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Coles Queensland: down down, emissions are down
SYDNEY, Tuesday 22 September 2020 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the announcement today that Coles will source more than 90% of its Queensland electricity requirements from clean energy.Today’s announcement of a landmark 10-year agreement with the state-owned clean energy generator and retailer CleanCo is a huge step towards a commitment to 100% renewable energy, said…
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‘It’s gas!’ Morrison guts clean energy agencies and outlines recovery policy more suited to 1960 than 2020
SYDNEY, Sept 17 2020 – Australia’s two renewable energy agencies will be allowed to invest in gas under a proposal written by the gas industry and dutifully made law by the Morrison Government.The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, which are currently only allowed to invest in clean energy sources, will…
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Your lungs will thank you for switching to clean energy
Covid-19 has brought normal life all over the world to a virtual halt. With fewer cars on the roads and industry scaling down their operations, the skies have cleared, leading many to question just how much pollution we were breathing in during the “normal times”. Greenpeace’s new scientific report, Lethal Power: How Burning Coal Kills…
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Air pollution from burning coal kills 800 people in Australia each year and makes thousands more ill
SYDNEY, Aug 25 2020 – Air pollution from Australia’s ageing and increasingly unreliable coal-burning power stations is responsible for 800 premature deaths, 14,000 asthma symptoms among children and 850 cases of low birth weight in newborns each year, according to a ground-breaking report by Greenpeace.The report Lethal Power: How burning coal is killing people in…
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ABC’s Fight for Planet A: starting climate conversations
With the release of its new series Fight for Planet A, the ABC is welcoming all Australians into an important conversation about the state of our planet and our role in protecting it. As COVID-19 has placed many parts of our lives on hold, there has never been a more opportune moment in time to…
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Equinor’s withdrawal from the Great Australian Bight
Equinor quit the Great Australian Bight, following BP and Chevron, who also abandoned their risky drilling plans. We succeeded by petitioning BP to withdraw its oil drilling plans and by pressuring NOPSEMA to do what’s right by our fragile ecosystems, setting a strong precedent for future oil giants who may seek to exploit the natural…
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An ode to my nieces
I have two little nieces, aged one and four, the daughters of my twin sister. They are very cheeky and can apparently be quite exhausting. They love building things and knocking them down again, they love singing and dancing, and teasing each other, and spraying water on people and things around them. They really love…
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‘A recipe for corruption’ Researcher warns of the risk gas-stacked Covid-19 Commission poses to Australia’s democracy
SYDNEY, Aug 5 2020 – A Melbourne University researcher has sounded the alarm on the Prime Minister’s National Covid-19 Commission (NCC), warning that handing power to a cabal of unelected business leaders could pose risks to Australian democracy that will endure well beyond the pandemic.The allegations are contained in the Private Actors & Crisis; Scrutinising…
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Rebranded Covid commission still reeks of gas and conflicts of interest
SYDNEY, July 27 2020 – The Federal Government’s attempted rebrand of the gas-stacked National Covid-19 Commission exacerbates the body’s lack of transparency and accountability and represents a missed opportunity for Australia to emerge strongly from the pandemic.This morning Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Energy Australia CEO Catherine Tanna would be leaving the commission to…
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Narrabri gas recommendation misrepresents academic review
SYDNEY, July 22 2020 – The academic upon whose research the New South Wales Government recommended the Narrabri Gas Project proceed, has stated that her social impact advice has been misconstrued by the Department of Planning Industry and Environment. A submission to the Independent Planning Commission by the Sydney Environment Institute shows that University of Queensland…