and the ongoing impacts of coal as a major contributor to climate change. Opening night will see a guest speaker talk about the destruction of longwall coal mining and outlines ways you can all help. Runs until March 7th more info

Helping Haiti
This Thursday day night, the Sydney Latin American Film Festival in partnership with the Cervantes Institute & Uncommon Productions present "Helping Haiti", a two-night screening of the multi award-winning documentary ‘The Price of Sugar’. 100% of funds raised will be donated to: Infante Sano’s Help Hispaniola program.
Its on Thursday and Friday night at 645pm,
the Cervantes Institute 22-24 City Rd Chippendale.

Ep. 79 Tamil Refugees and More

Show aired in 2SER 05/11/09

Hosts: James and Tessa

Ep. 79 Tamil Refugees, CSIRO silenced, Water and Coal in Lithgo
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In this Weeks episode we here from Refugees who have been staging a protest on a boat off Merack in Indonesia. We hear from Nick Hollins about the CSIRO covering up dissent over the ETS. Coal and Water in Lithgo, and an update on the situation in Honduras thanks to Real Wolrd Radio.

Ep. 66 Tillegra Dam, Abbot Point Coal Terminal + Camping to Copenhagen Part II

Aired on 2SER 107.3FM 6 August 2009

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Tillegra Dam

There is a controversial and sudden plan brewing to build a dam on the upper Williams River in the Dugong Shire, in the Northern Hunter region of NSW. The 3rd Degree spoke to Sally Corbet from the No Tillegra Dam Group about politiking and the impact a dam would have on the local community, and we asked Monique Retamal from the Institute for Sustainable Futures whether there needs to be a new dam at all.

Abbot Point Coal Port

Operations at the Xstrata-owned Abbot Point coal export terminal south of Townsville in Queensland were halted in Tuesday by a Greenpeace blockade. The blockade coincided with a Pacific speaking tour raising the issue of the effect of climate change on Pacific Islands. Lagi Toribau is a Greenpeace campaigner from Fiji and was onboard the Esperanza just a few metres away from the action. He spoke to the third degree’s Libby King.

Camping to Copenhagen Part II

The 3rd Degree's Rebecca Pearse is back with Part II of the 12 Part series, Camping to Copenhagen, exploring the emerging climate justice movement across the globe. This week she catches up with Rebecca Hubacker from Climate Camp Swizerland and Bordile Singh from Climate Camp Denmark.

Presented by James Hitchcock and Tessa Dowdell

Ep 19. Flight pollution + more

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Ep 19. Flight pollution, Beverly uranium mine...

This week we speak to Erland Howden from NSW Nature Conservation Council about flight pollution and alternative travel routes. Also:
-James Hitchcock catches up with Peter Burdon from Friends of the Earth Adelaide to get the low-down on Peter Garrett's approval of the expansion of the Beverly Uranium mine.
-The fate of the Coorong and Lower Murray hangs in the air, Libby King reports.
-Anne von Fehrn gave us an insight into media coverage of climate change and climate change scepticism.

Presenters: Nick Hollins and Jessica Minshall

Ep 5. Nukes, Trees + more

Ahoy, well I've finally worked out a better way to host our podcasts and mp3 files, ill start uploading the previous ones again over the next week

Check out some great stuff from this weeks show:

The politics of electricity privatisation: Libby spoke with John Kaye from the NSW greens a few weeks ago about electricity privatisation, she caught up with again for the latest on the issue and party politics.
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What do you think of privatisation: James caught up with some people at the Labour party state conference to ask them about privatisation
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Radioactive exposure: James talks with Michella Stubbs, Anti-Nukes campaigner from Friends of the Earth about the radioactive exposure tour and current state of nuclear affairs
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Disappearing Forests: Jessica spoke with Forest Campaigner Lindsay Hesketh from the Australian Conservation Foundation about the Department of Forestry's figures on our disappearing forests.
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Bottles, bottles everywhere: Last week we had a Chat about Drink bottles, well now you can hear Nick talking with John Dee, the co-founder of Planet Ark about the issue.
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