All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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30×30: groundbreaking scientific study maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030
London, UK, 4 April 2019 – As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target that scientists say is crucial in order to safeguard wildlife and to…
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Wilkie urges PM to apologise to Tasmanian bushfire victims for fuelling climate fire by throwing taxpayer money at coal
CANBERRA, April 2, 2019 - Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has used a speech in the House of Representatives to call out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s logic-defying support of the coal industry and urged the PM to apologise to the victims of the recent Tasmanian bushfires.The Member for Denison told the House he had met with…
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REPORT: Boom and Bust 2019 – Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline
For the third year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2018. Clean, renewable energy solutions like wind and solar continue to…
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Global Slowdown in Coal Power Investment Continues, but Chinese Power Industry Pushes for Hundreds of New Plants
SYDNEY, March 28, 2019: For the third year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2018, according to a new report released today by Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace India, and the Sierra Club.The report, Boom and Bust 2019: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline, is the fifth annual survey…
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City of Sydney’s 100% renewable pledge shames federal government inaction
Sydney, March 28, 2019: In response to the news that the City of Sydney will use 100% renewables to meet its electricity needs, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Alix Foster Vander Elst said today:“We applaud the City of Sydney for taking this significant step that will see the city getting behind the renewable energy revolution. It’s…
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NSW election result: the Libs on notice
The NSW Coalition have been returned to government on a reduced, paper-thin majority. While it might not be the best possible result for our climate, there is a clear message here for both the Berejiklian and Federal governments: you are on notice, and climate inaction will lose you votes. | In the run-up to this election, climate action was…
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Memo to Scott Morrison – Australians want to get out of coal
SYDNEY, March 27, 2019: Greenpeace Australia Pacific today called on the Morrison government to rule out construction of coal-fired power stations in Australia, or publicly bankrolling the expensive rolling repairs required to keep ageing coal stations operational.The news that federal cabinet has signed off on a shortlist of 12 generation projects for taxpayer underwriting including…
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Why we’re demanding an apology
If politicians aren’t doing everything they can to stop climate damage, they’re fuelling the fire. Lauren, Tasmanian bushfire survivor |Lauren, Tasmanian bushfire survivor I remember when the bushfires set in. I was terrified of the monster over the ridge, edging closer and closer. Especially in the night-time. I was lucky. I got out. The strangest thing…
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NSW votes: our analysis as the Libs are put on notice
The Berejiklian government has been put on notice, and the lesson for them and Scott Morrison is clear; climate inaction will lose you votes. With most of the votes counted the Berejiklian Government appears set to return to power, albeit with a wafer thin, one-seat majority. | There’s no getting around the fact that it’s…
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30 years on since Exxon Valdez – a reminder of what could be in store for the Great Australian Bight
30 years ago, the first big international environmental catastrophe in my memory occurred. It’s one that’s stuck with me ever since for its visceral images of struggling seabirds blinking beneath thick coats of brown-black oil. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||Modelling from Equinor itself shows that oil from a spill could wash up anywhere from WA to northern…