Climate Action Show

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 5th 2026Produced by Vivien LangfordGREAT SOUTHERN NATIONAL PARK - TALLAGANDASpeakers:Dr Bob BrownSenator David ShoebridgeMP Sue HigginsonSenators: Larissa Waters, David Pocock, Murray Watt and Nick McKim courtesy of the Australian Parliament Recordings All over the world the battle to save forests is CLIMATE ACTION. In Northern NSW at last the logging has stopped in the Great Koals National Park, but there's still an argument over offsets.Meanwhile, in the south of the state, down around Edenand the border with Victoria there is a corridor right up to the Illawarra which could become the Great Southern National Park. It's a big vision joining up protected areas with state forests which are still being cleared for woodchips. "We're nearly there" according to Sue Higginson , Bob Brown and David Shoebridge at Pitt St Uniting Church in Sydney.(5/9/2026)YOU CAN TAKE ACTIONhttps://npansw.org.au/support-gsf/https://www.forestalliancensw.org.au/host-a-gsf-sign We saw an exquisite film by Dave Gallan featuring the Gliders and Quolls and Bandicoots that live in these moist southern forests.The film is Tallaganda - https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/local-land-services/events/gliding-through-night-a-community-conservation-story Above the audience flew three huge lanterns made by Lismore people after the last greta flood. They are the angels of Joy, Compassion and Courage.The conversation was introduced by Senator David Shoebridge and is followed by a dramatic event in parliament later in the month when three Greens senators crossed the floor over carbon offsets.

Antimony has a chat with DCAN, YCAN, ECAN and Parents for Climate Geelong.We have a little introduction to each group, talk about what they've been doing and what they're planning, and then get on to have a brag about their recent achievements and a bitch about their current challenges.Why not join them all?DCANYCANECAM (check out their the video about electric vehicles here)Parents for Climate

This week's episode features speeches from Khyl Ramos and Yong Feng at the Climate Debt, Ecosocialism and the Global South panel, during the 2026 Ecosocialism conference, run by Green Left, Socialist Alliance, Resistance Books and Links Journal. Khyl Ramos is a community development practitioner working on climate justice, labor rights, and grassroots capacity building in the Philippines.He is the Deputy Project Manager at Transform Asia Gender and Labor Institute, Inc. and Youth Coordinator for Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM - Party of the Labouring Masses).He is also active in local and international environmental movements, drawing on Marxist political ecology, human geography, and Global South realities to confront capitalist-induced metabolic rifts.Yong Feng previously worked as an architect and returned to Singapore last year after completing a Master in political ecology, environmental justice and degrowth in Barcelona. He currently works in book publishing and organises with Singapore Climate Rally as well as the independent media network NIMBUS.

Shae looks into the research about whether recycling and other small household environmental actions mean that people are diverted from larger political actions.We hear from presenters around 3CR about the latest climate news - the tragedy in Nepal, the expansion of gas mining and datacentres in the Northern Territory, and a chat with climate researcher David Spratt.

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWSEPTEMBER 7th 2026Produced by Vivien LangfordCOAL WE EXPORT RETURNS AS DROUGHT, FIRE AND FLOOD This concerns the HVO proposal to mine coal into 2040's. It's the biggest coal project in NSW. Guests :InterviewNic Clyde - Lock the Gate NSW Co ordinatorhttps://www.lockthegate.org.au/hvo-refusalRally outside NSW parliamentNic Seton - Parents for Climate-A petition to sign :https://www.parentsforclimate.org/a_fair_deal Scott Franks - Hunter Valley Elder -Plains Clans of the Wonnarua Peoplehttps://hunterlivinghistories.com/2021/09/01/ravensworth-wonnarua/singletonargus.com.au/story/9343904/scott-franks-hvo-coal-mine-expansion-ignores-wonnarua-traditional-knowledge/ Groups at the Rally: Knitting Nanas with Bernie Hobbs as MC, ARRCC, AYCC, and many others Julia Grix - Climate Defenders Officehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/07/police-drop-charges-against-125-rising-tide-protesters-two-years-after-newcastle-port-blockadeIn my interview with Nic Clyde we cover some of the heroes of the great battle to stop coal exports coming back to us as drought, heatwave, flood and fire. It's been going on for years and the end is in sight as Nic describes all the big employment opportunities which will absorb the transitioning coal mine workers.We talk about Wendy Bowman and Ramesh Agrawal both of whom won the International prize for audacious environmental protrection The Goldman Prize. In both cases a coal mine threatening farm land or an aquifer was stopped. We pass by the Bylong Valley and the Battle for Bentley to stirr up that citizen courage which is needed to disallow the biggest coal mine extension ever proposed in NSW. In the words of Lock the Gate's National Director Georgina Woods- “Glencore and Yancoal are digging in their heels and pushing the HVO workforce and the planning system to the brink by refusing to even consider a compromise option that would retain mining jobs but limit the project's environmental harm.Glencore’s refusal to compromise is an insult to the communities across NSW that reported to the Net Zero Commission that ‘climate impacts are becoming more frequent, more intense and increasingly difficult to manage.’”Meanwhile Paul Scully, the NSW Planning MInister estimated that global demand for coal is changing and by 2035 "over half of NSW coal mines are expected to close." There is a stalled Bill before parliament called The Future Jobs and Investment Bill.If they pass this bill, companies must have a detailed workforce transition plan approved by the government before a mine closes. It provides a dedicated agency to handle retraining and regional investment. It's called The future jobs and Investment AuthorityThe context: 2026, the Insurance Council of Australia issued a new report, which found that since 2019, there have been at least 29 extreme weather events costing $20.7 billion and damaging more than 760,720 homes and buildings.Video about Wendy Bowman 4minshttps://www.google.com/search?q=wendy+bowman+goldman+prize&rlz=1C1ZKTG_enAU895AU895&oq=wendy+bowman+goldman+prize&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEEUYOzIGCAAQRRg7MgcIARAhGI8CMgcIAhAhGI8C0gEINjg1OWowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:31502a70,vid:CHXjbqwArGE,st:0Ramesh Agrawal Indian anti Coal Campaoigner and Goldman Prize winner 4minshttps://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ramesh-agrawal/