Macleay Living Sustainably (MLS) completed its first door-knock on Sunday in Gladstone to raise awareness about Adani and climate change and it was a huge success.
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There were 12 volunteers who door knocked the beautiful historic riverside town.
MLS volunteers had conversations with people on the extensive problems of opening up the largest coal mine in the southern hemisphere, which would be owned by Indian billionaire Guatam Adani.
MLS volunteers had many meaningful conversations to raise awareness about Adani’s mine and the impacts it will have on our climate, reef and water.
The response was extremely positive and reflected recent polls which show 63 percent of Australians are opposed to the Adani mine and 75 percent of Australians think climate change is a problem we need to act on.
MLS spokesperson Genna Furber believes the time to act is now.
“Opening up Adani’s mine would fuel dangerous climate change, waste billions of litres of precious water, trash Traditional Owner rights and wreck our Great Barrier Reef,” Ms Furber said.
“MLS felt compelled to act, as we are worried about the future for our children and our community.
“Hundreds of scientists have issued a dire warning about the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 in order to stop global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“This warning came out with the release of the Special Report on climate change by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which is the culmination of 6,000 peer assessed articles by experts from 40 countries and is considered the world’s most authoritative climate body.
“This report demonstrates the importance of urgently limiting global warming to 1.5 percent but noted we are currently on a trajectory of 3.5 percent which would have devastating effects worldwide.
“The farmers in Australia are on the frontline of these effects and will have to cope with longer droughts, more erratic rainfall and higher temperatures.
“At the same time the Australian Energy Market Operator (the government body in control of Australian energy supply network) released an Integrated System Plan in July 2018 stating: ‘The cheapest way to produce electricity is a mix of solar, wind, battery storage, hydro electric storage and a flexible system of gas powered generation. New coal power is not considered (in the mix) as it is too expensive. Base load is not an issue’.”
If you would like more information or to get involved please come along to Macleay Living Sustainably’s next get together at the Gladstone markets, from 10-11:30am on November 18.
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