MEDIA RELEASE
Environment, health and community groups have gathered in Sydney today to discuss the future of wind energy in NSW. As electricity prices continue to rise for most NSW households, the groups have welcomed reports from South Australia that wind power is cutting pollution and lowering the wholesale market cost of electricity.
Community Activities
September 22nd 2011
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June 25th 2011
Last weekend, groups started flyering in ALP seats around the country, worried that their MPs will cave in to the big polluters and see the carbon price do very little for renewable energy, despite huge community support for renewable energy.
June 22nd 2011
Janelle Saffin Supports Carbon Price Revenue Going to Renewable Energy and
June 21st 2011
.... it's nice to know you have thousands of messages of support for renewable energy behind you.
A huge congratulations again to the hundreds of volunteers from 72 local groups who gave up their Sat morning sleep-ins and Sunday arvos in the garden with kids to have thousands of conversations about renewable energy over the past few months.
June 9th 2011
A cold winter night could not stop the residents of Armidale and New England from packing out the Armidale Town Hall to tell Tony Windsor that they want renewable energy as part of a carbon price deal.
Hadley White from local community group 100% Renewable New England said “we hosted the event 
June 7th 2011
Parramatta Says Yes to a Price on Pollution and Yes to Renewable Energy
Members of the Parramatta Climate Action Network (ParraCAN) met with Ms Julie Owens Federal MP for Parramatta to discuss the outcomes of its survey involving hundreds of Parramatta households, as part of a national survey on renewable energy of more than 10,000 homes.
June 2nd 2011
Our local MP Anna loved the work we were doing so much that she quoted us and the 100% campaign in Hansard this week.
She speaks about the practicality of people getting out and doing small things - just talking one on one and slowly a making a difference.
See below for the transcript.
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Hansard, 30 May. Page: 122
June 1st 2011
Labor MP Steve Gibbons makes a public statement indicating his personal support for the carbon price deal to deliver for renewable energy! 1 down, 71 (in the lower house!) to go!
May 27th 2011
Dear MPCCC member,
I am a father of 3 young boys and after taking my oldest son Ronan to his soccer game on Saturday morning I will be heading out with 10 other members of my community group, the Mount Alexander Sustainability Group, doorknocking my town of Castlemaine.
I and members of our group have been doorknocking and talking to people in street stalls now for 2 months about the need for more government support for renewable energy and putting a price on pollution. In this time we have had conversations with hundreds of people.
May 27th 2011
Climate Committee members are heading into a long weekend of the negotiations about the carbon price tomorrow and the polluters are up to the their usual tricks putting claims on carbon price money that could otherwise be going into renewable energy.
