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25.01.2022 If you would like a briefing from experts about why a "gas-powered recovery" wont work, this would be a great webinar to register for.

25.01.2022 The Guardian gives a good oversight of the Australia Institute research released today - providing clear reasons why Australia cannot afford a gas-led recovery out of the Covid-19 pandemic

25.01.2022 Trump Digs Coal In 2012 Trump famously tweeted that climate change is a Chinese hoax. In the electioneering leading up to the 2016 poll, Trump advertised himself as the president who Digs Coal Soon after being elected, Trump set about disemboweling the Environmental Protection Agency, not least by appointing an opponent of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, as its Director. ... This 30 minute podcast by the Guardian looks at just how bad for the climate the Trump presidency has been: https://www.theguardian.com//what-has-four-years-of-donald Perhaps a good thing people of faith the world over can do for the next 47 days in the lead up to the Nov 3 poll, is to pray that the American people would prioritise the climate on which we all depend, in electing their President.

25.01.2022 A quick update on the people of faith who were arrested at a peaceful, faith-based direct action against the Adani mine yesterday - they're out.

23.01.2022 ARRCC supporter Catherine Ward who, along with Linda Wannan has just been to the Indian Consulate General in Melbourne this morning in order to hand deliver a letter from ARRCC asking them to pass on an urgent message to the State Bank of India not to lend Adani nearly $1 billion for their mine. The best information we have is that the Bank is due to make its decision very soon indeed. You can read the letter here: https://www.arrcc.org.au/sbi_letter The security guard wouldn...'t let them hand the letter over, unfortunately, so it's being sent in the mail. People of faith all over Australia feel very strongly about this. It is so clearly an immoral project. #StopAdani

23.01.2022 Here the excellent Pacific leaders' open letter mentioned in the previous post. Please share it with your friends on Facebook, and pray that it is transformative. Scott Morrison

23.01.2022 Ever thought youd like to increase your effectiveness by learning how to use Twitter? At 12.30 - 1.30 today (Thurs Aug 27) heres your chance to get the basics. https://www.stopadani.com/twitter_linkedin

23.01.2022 Epping Uniting Church are organising a Living the Change event live on their Facebook page on 23rd September. A stellar line up of speakers will be discussing practical actions we can take towards a safe climate in the areas of food, transport, energy, and investment. Check out their Facebook page for more information. All welcome!

22.01.2022 AMAZING. People of faith around the world are organising for bold climate action. On March 11 there will be the launch of an ambitious new multi faith statement on the climate crisis as well as a global faith-based Day of Action. You can sign up for both here! https://actionnetwork.org//sacred-people-sacred-earth-sign

22.01.2022 Excellent organising by the Pacific Calling Partnership to amplify high-level voices from the Pacific, appealing to PM Scott Morrison to do much more to mitigate climate change. Here's Anote Tong's article in the SMH which goes with a full-page open letter. Please pray that the Government hears their appeal. https://www.smh.com.au//honour-your-climate-commitments-au

22.01.2022 Here are faith leaders from four different traditions speaking with one voice against the immorality of gas. Yes, Prime Minister Morrison, gas is indeed a moral issue. Ask any grandparent out there who is worried about the kind of world we are leaving to our grandchildren #FundOutFutureNotGas @ScottMorrisonMP https://www.eurekastreet.com.au//climate-truth-should-guid

21.01.2022 A multi-cultural and multi-generational look at how migrant Australia are tackling the climate crisis, and taking action from making lifestyle upgrades to engaging in political activism. Its a fantastic follow up to ABCs "Fight For Planet A" series. https://www.abc.net.au//climate-change-australia/12568456

21.01.2022 St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Adelaide, SA was one of 4 churches to toll a bell to mark #EarthOvershootDay last Friday

20.01.2022 Really good to have this support from Uniting Church NSW & ACT for the upcoming global multi faith climate events on March 11. #sacredpeoplesacredearth

20.01.2022 The past week has seen some big and very positive developments in the long fight to stop the proposed Adani coal mine.

19.01.2022 ARRCC Toowoomba is holding this in-person event to view and discuss this significant film. It's brilliant! A must-see.

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Torres Strait Islander Elder, Aunty McRose Elu, an ARRCC supporter, for being awarded Senior Australian of the Year for Queensland! https://nit.com.au/australian-of-the-year-awards-2021-high/

18.01.2022 The Bushfire Royal Commission doesnt acknowledge the true extent of the influence of climate change on last summers bushfires, according to the trusted and independent Climate Council. Its not a message this climate-minimising Federal Government wants to hear. Please sign their petition.

18.01.2022 This will be a terrific workshop for those of us thinking about how to best protest against the powerful politicians and corporations who are resisting serious action on the climate emergency. The facilitators are very experienced and will create an accepting, calm and thought-provoking environment. You're very welcome, even if you're not wanting to be arrested, but are just curious. Look forward to seeing you there. Mark

18.01.2022 If you're interested in exploring how you and your faith community (or household) might join the international Day of Action on March 11, the first training opportunity is here: https://www.arrcc.org.au/training_for_international_day_of_

17.01.2022 Interested in discussing with others how lifestyle changes can make a difference to the environment - and to you? Join with ARRCC supporters Mark Delaney and Alice Cawardine in exploring this, and other like-minded people of faith.

17.01.2022 Faith in Climate Action is a group of people of faith in Queensland. They held this peaceful action of resistance on Friday, to challenge Aurizon to be transparent about the emissions from the coal it hauls each year, not just the emissions from its day-to-day operations. They say it's like a cigarette company factory having a "no-smoking policy". https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=999658160548785

17.01.2022 CAN YOU TAKE ACTION? Adani has been forced to fork out hundreds of millions of dollars to haul its own coal as no freight company will work with them! Adani has secretly launched a new rail freight company that has no reference to Adani. Adanis new Bowen Rail Company is owned by the lucrative Adani Ports company. Adani can now funnel investors money from that company into the climate-wrecking Carmichael coal project.... This means investors who have said No to funding Adanis coal and rail line may still find their money funnelled from Adani Ports to transport Adanis dirty coal. Companies such as J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank DBS Barclays UK Allianz Standard Chartered Credit Suisse are at risk of funding Adanis climate wrecking coal project through their investment in Adani Ports. You can contact these companies by clicking below and sending them the message that they need to stop investing in Adani Ports. https://www.marketforces.org.au/adani-forced-to-haul-its-o/

16.01.2022 WIN! The Industrial Bank of Korea joins the long and rapidly growing list of companies ruling out working with Adani.

15.01.2022 CAN YOU HELP? Please call Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk MP office and demand she pull back her police force immediately. Premier - (07) 3719 7000 Police Minister - (07) 3035 8300 Police Link - 131 444... Email the Premier - [email protected] https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/190810/ See more

15.01.2022 Christians - or other interested people - are very welcome to join this National Day or Action event, themed #FundOurFutureNotGas.

14.01.2022 Today Adani have once again used their attack dog legal strategy against a community activist in a desperate attempt to silence dissent. Ben Pennings is a courageous, admirable man. A billionaire mining giant using the law to intimidate its opponents is disturbing, but it wont work. Adani used their attack dog legal strategy to bankrupt Wangan and Jagalingou spokesperson Adrian Burragubba, and W&J people are still continuing their courageous fight for land rights, stand...ing their ground on Country right now. Adani can try and intimidate individuals but they can not stop an idea whose time has come and with right on its side. There is a growing movement of people who know we must stop Adanis coal mine to stop climate breakdown, protect water and defend Aboriginal land rights. There are many people of faith across Australia who care deeply about this. We are with you, Ben, and we will not be silenced by a bullying corporation.

13.01.2022 Got a moment to support the Wangan and Jagalingou people? They are proudly standing strong on their own land and have issued Adani with an eviction. Please post a photo of yourself with the hashtag #StandingOurGround to show your support.

13.01.2022 Remember: Our Adani insurer party is this Wednesday at 12.30pm. Hope to see you there! Check out our event page for more details. https://www.facebook.com/events/252889189103148/

13.01.2022 There are ARRCC groups popping up all over the country. Here are some of the lovely people from ARRCC Geelong who want a clean recovery from COVID. #NoFaithInGas

13.01.2022 In this City Renewables podcast, ARRCC supporter Catherine Ward speaks compellingly about her experiences during the bushfires at Mallacoota and the need for climate action. Catherine also talks about the work of ARRCC and GreenFaith International. https://podcastaddict.com//https%3A%2F%2Fmcdn.podbean.com%

12.01.2022 Many of you will be aware of the Kevin Rudd initiated petition calling for a Royal Commission on media diversity in Australia. That petition drew half a million signatures. Possibly as a result, the issue has now been referred to a parliamentary committee. The committee are taking submissions from the general public until next Friday 11th. You'll find the information here: https://www.aph.gov.au//Environment_and_Com/Mediadiversity... If you've never made a submission to a parliamentary committee before, it's pretty easy. Just go to the log in button and create an account. Follow the guidelines here https://www.aph.gov.au//Co/Senate/How_to_make_a_submission to create you submission and upload it. All the best, Mark See more

12.01.2022 The Anglican Dean of Brisbane, Peter Catt, has released a statement in support of the environmental activist, Ben Pennings, and said a court-ordered injunction ...against him was a sad indictment. The injunction, sought by the miner Adani and granted by the Queensland supreme court, orders Pennings to remove social media posts and other content soliciting information about Adanis Carmichael mine. In a statement, Catt compared Pennings to anti-slavery and suffrage activists, who were punished by the legal or political systems of the day. "It is a sad indictment that a local man who has been fighting for transparency has been gagged including from engaging in personal social media activities. The irony of this is not lost on any of us who support the right of individuals to use their personal social media channels for the common good. Despite todays setback, I join the many others who are inspired and encouraged by people like Mr Pennings who strive to keep our communities healthy and safe and at great personal and financial expense. His courageous example will surely motivate other Australians to join the growing movement to protect our iconic Great Barrier Reef and the underground water sources that our farmers are so reliant upon." Ben Smee, The Guardian Australia, Friday 11 September

12.01.2022 Very exciting. A group of teenagers is bringing a class action suit against seeking an injunction to prevent the federal Environment Minister Susan Ley from approving an extension to a coal mine. https://www.abc.net.au//class-action-against-envi/12640596

12.01.2022 The pressure is working. https://www.theguardian.com//lloyds-of-london-reopens-buil

12.01.2022 Uniting Church Minister Rev Alex Sangster spoke in her Sermon on Sunday about the need to stand in solidarity with the Wangan and Jagalingou warriors who are protecting their land right now. Check out their Facebook page for updates: Wangan and Jagalingou - Standing Our Ground #StandingOurGround

11.01.2022 After the National Farmers Federations came out in support of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, this petition was initiated by farmer Anika Molesworth, who farms with her family near Broken Hill. It asks the federal government for economy-wide action in line with net zero emissions by 2050, a target adopted by each of the States and Territories. Please sign: https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au//net-zero-by-2050-/ Anika writes: My name is Anika Molesworth and I raise ...sheep with my family near Broken Hill. I love the ancient gum trees and incredible wildlife I share my home with. I am proud to grow food for people, and it is breaking my heart that climate change makes it harder and harder for farmers like us to do this. Last summer, as the rest of the country burned, we sweltered through the hottest summer on record. I have watched the trees die, the wildlife disappear, and our sheep be sent away. I want nothing more than to be able to focus on the day-to-day issues of our farm, be it a busted water pipe, or fixing a fence. But with climate change looming over my future, I have no choice but to take a stand.

11.01.2022 When committed people of faith stand up for climate sanity....

11.01.2022 This is on tonight! Dont miss it. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=846356625894109

10.01.2022 Hear our beautiful "Sacred People, Sacred Earth" statement and sign if you support it. The video runs 4+ minutes. https://fb.watch/1Tuj4dgilf/

10.01.2022 ARRCC stalwart Fahimah Badrulhisham in showing her support for the Wangan and Jagalingou warriors who are on their own land right now and who have issued Adani with an evitction notice. #StandingOurGround

09.01.2022 #BackBen not bullies. https://www.arrcc.org.au/ben_pennings_principled_example

09.01.2022 No-one in the Queensland Government has ever met and talked with the Wangan and Jagalingou people defending their homelands, despite many requests. Now W & J protectors they have been arrested for blocking access to their traditional Country - which is rightly theirs. Please flood the phone lines and call on Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her Government to pull back the police force. Premier - (07) 3719 7000 Police Minister - (07) 3035 8300 Police Link - 131 444 Email the ...Premier - [email protected] Flood social media with solidarity photos: Show your support by making a sign saying #StandingOurGround with Wangan and Jagalingou people. Take a photo of yourself or group. Post it on your social media accounts and use the #StandingOurGround hashtag

09.01.2022 We call on the State Bank of India @TheOfficialSBI to desist from giving a large loan for the Carmichael Project. As religious people, we call this out as immoral.

08.01.2022 Webinar this Wednesday evening: This will be a most interesting ARRCC-organised webinar on preventing food waste, composting and other ways to keep your carbon footprint down by minimising waste.

08.01.2022 The pressure is working. Adani has been forced to launch its own rail company because it has found it so hard to convince other companies to work with them. https://www.abc.net.au//adani-coal-mine-abbot-poi/12644432

07.01.2022 BREAKING: Adani ordered to pay exploited customers $100m (article below by Vanessa Marsh, court reporter, The Courier-Mail) Mining company Adani has been ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers of its Abbot Point coal terminal after a court found it had engaged in unconscionable conduct and exploitative and dishonest behaviour.... The legal dispute arose between the Adani Abbot Point Terminal and four users of its port Lake Vermont Resources, QCoal, Byerwen Coal and Sonoma Mine Management in relation to the charges the companies were paying for access and handling at the North Queensland port. In a judgment handed down late yesterday, Justice Jean Dalton ordered the Indian mining giant pay $37.9 million to Lake Vermont Resources, $25.3 million to QCoal, $31.7 million to Byerwen and $11.9 million to the Sonoma Mine. She found Adani had not given its port customers reasonable charges for use of the facility and had engaged in dishonest behaviour and went out of its way to structure transactions so that it received an extra $255 million payment. The applicants conduct was deliberate, not just heedless or indifferent to the position of the remaining users, Justice Dalton found. The applicant was fully cognisant as to the effect its behaviour would have in increasing the fixed costs to the remaining users. It desired that effect in order to advantage itself financially. That is, to achieve a gain for itself, the applicant engaged in calculated behaviour to the disadvantage of the respondents. Justice Dalton said the company engaged in disguising and camouflaging behaviour and made a dishonest attempt to defeat the respondents exercise of their legal rights. An Adani spokesperson said the company was carefully considering the judgment.

07.01.2022 Please write to the PM in the lead-up to the UN Climate Ambition Summit on Dec 12, when countries are expected to offer stronger Nationally Determined Contributions (targets). Now is a critical moment to act. The Pacific Calling Partnership have made it easy, by offering a template that you can adjust with your own message. Please use your own words. https://www.arrcc.org.au/ask_the_pm_to

04.01.2022 These are the demands in the bold new global multi faith statement that we will take to the media on March 11. Please do sign it and ask your friends to do the same. https://actionnetwork.org//sacred-people-sacred-earth-sign& And to get your place of worship involved in the global Day of Action to support these demands, please sign up here: https://www.arrcc.org.au/global

04.01.2022 Global day of climate action is coming up on 25 September 2020. People of faith can join the School Strikers in their call to fund a gas-free COVID recovery. https://www.schoolstrike4climate.com/buildourfuture Around 100 events are being planned across Australia, why not show your support (in a Covid safe way, of course) by inviting others in your places of worship? You can also write to your MP, using traditional pen and paper, to tell them that Australia needs renewables n...ot gas to recover from this pandemic. If youre keen, why not organise a multi faith delegation to meet your MP? ARRCC has a handy guide to write and meet your MP here: https://www.arrcc.org.au/green_recoveryhtt//green_recovery #FundOurFutureNotGas

03.01.2022 South Asia has long been touted as a big market for Australian coal. Terrific that Bangladesh is looking at getting rid of 90% of its coal-fired power! https://chinadialogue.net//bangladesh-may-ditch-planned-c/

02.01.2022 Things are starting to change. Grassroots pressure works!

01.01.2022 Shifting where we put our money really works. This past year has seen a huge surge in both individuals and institutions divesting from fossil fuels. People of faith have long been at the forefront of this movement. It's well worth reading this article in The Melbourne Anglican about what we can do. http://tma.melbourneanglican.org.au//urgent-action-needed-