'Fight for Planet A' and reading for Zoom, Friday 21 August

18/8/2020

I trust you are all doing what you need to keep yourself safe. I hope you all watched the first episode of ‘Fight for Planet A’ last week and the second episode, which focused on transport emissions, at 8.30pm on Tuesday night. If you missed them you can view them on iView.

I have attached five articles for your regular ‘diet’ of Climate change/sustainability articles. I have tried to include articles with some positive trends.

There have been a lot of significant groups urging the government to implement a ‘Green Recovery’ for the economy, following the pandemic.

We will have plenty to talk about at our Zoom discussion on Friday morning.

We might spend the first 40 minute session discussing ‘Fight for Planet A’, have a short coffee break and then spend the next 40 minutes discussing the articles I have sent you.

Click on the following link to join the Sustainability Zoom discussion at 10am on Friday 21st August:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73470252715?pwd=RVBUcUpGRm4zenAzL2Z1dnZLN2g0Zz09

If you haven’t joined a Zoom meeting before, I have previously sent an instruction sheet about Joining a Zoom Meeting for the First Time.

It would be good to see some ‘new faces’ on Friday morning.

John

Reading List:

Blackballed: will coal bounce back from slump or is it terminal?
Nick O'Malley The Sydney Morning Herald August 15, 2020

Business chiefs urge PM to invest sustainably for COVID-19 recovery
Mike Foley The Age August 10, 2020

Joel Fitzgibbon blasted by Mark Butler for backing gas-led Covid recovery plan
The Guardian Wed 12 Aug 2020 Katharine Murphy

Medical experts urge Scott Morrison to act on climate change as part of the COVID-19 recovery
SBS News Tuesday 11 August, 2020

Coal power hits record low, but Taylor still can’t credit wind and solar for lower electricity prices
Michael Mazengarb RenewEconomy 14 August 2020

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