October 2023

October 1, 1997 – Global greens gather in Melbourne, diss Australian #climate policy

October 2, 2014 – Low emission technologies on their way, says Minerals Council of Australia

October 3, 1975 – Three members of Congress introduce first bill for a national #climate program.

October 4, 1978 – the Interdepartmental group on Climatology meets for the first time…

October 5, 1992 – Ignoreland hits the airwaves. #Neoliberalism

October 6, 1989 – Hawke Government given climate heads up by top scientist

October 7, 2010 – Julia Gillard scraps the “Climate Assembly” idea

October 8, 1971 – Lord Kennet pushes back against Nature’s “John Maddox” on the greenhouse effect.

October 8, 1978 – The Times runs an “ice caps melting” story

October 9, 1991 – Greens get labeled religious fanatics, don’t like it.

October 10, 1997 – Australian businesses say ‘yes’ to a decent Kyoto deal

October 11, 1990 – Australian Federal Government makes climate promise, with fingers crossed

October 12, 2007 – Judge grants mining licence, doubts climate change

October 13, 1990/97 – Ros Kelly defends the Interim Planning Target vs Australia does nothing

October 14, 1977 – a UNESCO education conference mentions climate change…

October 15, 1971 – “Man’s Impact on the Climate” published

October 16, 1990 – Green groups say yes to “Ecologically Sustainable Development”

October 17, 1973 – the coup at the Australian Conservation Foundation

October 18, 1983 – All US news networks run “greenhouse effect” stories

October 19, 2002 – Doctors for the Environment Australia, becomes a thing.

October 20, 1983 – The Australian says “‘Dire consequences’ in global warm-up”. 

October 21, 1983 – “Changing Climate” report released

October 22, 1969 – Edmund Muskie mentions CO2 build up 

October 23, 1955 – LA Times article says “our weather is changing”

October 24, 1983 – EPA releases study on sea-level rise

October 24, 2003 – Last flight of the Concorde

October 25, 1980 – Australian radio’s The Science Show talks about climate change…

October 25, 2000 – James Hansen writes a letter

October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted

October 27, 1967 – “the Swedish environmental turn” picks up speed

October 28, 1906 – the birth of the Press Release

October 29, 2004 – Aussie environmentalists win a court case…

October 30, 1983 – Carl Sagan hosts ‘nuking ourselves would be bad’ conference.

October 30, 2008 – a worker-greenie coalition? Maybe…

October 31, 2018 – Extinction Rebellion makes its declaration of rebellion