Resources

Fact Sheet

What everyone should know about GAS AS A ‘TRANSITION’ FUEL

7 September 2021

This is a less-technical summary of a Fact Sheet on this site, by David McKirdy and Tony Hill.
It outlines the science of natural gas and addresses the question of its role in Australia’s ‘transition’ to a de-carbonised economy. All sources listed.

Article

What everyone should know about GAS AS A ‘TRANSITION’ FUEL?

6 September 2021

This is a less-technical summary of a Fact Sheet by David McKirdy and Tony Hill, retired petroleum geologists with decades of experience: commissioned by the Environmental Action Group (EAG) of the SA Synod of the Uniting Church of Australia.

Article

Lessons from Covid-19 for the Climate Emergency

1 August 2021

A series of videos developed by the Environmental Action Group, in cooperation with UCFAMS and support from the South Australian Synod.

Book Review

What Can I Do?

1 June 2021

Book Review by Robin Bodycomb
The relentless march of public opinion and social awareness about climate change is trailed by a concern, a desire, for a personal response. Both out in the street, and within our churches, the oft-voiced question has...

Fact Sheet

Gas as a Transition Fuel?

29 May 2021

A fact sheet compiled by David McKirdy and Tony Hill
What is natural gas?
Natural gas is a mixture of methane and lesser amounts of other hydrocarbons...

Book Review

Climate Church, Climate World

11 May 2021

Book Review by Robin Bodycomb
"For religious people, the environment until fairly recently was a second-tier problem: for liberal Christians it was secondary to the 'real' issues of hunger and war; to conservative people of faith it represented a ...