Apr 9, 2023 | Carbon offsets, Environmental law, Methane, National campaigns, No category, Safeguard Mechanism
Heavy emitters to be pulled into line: Back in January this year, with the Federal Coalition dealing themselves out of negotiations, with the fossil fuel industries ramping up pressure that ‘we need to develop more gas’, and with conservative media outlets...
Apr 9, 2023 | No category
Australia must bring in vehicle fuel efficiency standards to ‘catch up’ We are asking RACV members to pressure RACV and the peak body, AAA Read this blog for pointers on sending a short email or comment to the RACV and the AAA Lack of stringent Fuel...
Dec 8, 2021 | Carbon, Climate Policy, Gas, No category
Victoria is due to release its Gas Substitution Roadmap by the end of the year. A number of climate focused organisations, including Lighter Footprints, have issued a Joint Statement on Victoria Getting Off Fossil Gas. The Lighter Footprints MP engagement group is...
Jul 12, 2021 | Climate change and health, Climate Damage, Climate Policy, Communicating climate change, Lighter Footprints Working Groups, No category, Taking Action
Lighter Footprints is getting out on the streets! Together with our friends at the Kooyong Climate Change Alliance we will be holding street stalls on Saturday mornings, in shopping centres around Boroondara. We will be providing high quality information about making...
Oct 6, 2020 | Climate Policy, Gas, No category, Taking Action
Gasfield south of Chinchilla, Qld. Background The Morrison government established the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission to provide a business perspective to Government on Australia’s economic recovery. There were concerns about member connections to the fossil...
Aug 1, 2019 | No category
Point of clarification about the imputation that Lighter Footprints, by association, is behind the Section 44 claim against Josh Frydenberg. For the record, Lighter Footprints is a long standing local climate action group in the Kooyong and adjacent electorates....
Dec 31, 2008 | No category
This article outlines the ways in which one can participate in Lighter Footprints. We refer to participants as ‘members’ although there is no formal membership scheme or other requirements. 1. Lighter Footprints Action Group Members of this group...
Dec 25, 2008 | No category
Today (Christmas Day 2008) we fully launch our new look website for Lighter Footprints. It is built on Google’s ‘Blogspot’ platform, so essentially it’s a blog which has been adapted and customised to our needs. Thanks go to Peter Campbell for...
