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Fresh into 2010, Cool Pool Tas is driving for shifts in the way we move, and share.  To do this, we need your support.  Award yourself with a CAR STAR and check out the new Cool Pool Tas, CAR STAR CAMPAIGN!  

Once again Cool Pool Tas was building upon our carpooling community at Tassie's Falls Festival in our walking car.  Pictured below are some of our volunteers and supporters in festival mode with the carbon zero car.  Follow this link to see our faces on the Mercury webpage also.

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Cool Pool Tas was the proud recipient of the Hobart City Council's Dr Edward Hall Environment Award on Friday November the 13th.

Our community project titled "Walk the Talk: Walking Car Drives Away Climate Change" has grabbed the attention of many citizens at music and community events during the past financial year. 

Cool Pool Tas have been investigating what stage the Government are at now in implementing their pilot project to trial carpooling for Government Vehicles.
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Cool Pool Tas is moving forward for a place in the face of carbon emissions abatement... We are, afterall, encouraging and providing a meaningful resource to have less cars on the roads = less carbon in the atmosphere.

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Last night Cool Pool Tas attended a motivating meeting in Kingston, attended by over 25 people, all supporting the need for more sustainable transport and development alternatives in our State.

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This year Cool Pool Tas will be supporting big and small festivals throughout Tasmania.  To ensure that you are sorted for a ride, or have a full car load aboard- register your rides with Cool Pool Tas.  You are registered as a member aren't you? It's free!!

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Rural Rides, the project that will help you get more rides, is holding workshops in Huonville and Cygnet very soon! Tell your neighbours and friends who haven't signed up yet.

Tues 22nd September, 2pm and 6pm, HuonLINC, Huonville.                              

Sat 26th September, 12noon Cygnet Online Centre, Cygnet

Are you planning on joining this National Rally for Climate Change Action??
If so, please check out the opportunities to ride share to Hobart's Parliament lawns at Noon on Saturday the 13th of June!
Be in Hobart to help support this critical calling!
For more information visit the National Climate Change Action Website Here.

ET is looking for a highly motivated, hard-working and experienced candidate to take on the role of policy coordinator. The policy coordinator will provide a broad role in the coordination of the development, implementation and advocacy of Environment Tasmania’s policies on environmental and conservation issues.

The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania campaign launched today is designed to block Tasmanians’ desire for protection of Tasmania’s native forests (as evidenced by recent opinion polls*) by hiding the truth about native forest logging and export wood-chipping, said Environment Tasmania today.

“20,000 football fields of our native forests are approved for logging in Tasmania every year,” said Dr Phill Pullinger, Director of Environment Tasmania,

News revealed today that forestry toxins are contaminating river and drinking water catchments in North-East Tasmania are more proof of politicians’ failure to properly regulate forestry, says Environment Tasmania.

The conservation group said the revelations are worth a dedicated leaders’ debate in the election.

Tasmanian environment groups says Forestry Tasmania’s new speciality timber plan is a smokescreen for the ongoing destruction of some of Tasmania’s most celebrated ancient forests. These include the Tarkine, Upper Florentine valley and the Styx, places that should be permanently protected as national parks.

Pollution Information Tasmania is calling for urgent chemical policy reform, in light of the revelations that chemical testing by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) has found pesticide contamination in five northern Tasmanian rivers.

Tasmania’s peak environment body has urged all three political parties to use the state election campaign as an opportunity to announce major policies to further protect Tasmania’s natural environment.

“This election is a great opportunity for our politicians to catch up to community expectations on protection of Tassie’s outstanding natural environment,” said Dr Phill Pullinger, Director of Environment Tasmania.

Environment Tasmania has opened a 3 week period of public comment on the recently released major white paper on forestry governance in Tasmania, Levelling the Playing Field, for government, industry and environment stakeholders and the general public.

An in-depth study released today outlines how Tasmania tilts the legal and regulatory playing field towards the forestry industry over community, tourism and environmental interests. The report, authored by independent expert consultants CSDev Associates*, urges politicians to level the playing field and find a solution to the forest conflict in Tasmania.

Tasmania’s peak environment body has encouraged Gunn’s to move away from the conflict approach to Tasmania’s forests, as another case between Gunns and environmental protestors goes to court today. The court case against 13 forest campaigners is occurring less than a week after Gunns made the commendable decision to drop the Gunns 20 court action last week.

Tasmanian Environment groups have today put the environment firmly on the State Election agenda - calling for major policy commitments from all political parties between now and election day.

Environment groups launched the ‘Joint Tasmanian Environment Groups’ 2010 Policy Agenda’, which outlines the key environment policy asks on a broad range of environment policy areas, including coasts, the marine environment, forests, Parks & climate change.