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What now? Here are 10 ways to practice meaningful climate activism after the Climate Strike!
By Olivia Nankivell Millions of people around the world are striking from school or work to demand urgent measures to stop the climate crisis.||||People hold up large paper panels saying “Stop illegal Fishing! Protect the Oceans” at Haeundae beach besides a large sand whale. South Korea was listed on the preliminary list of IUU (Illegal,…
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NEW REPORT: Coal-faced: exposing AGL as Australia’s biggest climate polluter
Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new report, Coal-faced: exposing AGL as Australia’s biggest climate polluter, is set to shatter AGL’s green ‘public’ image and uncover the dirty truth. The report, set to be released on May 5th, reveals the pivotal role that AGL plays in fuelling climate change in Australia. READ THE REPORT HERE AGL is, by…
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Don’t believe the hype: AGL demerger hides the coal truth
Last week, AGL, Australia’s biggest polluter revealed the outcome of its highly anticipated strategic review.
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Socialising the losses: Dirty Yallourn deal must not become coal closure template
The news that Energy Australia would close the Yallourn coal-burning power station in 2028, four years ahead of schedule, drew a chorus of golf claps from the environmental movement when announced last week. But it would have caused an uproar had the truth of the apparent dirty deal between the power company and the Victorian…
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When the floodwaters recede, communities should not be left holding the damage bill
A little over a year ago the worst bushfires in our history razed large swathes of eastern Australia, blackening our skies, making people sick and reducing homes and millions of hectares of forests to ash. A garage on Hall Street, Pitt Town, north-west of Sydney inundated by floodwaters. Flooding in New South Wales has forced…
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It’s time to ditch coal – and we’re taking the message to coal-power giant AGL
Mining and burning coal is the biggest driver of dangerous climate change in Australia, and across the world. UN secretary-general António Guterres has called for the cancellation of all proposed coal projects to end the world’s “deadly addiction” to coal. In his address at the Powering Past Coal Alliance summit, Guterres emphasised the importance of phasing…
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Heaps Better Episode 1: How can we be better planet savers?
How can we start saving the planet – right here, right now? And how do we even figure out what to focus on? We’ve found experts and activists who can tell us what works best, and put your questions to them. We begin to make sense of this climate mess with help from climate scientist Sarah…
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Heaps Better Episode 3: How can we stop funding the climate crisis?
How can we stop funding the climate crisis? We hit up Munira Chowdhury, a Market Forces analyst, to learn how we can easily divest from dirty power and invest in the clean energy future ⚡ It’s so easy that Ash switched her super while we were working on the episode. Boom. Done. We’ll also learn how…
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Heaps Better Episode 4: How can we make our leaders listen?
So how can we send the message that we want to move forwards to the renewable future and leave coal oil and gas in the past — and be heard? We need to raise our voices and our friends in the Pacific, Fenton Lutunatabua and Joseph Moeono-Kolio join us in Episode 4 to help us speed things…
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Heaps Better Episode 2: How can we speed up renewables?
In this episode, we chat with Simon Holmes à Court, a Director of the Smart Energy Council, and Lindsay Soutar, Greenpeace’s Campaigner for renewable energy and lead of the REenergise campaign. We’re also visiting a carbon neutral kinder and a solar powered brewery. You might be thinking, how exactly can we ditch the biggest coal, oil, and gas…