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Brave activists from Greenpeace Australia climbed Queensland's Swanbank B coal-fired power station smokestack and unfurled an "Energy [R]evolution" banner. Temperatures have dropped to two degrees Celsius as they plan on spending the night on top in protest against the Australian government's push for coal. Follow the latest here and whether you're an aussie or not, sign the petition for a renewable energy future for Australia.

Remember the Paper plane flashmob outside the Department of Transport? Looks like it might have finally woken Ruth Kelly up to the deluge of NOs that have been levelled at her ridiculous expansion proposals and has prompted her to delay a decision on the plans. Obviously she hasn't read the messages thoroughly or else she'd have scrapped plans for expanding Heathrow altogether.

Not so long ago biofuels were billed as a silver bullet that could cut greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. But, as recent studies have confirmed, many are worse for the climate than the fuels they replace and they are also contributing to price rises for food. This week the government-commissioned Gallagher review on the indirect impacts of biofuels has been released and confirms that chasing current EU and UK biofuels targets is unsustainable. You may think that the government would have been more prudent before setting mandatory targets for the use of biofuels, but in fact currently there is no sustainability criteria attached to them, leading to the use of highly questionable fuels.

Art is a great way of campaigning and that's exactly what our EU unit did at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels today. A 12 metre illegally logged Amazon tree trunk was unveiled, studded with nine video monitors by celebrated Brazilian artist Siron Franco. The monitors drew attention to the trade in illegal timber from the Amazon by displaying images of the rainforest's destruction and also its beauty.