WIN TV coverage of Walk Against Warming

Watch WIN TV's excellent coverage of Wollongong's Walk Against Warming on Saturday August 14. Jess can be seen speaking from the platform, scroll down for her speech to the rally!

Jess speaks at Walk Against Warming

Watch Jess's speech to the 350 strong Walk Against Warming in Wollongong on August 14.

Walk Against Warming in the media

Check out this coverage of Saturday's Walk Against Warming in the Wollongong Advertiser.

Please come along to the walk to demand action on climate. Speakers so far include: John Kaye, Greens MLC; Jess Moore, Socialist Alliance candidate for Cunningham; George Takacs, Greens candidate for Cunningham; Genevieve Kelly, NSW secretary, National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU); and Patrick Harrison, enviro rep, Wollongong Uni students.

After speakers we'll hear from a class of students from St Brigid's, Gwynneville. They've written a song about climate change and will perform it on stage! Then we'll walk to WA Lang Park for a sustainable BBQ, stalls & entertainment.

See you there!

Ella Ryan, local climate activist, on JJJ's Hack

Listen to Ella Ryan - local climate activist working with Jess's campaign - speak to Triple J's Hack program on the campaign for 100% renewable energy!

Vote Climate website recommends vote for Jess Moore in Cunningham

The “world’s first dedicated climate election website” - Vote Climate (http://www.voteclimate.org.au/) - has recommended a vote for the Socialist Alliance in the August 21 federal elections.

Vote Climate provides detailed policy analysis based on available policy as the primary source, and public documents and public statements as a secondary source. Socialist Alliance is ranked first as the only party that has “policies that might stop runaway climate change” and that “adopt[s] a climate emergency response”.

The Greens are ranked second followed by the Democrats, as parties with “policies that won’t stop runaway climate change, but have numerous positive elements that will help the adoption of stronger response down the track”.

Labor and Liberal are also ranked as parties with “policies that won’t stop runaway climate change” and “take only limited action which will not stop global warming reaching dangerous levels quickly.”

Jess Moore, Socialist Alliance candidate in Cunningham and dedicated renewable energy campaigner, said: 'The science tells us we have about a decade to shift away from carbon-intensive practices if we are to avoid runaway climate change.This must be the starting point when developing policy to combat climate change. I am proud to be running for a party with the courage to put forward solutions that will give us a chance for a safe climate future.

'Australia faces a choice: continue with business as usual or make the changes needed for a safe climate future. But Labor and Liberal seem to think they can negotiate with the laws of physics and chemistry. They are totally tied to the interests of big polluters and refuse to take urgent action.

'Some politicians and corporate lobby groups even talk about climate change as though it were something to choose whether to believe in or not. But like the Earth being round, climate change is scientific fact. And the real question is: "are we going to solve the climate crisis or aren’t we"?

'The technology exists to move Australia to 100% renewable energy within 10 years. It will cost 3-3.5% of GDP. We can do this by taxing the corporate polluters and billionaires that were bailed out using public money during the financial crisis.

'Delay is denial. People want the government to take stronger action on climate change. Our policies on public transport, renewable energy and a just transition for workers to move out of polluting industries are an essential part of the required response. These policies would not only help avoid dangerous climate change but they would create jobs, cleaner environments and they would improve ordinary workers’ lives', Moore concluded.

Vote Climate describes Socialist Alliance’s policy as “driven by care for people, and they understand the direct connection between the environment, the services it provides and human well-being. They have reviewed climate science and impacts and concluded the mainstream response to climate change is nowhere near enough. The Socialist Alliance policy ... offers the best hope for the future.”

Julia Gillard's climate 'plan': more talk while icecaps melt

Jess Moore's climate plan: boost public investment in renewables now

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Wednesday July 28 - 'Julia Gillard's "new" climate policy is the same as it was under Kevin Rudd: more talk, and inaction', said Jess Moore, Socialist Alliance candidate for Cunningham.

'But delay is denial. The climate crisis demands urgent action now. As Julia Gillard herself said in 2008: "Climate change is the biggest social and economic challenge of our generation. The science is overwhelming and after years of inaction, we can no longer sit on our hands and hope that the problem goes away".

'That’s why I and the Socialist Alliance support a comprehensive plan for stripping carbon emissions out of power generation, like Zero Carbon Australia’s 10-year stationary energy plan (see http://media.beyondzeroemissions.org/ZCA2020_Stationary_Energy_Report_v1.pdf). Immediate large-scale public investment for 100% renewable energy by 2020 is not only essential but would create jobs.'

Moore, a leading renewable energy campaigner in Wollongong, added: 'On July 23, Labor - equally frightened of offending the big polluters and losing marginal seats - joined the Coalition in producing more pretend climate policy, like:

• New coal-fired power stations having to be “ready” to capture carbon-dioxide when 15 coal-fired stations are on line in NSW alone and commercial Carbon Capture and Storage technology doesn’t exist;
  
• $1 billion over 10 years to upgrade Australia's electricity grid for renewable energy when the full cost of the job is about $90 billion;
• Cutting $520 million from renewable energy programs to fund a ‘cash-for-clunkers’ scheme - a handout to the polluting car industry!'

Moore stressed: 'According to Gillard Australia now needs a "citizens assembly" to create a consensus about the seriousness of global warming. This is nonsense! It's a delay tactic that benefits the big polluters while selling out our future.

'The vast majority of Australians want to see a quick transition to climate sustainability. The sticking point is - who’s going to pay the bill.

'But it’s easy to find the resources if we want to. For example, the Zero Carbon Australia plan could be funded by cuts to wasteful military expenditure, subsidies to polluters and private schools and by taxing the corporate polluters and billionaires. This approach would also answer Coalition scare campaigns about "a great big new tax on everything".'

Moore concluded: 'The big parties are selling out our future at this election. People should vote for a climate policy based on the polluters paying and with boosted public investment in renewables at its heart.

'We should also mobilise and demand real action. The August 14 Walk Against Warming provides a great opportunity to do just that.'

Walk Against Warming '09

Jess is a leading climate and renewable energy campaigner locally. Check out this footage from the 2009 Walk Against Warming that Jess helped organise. Over 700 people marched in what was Wollongong's biggest rally for climate action in years. She addressed the rally on behalf of Socialist Alliance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9niEx10Hg&feature=related