Gregory Andrews
Petrol cars waste 80% of their energy, EVs use 89%!
Amidst the discourse on New Vehicle Efficiency Standards, there's a particular inefficiency that really stands out to me: petrol and...
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Gregory Andrews
Feb 142 min read
Debunking 'division' on climate change
In Australia, the discourse on climate change can seem divisive. That's because the fossil fuel industry wants it that way. It knows its...
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Gregory Andrews
Feb 32 min read
Tree planting not a panacea on climate change
Because trees and forests absorb carbon, tree planting is often touted as a strategy for combating climate change. Governments, industry,...
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Gregory Andrews
Jan 162 min read
Patriotism, plastic flags and Australia Day
If Australians are cross with Woolworths at the moment, it's not about Australia Day. We're cross about rising grocery prices and...
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Gregory Andrews
Jan 133 min read
Debunking the excuse that “Australia only contributes to 1% of emissions"
A narrative against climate action by those moving on from overt denialism is that Australia's emissions are just a drop in the ocean...
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Gregory Andrews
Jan 83 min read
Climate change denial: Lies work!
My last blog was about climate change denialists and toxic masculinity. This one is about their use and promotion of lies and deception....
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Gregory Andrews
Jan 73 min read
Climate change denial and toxic masculinity
I expected resistance when I undertook my #ClimateHungerStrike in November 2023. But I didn't anticipate the consistently abusive,...
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Gregory Andrews
Jan 43 min read
US 2024 chaos: Implications for Australia
At the beginning of 2024, US politics seems more fraught than ever. Presidential elections and Donald Trump's resurgence loom large. And...
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Gregory Andrews
Dec 31, 20232 min read
2023: The year we blew 1.5°C
In November 2023, while I was climate hunger-striking on the lawns of Australia's Parliament House, world-leading climate scientist...
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Gregory Andrews
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Challenging Climate Change Denialists on Isolated Events
In a world grappling with the irrefutable reality and impacts of climate change, a small but loud minority of denialists seem determined...
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Gregory Andrews
Dec 10, 20233 min read
On Climate Tipping Points: Why Net Zero by 2050 is too little too late
As goverments argue, and petro-states and fossil fuel companies derail negotations at COP28, prominent climate scientist Professor Bill...
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Gregory Andrews
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Antarctica's melting ice sheets out of control
As #COP28 commences in the fossil-fuelled air-conditioned conference halls of the UAE, scientists across the world are sounding the alarm...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Join me to block the world's biggest coal port
This weekend, the Rising Tide movement is organising a peaceful People's Blockade of Newcastle Coal Port just two hours north of Sydney...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Wow, my #ClimateHungerStrike continues!
While I was in hospital, a man I've never met before came up from the south coast of NSW to Canberra and took my place outside Parliament...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 19, 20232 min read
From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Yuma! As they say here on Ngunnawal County in Canberra. The medical staff at Canberra Hospital have just told me I'm allowed to go home...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 18, 20232 min read
My body gave up but my determination hasn't
Dear Supporters Yesterday I had to listen to my body when it started to give out. I was losing control of my limbs and speech, and my...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 17, 20232 min read
I've lost 10kg
Dear supporters This morning I woke up and weighed in to discover that I've hit the 10kg weight-loss mark. I'm losing my stability and...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 16, 20232 min read
#ClimateHungerStike: kind of like a big deal
Dear supporters Yesterday I received this wonderful message from one of the men I admire most in the world. Dear Greg, what an Earth...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 15, 20232 min read
#ClimateHungerStrike next update
Dear Supporters, Overnight, I got a message that the Office of the Secretary General of the United Nations is aware of my...
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Gregory Andrews
Nov 13, 20232 min read
Please help me again
Good morning, Thank you again for signing my petition. Today is day 12 of my climate hunger strike. I know I'm starting to make a...
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