Living Lightly article published in The Border Mail on 4/4/18, by WATCH member Bruce Key. Renewable energy is very popular, but it has a big drawback – its intermittency. This raises the question of how to store electricity so that it is available when required. The obvious answer is batteries, but it is difficult to…
Visitors to our website might have noticed fewer posts this past year or so. This is because many of us have been focused on the Adani Carmichael coal mine. If the mine proceeds it would be Australia’s single biggest contributor to climate change and the equivalent of adding a new country with emissions 1.5 times…
By David Johnston, October 7 2017 PROTESTERS thousands of kilometres away were still able to send a strong message opposing plans for a mega coal mine in central Queensland. LOUD AND CLEAR: Stop Adani protesters were out in force on the Lincoln Causeway on Saturday. More than 400 people showed their opposition to the coal…
By Lizette Salmon Last month Wodonga Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) celebrated its 10th year. A decade with six prime ministers and five Border Mail editors. Changes aplenty, but we’re still here. As a non-partisan climate advocacy group, we began by meeting dozens of politicians from all levels of government, including a Federal and two state Shadow…
Do you want Westpac to lend money to Adani to build their massive Carmichael coal mine in Queensland? They’ve refused to rule out a loan and ignored our hundreds of emails, calls and letters. What better way to make our message loud and clear than being outside their branches all over Australia? It’s started already…
You have an opportunity to influence Australia’s biggest climate polluter – AGL. Join us for a photo shoot at 12.00pm on Tuesday 13 September 2016 next to Sumsion Gardens (intersection of Osburn and Bank Streets) holding a sign that says “Albury-Wodonga calls on AGL to go fossil free”. AGL is a major Australian electricity provider…
August 6, 2016: Representatives from WATCH and RAW Energy (Renewable Albury Wodonga) had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Buckingham MLC for NSW. We introduced Jeremy to the efforts of both local groups about which he was very excited. We also heard from him where he sees the Australian energy market heading. Great meeting thanks Jeremy.…
