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24.01.2022 REMINDER Hoping to see you online from 6:30pm tonight to hear from Energy Minister Bill Johnston - RSVP details below! http://bit.ly/billnrg

23.01.2022 This week LEAN WA members secured a meeting with the incredible Alannah MacTiernan to discuss WA Labor’s plans and strategies around building our renewable hydrogen energy industry. Our state has a wealth of opportunities available to produce sustainable energy and become a global leader in this sector. The Minister has a reputation for accelerating big state-building projects and hydrogen is no exception Labor's hydrogen targets have been brought forward an entire decade.

21.01.2022 A Biden election victory would bring massive climate policy changes to the US and bear significant pressure against the Australian LNP Coalition's extreme policy position - as well as the obsolete thinking behind it.

19.01.2022 Professor Matt Huber analyzes how climate environmental activism became separate and distant to working class unionism. What's your view? Do you agree that environmental activism has become controlled by the professional class? Are you worried about worker alienation? Just want to vent? Let us know.

18.01.2022 Countries such as Japan, Korea and Germany have already come to Australia, asking for us to export renewable hydrogen for their domestic energy consumption, says Ken Baldwin, the director of the Energy Change Institute at the Australian National University. We have enormous opportunities.

18.01.2022 The ABC Fact Check crew work through Adam Bandt's statements on whether fossil gas is as dirty as coal. It's an educational read, limited by a lack of funded research measuring how much gas is leaked into the atmosphere during extraction and transformation in Australia.

18.01.2022 LEAN is made up of people who are committed to environmental action. The Labor Party is the Party that should be very proud and are proud of everything from th...e Daintree being saved, to Franklin being saved, the concern around climate change, concern around the Great Barrier Reef, the creation of the Kakadu National Park. When Labor was in office, the creation of marine parks, the actions that were taken across the board. We have in this country, a real issue with biodiversity and with an extinction crisis. It is a good thing that people who are concerned about the natural environment want to make sure that our kids and grandkids can inherit a natural environment that is at least as pristine as the ones that we've been able to enjoy. And the fact that this group, along with a whole range of other groups, join the Labor Party, because if you're going to change Australia for the better, then you have to be a part of a Party of Government. - Anthony Albanese LEAN Australia - Labor Environment Action Network

18.01.2022 I am a coal miner. The writing is on the wall. A transition is clearly happening. Australia is fed up with waffle and denial. The Prime Minister should make a ...clear, empathic statement about the causes and effects of climate change and develop a clear and constructive plan for our transition to a zero-carbon economy. Coal miners should not be left out of this shift. They should have a voice in developing plans and be in a position to understand the changes, so they can make the best decision for their future. That seems obvious, but it is not happening. Coal miners, including employees in fickle arrangements with labour hire companies, and the coal communities that they are a part of, deserve a properly planned and implemented transition which is just and fair. What Australians, including coal miners, don’t need are politicians who try to distract and delay the inevitable. From Grant Howard, a coal miner in the Bowen Basin, QLD

15.01.2022 The Liberals have failed when it comes to environmental protection and they've failed when it comes to administering a timely and certain assessment process - which has hurt investment and jobs.

14.01.2022 LET THE EXPERTS DECIDE Can we count on LEAN WA members to deploy our awesome WA Environmental Protection Authority to publicly assess unconventional fracking in the Kimberley? If so, we need your help before midnight tomorrow! Please click the link below and please select: "Assess Public Environmental Review"... This will ensure environmental scientists can conduct a public review and ensure statutory regulation occurs! LINK: https://consultation.epa.wa.gov.au//ep/consultation/intro/ See more

14.01.2022 We failed because we allowed the bosses to turn the workers and environmentalists against each other to their own benefit.

14.01.2022 gas led recovery

14.01.2022 Further future development of fossil gas is both selfish and dangerous - fossil gas is not a transition fuel.

13.01.2022 The draft consultation version of the 2020 Australian Labor Party National Platform is available online. What do you think of the draft? How could this document do more to meet WA's important environmental outcomes?

09.01.2022 WE MUST DO BETTER The environment laws that Howard masterminded have created a sham of a system and are threatening Australia's wealth of biodiversity.

08.01.2022 WA’s cash-for-cans scheme starts today! Under the new Container Deposit Scheme, West Australians will be able to get 10 cents back for each can, bottle, or carton that they return to a designated drop-off point.

06.01.2022 "We can either throw away money on the fossil fuels of the past. That is the road to more pollution," Guterres said. "Or we can invest in the technologies of the future, renewable energy, nature-based solutions, sustainable transport and green technologies... Only one of these paths is rational."

05.01.2022 Continuing to use single-use plastics at the rates that we have simply isn't sustainable. At best, they end up in landfill, where they will take thousands of ye...ars to break down. At worst, they pollute our parks, bush, rivers, lakes and oceans - causing real and lasting damage. We all know they are convenient, but in many cases there are existing or emergent alternatives which are more sustainable and environmentally friendly. So today, we're announcing our plan to reduce the use of single-use plastics in Western Australia. The Plan for Plastics will be rolled out in two stages. Legislation will be developed and implemented by 2023 for the state-wide phase-out of plastic plates, cutlery, stirrers, straws, thick plastic bags, polystyrene food containers and helium balloon releases. After these initial actions, the McGowan Labor Government will take action on plastic barrier/produce bags, plastic bunting, cotton buds with plastic shafts, polystyrene packaging, microbeads, and oxo-degradable plastics. We've already taken some important steps, such as banning single-use plastic bags a few years ago. It's never as hard to adjust as it might seem - and there are good alternatives already available for all of these products. More information about Western Australia’s Plan for Plastics can be found at www.dwer.wa.gov.au/single-use-plastic

05.01.2022 Three amazing Labor leaders, one Virtual Town Hall.

05.01.2022 Less international shipping. More energy storage. Less dirty baseload power. More WA jobs. It just makes sense.

04.01.2022 When the future of Collie's jobs became doubtful, the unions AMWU, ETU and ASU proactively worked hard towards securing a real and tangible just transition for members.

04.01.2022 Australia's current federal laws do not protect our flora and fauna in any way. We need your help. Join us tomorrow evening for a briefing and letter writing to our Labor representatives. The interim report on the EPBC Act has been released and we need our party to ensure that the Morrison government doesn't walk away from the critical recommendations published. Let's champion the principles of our National Platform. RSVP now:

02.01.2022 Weekend listening. Alex Blumberg and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson run a recap on 'Green Deal' policy proposals across the US and Europe.

02.01.2022 Social licence to operate in Australia depends on respect for Aboriginal traditional owners, especially following the recognition of native title rights. Members are encouraged to join the online panel discussion happening 6:30pm tonight to discuss the reforms Labor can deliver to protect Aboriginal heritage in law.

02.01.2022 Diversifying our state economy Replacing dirty diesel Powering our region Saving the planet