Torres Strait elders join students at School Strike 4 Climate
Friday, 17 November 2023
Thousands of students will take to the streets today for the School Strike 4 Climate as Torres Strait Islander people desperately hope the message cuts through to the government. Torres Strait Islander elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai are in Melbourne for hearings in the landmark court case they brought against the Australian government for climate inaction and will speak at the climate strike.
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Offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is a new threat to the world's oceans and a dangerous distraction ahead of climate talks, legal experts say. The Independent Centre for International Environmental Law found storing greenhouse gas emissions in depleted oil and gas wells in the seabed should not be used to justify new fossil fuel projects.
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