World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment. First held in 1974, it has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issue such as marine pollution, human overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption and wildlife...
Category: Eco-justice and environmental
BREAKING NEWS 28 May 2021 Eight high school students have won a landmark climate case, which asked the court to recognise that Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has a duty to protect young people around Australia from foreseeable future climate change harms. The students claimed that approving a major extension to the Vickery coal mine in...
25th May 2021 On Tuesday, Adani lost a Federal Court decision about drawing 12.5 billion litres of water from the Suttor River to wash coal and suppress dust at the Carmichael mine. The decision came two and a half years after lodging the case that alleged the Morrison Government broke its own laws when assessing Adani’s water-guzzling...
Recently, a series of new resources were developed by the UCA Environmental Action Group in cooperation with Uniting Church Fellowship and Mission Support (UCFAMS), with support from the SA UCA Synod, entitled, “Lessons from Covid-19 for the Climate emergency”. At the launch, Dr Deidre Palmer, President of the Uniting Church in Australia, said: “This resource...
