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Labor pledges $1b to developing hydrogen industry but more money needed for renewables
SYDNEY, Jan 22, 2018 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the Labor Party’s announcement to spend $1 billion making Australia a renewable hydrogen exporter – a key step to making the nation a renewable superpower. This morning the ALP unveiled a six-point plan to develop Australia’s hydrogen industry, with a focus on exports. “It makes sense…
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Pet Activists of Greenpeace
A tribute to our four pawed supporters. Photo credit: Mankica Kranjec / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Chris Grodotzki / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace / Christian Åslund|Photo credit: Sarah Pannell / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Bence Jardany / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Jonne Sippola / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace /…
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Who will deliver the clean, renewable-powered future NSW needs?
NSW has been a clean energy laggard for decades. But, now, with an election in sight and a shifting political landscape that rewards climate action, the Berejiklian Government is singing from a new song sheet. A wind turbine with coal piles and the Newcastle coal loader in the background.|A wind turbine with coal piles and…
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Government willing to risk whales’ lives in hunt for oil in the Great Australian Bight
SYDNEY, Jan 15, 2018 – NOPSEMA’s decision to allow PGS to search for oil [1] off the coast of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island and Eyre Peninsula will be a disaster for coastal communities, pose a potentially lethal threat to the region’s marine life and jeopardise the multi-million dollar fishing industry.The marine geophysics firm has been…
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Murray Darling Disaster
In the Murray Darling Basin, an absolute tragedy is unfolding. ||||| “Look at these iconic fish of Australia being treated like this … you’d have to be bloody disgusted with yourself… This is a man-made disaster brought to you by the New South Wales Government and the Federal Government.” – Rob McBride and Dick Arnold, Menindee…
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Your People-Powered Wins in 2018
You signed petitions. You scaled Parliament’s flagpoles. You sent climate-wreckers a message. You are Greenpeace. A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great Australian Bight. The flotilla was organised by…
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A withdrawal by Japan from the International Whaling Commission is unacceptable – Greenpeace response
December 20, 2018: Greenpeace Australia Pacific condemns the decision by the Japanese Government to withdraw from IWC to resume commercial whaling.“This snub to multilateralism is unacceptable and deeply concerning, but let us not forget that the Japanese fleet has been conducting commercial whaling under the guise of scientific research for many years,” Greenpeace Senior Campaigner,…
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Morrison Government must stop obstructing critical action in climate
SYDNEY, Dec 20, 2018 – The federal government would have supported NSW Energy Minister Don Harwin’s attempt to put climate change back on the COAG agenda if it was serious about fighting climate change and lowering power prices.At yesterday’s COAG meeting Mr Harwin pushed for NSW’s net-zero emissions target by 2050 to be rolled out…
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NSW right to criticise federal Coalition as ‘out of touch’, but must step up to its own climate rhetoric to have any credibility
SYDNEY, Dec 19, 2018 – NSW Energy Minister Don Harwin’s rebuke of the Morrison Government’s capitulation on reducing emissions is welcome but ultimately meaningless, coming from a state with no renewable energy target and no policy to achieve its net zero emissions target.In an opinion piece published in The Australian Financial Review this morning, Don…
