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The Southern Alberta Council on Public affairs (SACPA) presents a special Tuesday session discussing the state of coal mining in Australia and the ongoing work to put an end to the industry.
The Fight to End Australian Coal Mining
Tuesday Evening - March 1, 2022 at 7 p.m. (MST)
YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/M9r9xuwOlX0
Australia is obsessed with coal. The current Prime Minister held up a lump of coal in Parliament recently and told Australians not to be afraid. Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal, digging up millions of tonnes per year and shipping it across the world, fueling the climate crisis. The speaker will cover the state of play with coal in Australia — from the projects still on the cards and their impacts, to the tactics and strategies campaigners and communities are using to push for an end to coal mining and export.
Speaker: Dr. Moira Williams
For over a decade, Moira has been a leader in the Australian grassroots climate movement — from building and supporting a national network of Climate Action Groups to working with landholders, traditional owners and coal affected communities in central Queensland. For the last eight years, she has worked on the campaign to keep coal in the Galilee basin (one of the largest untapped fossil fuel reserves on the planet) safely in the ground. She currently works with Tipping Point — a collective that works behind the scenes to support the national #StopAdani movement — one of the largest and most successful environmental movements in Australia's history.
In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you’ll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don’t, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember, you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.
Link to SACPA’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernAlbertaCouncilonPublicAffairs
For further information on the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, visit the SACPA website.
Contact:
Trevor Kenney | trevor.kenney@uleth.ca | sacpa.ca