http://blip.tv Recent Posts - Blip - Blip en-us http://blip.tv Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:38 +0000 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:38 +0000 AB10D5BE-4955-11DD-AD54-FE3CBCEDB365 http://blip.tv/foesyd/george-monbiot-curing-australia-s-coal-addiction-1054831 FOEsyd 221791 foesyd foesyd FOEsyd http://blip.tv/foesyd http://blip.tv/skin/blipnew/placeholder_user.gif 1054831 1048621 file TV-Y 0.0 2008-07-03T23:13:38Z English 0 0 0 1138 AcCxUwI http://blip.tv/play/AcCxUwI http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1054831&skin=rss FOEsyd-GeorgeMonbiotCuringAustraliasCoalAddiction898.jpg Australia is addicted to coal. We mine it, we burn it, we export it &#8211; coal is our number one contribution to climate change. The greenhouse pollution from Australian coal exports eclipse all domestic emissions combined. But instead of phasing out this dangerous industry, a reckless expansion of coal infrastructure is underway. Celebrated UK journalist and activist George Monbiot spoke to Sydney via videolink about coal policy in the UK and how ordinary people in the UK are taking direct action to hold their government to account on climate change.Tired of hot air and want to take real action against climate change?Gather your friends and join hundreds of people at the Camp for Climate Action Australia. July 10th - 14th 2008 www.climatecamp.com.au http://a.images.blip.tv/FOEsyd-GeorgeMonbiotCuringAustraliasCoalAddiction898-625.jpg Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 <iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/AcCxUwI.html?p=1" width="480" height="390" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#AcCxUwI" style="display:none"></embed> <br /> Australia is addicted to coal. We mine it, we burn it, we export it &#8211; coal is our number one contribution to climate change. The greenhouse pollution from Australian coal exports eclipse all domestic emissions combined. But instead of phasing out this dangerous industry, a reckless expansion of coal infrastructure is underway. Celebrated UK journalist and activist George Monbiot spoke to Sydney via videolink about coal policy in the UK and how ordinary people in the UK are taking direct action to hold their government to account on climate change.Tired of hot air and want to take real action against climate change?Gather your friends and join hundreds of people at the Camp for Climate Action Australia. July 10th - 14th 2008 www.climatecamp.com.au http://blip.tv/file/1048621 Politics monbiot climate change coal activist activism sydney australia Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:38 +0000 monbiot, climate, change, coal, activist, activism, sydney, australia http://a.images.blip.tv/FOEsyd-GeorgeMonbiotCuringAustraliasCoalAddiction898.jpg monbiot, climate, change, coal, activist, activism, sydney, australia <iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/AcCxUwI.html?p=1" width="480" height="390" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#AcCxUwI" style="display:none"></embed> George Monbiot - Curing Australia's Coal Addiction http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/