Over four weekends in March and April, volunteers from Darebin Climate Action Now (DCAN) and Yarra Climate Action Now (YCAN) spoke to over 500 people from Reservoir, Preston, Northcote, Fairfield, Alphington and Clifton Hill about their views on the development and funding of large scale solar power in Australia.
We found overwhelming support (87%) for the construction of big solar in Australia.

Let’s make Martin Ferguson pay some Big Attention to Big Solar.
Big Solar Poll door-knocking – Sat March 31 and Sat April 14 in Clifton Hill and Preston, 1-4pm including training session.
Email taegen -at- ycan.org.au to let us know you are coming

During the prime ministership of John Howard, the term ‘greenhouse mafia’ was coined to describe the fossil fuel industry representatives who were so influential they were literally writing the Federal Government’s climate and energy policies. With Martin Ferguson as Labor’s Minister for Resources and Energy, it seems very little has changed. The Energy White Paper is a key example.

Brian Walters QC comments on the spying scandal associated with Energy Minister Martin Ferguson, who is using taxpayer money to spy on peaceful community groups who are protesting against his pro-coal and pro-gas fossil fuel agenda. Cross-posted from Brian Walters’ blog.

Media release and photo from Yarra Climate Action Now and Darebin Climate Action Now for Tuesday 13 December’s action against Martin Ferguson’s pro-fossil fuel, pro-Uranium and anti-renewable energy views and actions.

Martin Ferguson is an energy minister that prefers 19th Century fossil fuels over renewables, and he’s not afraid to show it. Come along to this early morning action on Tuesday 13 December in East Melbourne before his speech to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) to let him know we want renewable energy, not coal, gas, oil and Uranium.