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Victorian election: Pledge to undo renewable revolution sees Liberals suffer electoral annihilation
Victorians have sent a message to climate laggards across the nation by rejecting the Coalition’s plan to repeal the state’s Renewable Energy Target (VRET) and rewarding Labor’s vision to ramp up the renewables revolution. The scale of this weekend’s electoral bloodbath warrants further examination. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy started the weekend presiding over 37 seats…
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Victorians vote for a renewable-powered future
MELBOURNE, Nov 24, 2018 – Victorians have given renewable energy a big tick of approval by voting to keep Labor in government for four more years, with a mandate to expand and increase investment in solar, wind and battery storage.A short time ago, the ABC declared victory for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who led Labor…
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Students, surfers, and community unite to show oil companies they are not welcome in Apollo Bay
November 23, 2018: A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards will set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour today to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great Australian Bight.The flotilla, which will begin at 1.45pm in Apollo Bay Harbour, was organised by a 15-year-old…
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Vanuatu warns fossil fuel companies could be sued over climate change
Port Vila, Vanuatu, 22 November 2018 – Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies that continue to contribute to climate change, the nation’s foreign minister has warned, in what could be a world first legal action by a climate vulnerable countryThis morning at the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s Virtual Summit, Vanuatu’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ralph…
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Deepwater Horizon still haunts the Gulf of Mexico. Now the Bight is at risk of something worse.
This year marks the eighth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident and resulting spill – the largest marine spill in U.S. history. When a drilling rig leased by BP exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coastline, eleven workers lost their lives and pipes deep under the surface of seafloor ruptured. Oil gushed…
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Countries most vulnerable to climate change urge rich nations to step up
MAJURO, Nov 23, 2018 – The developing nations most at risk due to climate change have urged the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting countries to step up their ambition to match the scale of the climate crisis.At the just concluded Climate Vulnerable Forum’s (CVF) Virtual Summit, CVF nations showed leadership and committed themselves to…
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POLL: Pro-renewable policies emerge as vote-winners in Victorian election
With the polls narrowing as Victorians prepare to cast their ballots in this weekend’s state election, renewable energy has emerged as a key battleground with the victor likely to be…
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The world’s first online climate summit kicks off today and here’s why you should care
Today in the Marshall Islands, the world’s first online climate summit kicks off – the Virtual Climate Summit. It’s a bit of a big deal. Here’s why: 1. With the end of the year almost in sight, it’s probably safe to declare that 2018 was the climate year. Fires raged, temperatures soared and hurricanes hit.…
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REPORT: Crude Intentions
Greenpeace Australia Pacific worked with US oil spill consultant and marine biologist, Professor Richard Steiner, the leading ecologist involved in the cleanup and monitoring of the Exxon Valdez disaster in…
