Michael MazengarbFossil fuels poured $1.3m into Australia’s major parties. The climate movement fought backNew data from the Electoral Commission shows how fossil fuel giants funded the election campaigns of the major parties in 2022.Feb 16, 2023Feb 16, 2023
Michael MazengarbThe Problematic Paradox of Carbon OffsetsThe world is facing a combined climate and biodiversity crises. Carbon offsets are promoted as a solution to both — but there is mounting…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Michael MazengarbGetting to Zero — why climate action can’t wait for 2050Leaders need to understand that action on climate change is not something that can be delayed until 2050. It needs to start now.Jul 23, 2021Jul 23, 2021
Michael MazengarbReview: The Testaments — a warning for the real world subversion of law and justiceMargret Atwood gives the world a warning about how law and justice can be co-opted for oppression in The TestamentsJun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
Michael MazengarbReview: Dark Emu — How do we reckon with Australia’s timeless history?There is an almost insurmountable chasm that Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu seeks to fill. How do we reckon with the history of Australia that…Apr 27, 2019Apr 27, 2019
Michael MazengarbWhy the time is right to empower young people and lower the voting ageYoung people, as the people who have the most to gain, and the most to lose, should have the right to have a say in their futures.Mar 11, 20191Mar 11, 20191
Michael MazengarbWhy every country will have their own Alexandria Ocasio-CortezIt takes great effort to get noticed as a young political candidate in Australia. Even more so to be considered as a genuine contender. I…Jan 16, 20191Jan 16, 20191
Michael MazengarbGood cities are about living, not waitingAround this time last year, I packed up my books, clothes and bed into the back of a rented moving van and relocated from my childhood…Jan 13, 2019Jan 13, 2019
Michael MazengarbOur Broken Gas Market: Australia’s attempt to have its cake and eat it tooAustralia’s gas market is broken.Dec 13, 2018Dec 13, 2018
Michael MazengarbLULUCF, the ‘Australia Clause’ and how the Australian Government has used up its emissions ‘fudge…Since the treaty was negotiated, Article 3.7 of the Kyoto Protocol, a paragraph that relates to the treatment of emissions from land-use…Jan 11, 2017Jan 11, 2017