This week, was radiothon at 2SER, so forgive and ignore our suggestions to call you, you can still visit www.2ser.org.au to subscribe to the show. We talked with Jess Miller, expert in environmental communications and PR. She filled us in on the way people and companies greenwash and some great examples. Jessica Minshall talks with the ACF about their recent report suggesting free permits of big polluters could cost Australia millions of dollars. And lastly Nick Hollins talks about recent story of an en ex-police officer infiltrating environment groups on behalf of the uranium industry. Presenter: James Hitchcock and Libby King

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Ep. 24 Alice Springs Convergence, Greens Radioactive Waste Dump legislation, Carben Offset watch and Green Jobs. Aired on 2ser October 9th This week's guest is Hannah Walters who reports-back on the convergence in Alice Springs against the NT Intervention. Greens Dump legislation With the ALP election promise to repeal the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act, you'd be forgiven for thinking that debate over a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory is no longer relevant. However nearly a year into the Rudd government's term, the act is still in place. Two weeks ago the Greens senator Scott Ludlam introduced a bill to repeal this act. The Third Degree?s James Hitchcock spoke with Senator Ludlam. Carbon Offset Watch You may ride a bicycle to work and have switched to GreenPower at home, without realising there are other ways you can reduce your carbon footprint. More than 50 carbon offset schemes exist, but how do you find what project is sustainbable for you. ?Carbon Offset Watch? is a website that ranks Australia?s carbon offset retailers and Anne von Fehrn spoke to one its founders, Dr Chris Riedy from the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Green Jobs Workers in the U.S. are swapping jobs in polluting industries for new ?green-collar? jobs in the emerging clean economy. And in Australia, several pilot programs have started which focus on youth in coal-affected communities like the Hunter Valley. This feature is produced by Jessica Minshall and Holly Creenaune. We speak to program co-ordinators, young workers and hear from researchers exploring the potential for green employment. Presenters: Libby King and Jessica Minshall

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Aired on 2ser Oct 2nd This week's guest is Bev Smiles from the Mudgee District Environment Group, who provides an overview of current coal mining in NSW, and in particular Xstrata's record. The burning issue is Garnaut: The federal government's chief climate advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut handed his final report over to Kevin Rudd on Tuesday, and received some very mixed reviews from global warming experts. Featured in story: Bob Brown - Australian Greens leader, Anna Rose ? GetUp climate campaigner and Roger Jones - Principal research scientist of CSIRO Produced by Michelle Watts. NT Intervention uranium and rally On Tuesday it was revealed that Uranium mining company Cameco has been granted a uranium exploration license for Angela - Pamela, a site located just 25km from the heart of Alice Springs. The federal government?s decision has incensed many locals who believe uranium mining could pose a direct threat to the safety of the community and its water supply. Dr Hilary Tyler from Medical Association For the Prevention of War, is at the convergence at Alice Springs protesting against the continued NT Invervention and the impact it?s having on the communities there. The 3rd Degree?s James Hitchcock spoke with her about the license approval. Polluting environmentalists Recent research in the UK has found people who feel they lead the most sustainable lifestyles are actually causing the most environmental damage. According to a survey of 200 people done by Exeter University, people who regularly recycle and save energy at home are also the most likely to take frequent long distance flights. Dr. Phil McManus is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney Geography department. He has been doing related research into the tensions between discourses of sustainable cities and the practices of Neoliberalism. He spoke with the third degree?s Libby King. Rising Tide meets with K RUDD A Community Cabinet session was held in Newcastle this week, giving the locals a chance to voice concerns to the federal government. And, as ever, there were climate change demonstrations. A few people had short meetings with Kevin Rudd and the Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong. The 3rd Degree?s James Hitchcock spoke with Georgina Woods from Rising Tide Newcastle about her meeting with the PM Kevin Rudd. Presenters: Jessica Minshall and Nick Hollins

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Aired on 2ser 25th Sept 2008 - This week's guest is Tessa Dowdell, Sydney climateer (or climate activist). She talks about the climate emergency week of action, the importance of taking action over the next few months and a new COAL-TURE jamming project. If you have any ideas for COAL-TURE jams please send them through to the3rddegree [at] 2ser.com -Nick Hollins follows his story from two weeks ago regarding Garnuat's interim targets. After much criticism from environmental NGOs, Garnuat has responded. Damien Lawson, climate justice coordinator from Friends of the Earth Australia gives us the low down. -Another story we caught up with this week was that of the Gunnedah basin and the opposition to the expansion of coal mining in the region. This week saw protesters gather outside the Gunnedah coal conference. The third degree's Robin King spoke with the Greens MP Lee Rhiannon at the conference. Presenters: James Hitchcock and Libby King Events: Climate Emergency Rally Protest outside offices of Xstrata Coal!1 Macquarie Place Sydney CBD (off Loftus St, near Circular Quay) 5pm Thursday October 2nd It's a climate emergency! Melting of the Arctic sea ice may be complete by the northern summer of 2010. We must urgently decarbonise our economy to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and existing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Xtrata, NSW?s biggest coal exporter, is about to start work on the Mangoola mine in the Hunter Valley. The call for renewables is more urgent than ever!

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Aired on 2ser 18th Sept 2008 -This week's guest is Renata Field from Friend's of the Earth Sydney. She reports back on the joint Anti-Racist and Climate Camps held last month in Hamburg, Germany. - The UK has just had their third climate camp at Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent, aiming to highlight how dangerous it is to be building new coal-fired power stations in the middle of the current climate crisis. Steve Milligan was a participant in all three UK Climate Camps. He speaks to the third degree's Libby King. -A corporate watch report has found that only two out of all so-called 'ethical' investment funds do not invest in uranium mining. The 3rd degree's James Hitchcock called his super fund to ask how his super is being invested. He spoke with David St John - Chief Investment Officer for UniSuper. -A Survey released last week suggests that delaying action on Climate Change may not be that popular after all. The 3rd Degree?s Andy Small spoke to Jordan Louvier, Executive Director of the Research Centre at UTS, about key findings of the survey, and their political implications. Presenters: Nick Hollins and Jessica Minshall

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-This week we spoke with Nina Hall from Climate Action Coogee about the climate protection bill which will be before Parliament later this month. Info on the bill and how you can support it here! - Nick Hollins reports on Garnaut supplementary draft report and speaks with John Connor, CEO of the Climate Institute and David Spratt, the author of 'Climate Code Red' -Jessica Minshall reports on the NT intervention and the effects the land rights reforms under the scheme have had in regards to mining and communities Presenters: Libby King and James Hitchcock

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Ep 19. Flight pollution, Beverly uranium mine... This week we speak to Erland Howden from NSW Nature Conservation Council about flight pollution and alternative travel routes. Also: -James Hitchcock catches up with Peter Burdon from Friends of the Earth Adelaide to get the low-down on Peter Garrett's approval of the expansion of the Beverly Uranium mine. -The fate of the Coorong and Lower Murray hangs in the air, Libby King reports. -Anne von Fehrn gave us an insight into media coverage of climate change and climate change scepticism. Presenters: Nick Hollins and Jessica Minshall

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This week: -Damien Lawson, climate justice coordinator from Friends of the Earth joined us in the studio to talk about international carbon, why its not going to help us reduce emissions and its effects on developing nations under the kyoto protocol clean energy mechanism. There will be film screening happeing on tuesday on the topic 'The Carbon Connection' (see below for details). Click here to make a submission to the governments Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Rising Tide Australia have a form letter to help out here. Submissions are due to 10th September. -Our 'Burning Issue' of the week is the coal exploration and expansion of the Gunnedah plains regions. The China Shenhua Energy group was last week given rights to explore land adjacent to BHPbillitons licesne area in Caroona. Jessica Minshall talked with Tim Duddy from the Caroona Coal Action Group about the expansion and taing direct action. -A global food crisis is threatening humainity. The cost of staple foods has risen by an estimated 83% over the past three years, and there are many factors contributing to the price surge. These include finaical speculation, the use of grain for bio-fuels, and the ising demand for food combined with eclining agricultural yields. The 3rd Degree's Nick Holins spoke with Julian Cribb, Ajunct Professor of Science Communication at UTS, to get his view on the crisis, and what Australia should be doing about it. -My power is one of many groups cycling around Australia right now to promote sustainability, They're in the Northern Territory at the moment. The 3rd Degree's Andy Smal caught up with Mareki from the MyPower team after their visit to Mataranka Primary School. This weeks Hot Events: Public Forum: Green jobs for a greener Hunter ? What are the Prospects?Presented by Lake Macquarie Climate Action and Climate Action NewcastleThursday 28th August, 730pm, St Albans Church, Charlestown. Film Screening: The Carbon Connection ? the story of two communities, one in Brasil and on Scotland, linked by carbon trading. Presented by Friends of the Earth Sydney. Tuesday 2nd September, 630pm, Brown St Community Hall, Newtown Library. And two fantastic fundraisers to support climate camp arestes: - FauxBQ ? Friends of the Earth Sydney are hosting a FauxBQ, a feast of fake meat!Come along for a protein rush and a beer. Camperdown Park, Newtown, 2-6pm. $5 a plate, if its wet call Holly 0417 682 541 Climate Camp Fine Film Fundraiser ? Showing ?Persepolis?: a new French animation film about a young woman growing up in Iran. Winner of the Canes Jury prize. ($8 donnation ? maybe). Thursday 4th September, 6.30pm, 16 Sloane St Newtown, Call Ollie 0422331213

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James caught up with Dr Mark Diesendorf from the Institute of Environment Studies, University of NSW and Author of the Book ' something' about de-carbonising our electricity system. Diesendorf tells us from now until 2020, energy efficiency measures and solar hot water can reduce our demand by around 50%. This can be coupled with wind and biomass energy. After 2020 Mark suggests solar thermal and pv, as well as geothermal can potentially supply all our energy needs. He also calls for a moratorium on new coal fired power.

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James spoke with Andrea Gaffney from the Clean Energy Council about the effects of the governments means test on the solar industry, and the potential of feed-in tariffs as a replacement for the rebate systems.

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Sydney Gas and AGL have been given exploration licenses to test drill for Coal Seam Methane Gas in 12 locations across the Hunter Valley. Since these licenses were issued, Drilling has begun in the Hunter Valley town of Wollombi. Jess spoke with Sean Gough from 'Wollombi Valley against gas extraction'.

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Pollution has severely reduced aquatic biodiversity in rivers in the Blue Mountains World Heritage area. New tests have shown the water contains toxic levels of zinc, and the population of some water fauna have been reduced by as much as half. The pollution is believed to be caused by run-off from an abandoned mine. Libby King spoke to Dr. Ian Wright, a researcher at the University of the Western Sydney.

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Jess talks with Dr Jim Green, Anti-Nuclear campaigner from Friends of the Earth Australia about ALP's plans for a radioactive waste dump and the expansion of uranium mining.

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Gunnedah plains and surrounding area is currently home to a large part of NSW agricultural sector. Mining companies however have seen past the fertile soils to the large coal deposits in the area. When Bhp-Billiton came to explore coal deposits on farming properties in the town of Caroona, local residents have gone about blockading the properties from exploration. Libby speaks to farmer and property owner Tim Duddy about potential coal exploration on his land and its effects on underground aquifers.

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Jess talks with Phil Freeman from ACF about the potential for green collar jobs in Australia.

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We talk with Libby and special guest Kathryn who both took direct action on the decentralised day of action a climate camp, shutting down a coal loader at kooragang. They share their experience, demystify what it means to get arrested, and fill us in on what to wear if locking yourself to industrial coal infrastructure.

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We talked with Kim, who is launching the Ride Planet Earth project next week in Sydney. Kim is riding from Brisbane to Denmark visiting places effected by climate change and often ignored by the international community. Kim will be collecting a video petition along the way to deliver to the UN Copenhagen conference in '09. rideplanetearth.org

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Tim reveals the worlds most polluting man, resposible for inventing both leaded petrl and cfc's

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James, Libby and special guest Kathryn report back on the Camp for Climate Action, which happened in Newcastle last weekend, including live recordings from the mass action day on Sunday

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We talk to Andy Small who has recently completed an internship working with Reprieve, an NGO who provide legal and humanitarian suport for those on death row. Andy completed his internship in New Orleans and shares his experiences with us.

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Libby reports in live from the field on what the students of sustainability conference is all about.

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We spoke to Georgina Woods, a member of the the organising collective of the Camp For Climate Action, which will be held at Newcastle in July. Georgina fills us in on what the camp is about, how you can get involved and more.

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Gemma from the UTS (University of Technology, Sydney) Enviro Collective, dropped by to say hi and tell us about the sorts of things the collective have been getting up to this year. Contact the Collective: utsenviro [at] gmail.com

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Well this week we were joined with a special guest host Jess Miller from Climate Friendly, a Sydney based company that does sustainability consultancy and carbon offsetting. We spoke to Jess about the in's and outs of offsetting, who uses their services and why and much more.

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Jess from climate friendly suggests motorists could pay people to cycle to offset their emissions.

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Peter Kennedy and Graham Brown, two coal miners from the Hunter Valley, talk at a lunch time Forum organised by the Sydney Uni Enviro Collective. They share their views and knowledge on the coal industry, the big companies behind the mines, where the unions are on the issue, climate camp and the future of coal. (40 mins)

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James talks with michella from FoE Melbourne, Anti-Nukes campaigner about the radioactive exposure tour and current state of nuclear affairs

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Jessica spoke with Forest Campaigner Lindsay Hesketh from the Australian Conservation Foundation about the Department of Forestry's figures on our disappearing forests.

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Libby spoke with John Kaye from the NSW greens a few weeks ago about electricity privatisation, she caught up with again for the latest on the issue and party politics.

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James caught up with some people at the Labour party state conference to ask them about privatisation

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Last week we had a Chat about Drink bottles, well now you can hear Nick talking with John Dee, the co-founder of Planet Ark about the issue.

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Jess spoke with Maurice Wells from the Sydney Energy Cooperative about fall out from budget last week and what this means for solar installations and more

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Ian Lower speaking at a forum in Brisbane describes us as being on the titanic, hurtling towards and climate change iceberg and the need for a mutiny to steer us clear!

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The other week we also told you head down to UNSW for the 'A Climate for Change Forum'. Well Jess took that advice and spoke with Dr Alistair Sproul, from the School of Renewable Engineering at UNSW at solar power and future of renewable energy in Australia.

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Two weeks ago we had a chat about fuel efficiency and why nothing has changed. This week Nick brings you all the juicy details when he spoke Dr Paul Mees of Melbourne University, who has found that fuel efficiency in our cars is the same as in 1963.

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Pete Gray from Rising tide newcastle talks at 'A climate for Change' climate change and the law forum about newcastle coal and climate camp

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Libby caught up with John Kaye from the NSW Greens to get the goss and background the state governments propossed electricty sell off.

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James caught up with Holly Crenaune from Friends of the Earth Sydney to here about what trouble electricity privatisation could cause for our efforts dealing with greenhouse emissions and the rally at the state labor conference.

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James and Libby talk with Renata from Friends of the Earth Sydney about permablitz, sustainable food and Bok Choy

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We have a nice chat about greenwashing

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David Spratt (carbon equity) and Adrien Whitehead (zero emissions netowork) talk with Anne at the Climate change/ Social Change conference about their views on the climate movement and emissions reduction targets

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