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| The Durban Climate Change Conference 2011 COP17 commenced on 28 November 2011.
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| The inaugural Thousand Warrior March was held in Melbourne on 5 November 2011.
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| The Occupy Melbourne protest started on Saturday 15 October 2011. The protest was a random gathering of people concerned with outcomes from the Global Financial Crisis such as governments bailing out banks. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle stated that the protest should be terminated on Friday 21 October 2011
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| The forests at Sylvia Creek, near Toolangi (Victoria, Australia), are being logged in July 2011 by VicForests, a Victorian State Government-owned enterprise.
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| An Australian Carbon Price Agreement was announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday 10 July 2011. The agreement sets a carbon price of $25 per tonne for 500 companies in Australia with the largest carbon emissions.
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| A Climate change national day of action was held in capital cities and towns across Australia on Saturday 5 June 2011. About 45,000 people attended rallies across Australia to support the need to price carbon pollution as one measure for taking action on climate change
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| Germany announced plans on 30 May 2011 to become the first major industrialised power to shut down all its nuclear plants, with the last to be closed by 2022. Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen announced the government's "irreversible" decision, which was prompted by the Japanese nuclear disaster.
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| The Critical Decade Report published by the Climate Commission Secretariat in Australia in May 2011 highlighted that the global climate is changing and humanity is almost surely the primary cause. Failing to take sufficient action today entails potentially huge risks to our economy, society and way of life into the future. This is the critical decade for action..
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| 300 people attended the 2011 Australian climate action summit in Melbourme on 9-10 April with activists voicing their frustration over the failure of Australian governments to develop effective climate policy.
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| 10,000 people attended the 2011 climate action and carbon price rally in Melbourme on 12 March 2011 to support a carbon price and real action on climate change.
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| Cyclone Yasi is a category 5 cyclone that impacted North Queensland on 23:50 Wednesday 2 February 2011.
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| Extreme weather causes massive flood events in Queensland, northern New South Wales and Victoria, Australia in mid January 2011. People with solar panels are advised to shutdown their system prior to floodwaters arriving, and seek expert assistance when attempting to restart it. See Safety Bulletin – Floods and household solar panels for more information.
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| Yes to Renewables was launched in October 2010 by Friends of the Earth to engage the community on proposed renewable energy projects.
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| The My Bikeroute wiki was launched in October 2010 as a first step in a NSW Government program to improve the availability of information about bike-riding in the State. In the first 10-week phase they we are asking cyclists to help map the "bikeable" street network in Greater Sydney.
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| The SCAG Bike Ped Planning wiki is a wiki-based website to provide a new approach to public involvement in transportation planning. The website has been provided by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to improve public participation in the planning of cycling routes and facilities.
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