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Australian net-zero deal: government plans to expand coal, gas use and exports
SYDNEY, Oct 26 2021 – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pledge that net zero emissions will not lead to a decrease in the use or trade of coal and gas reveals that his government has no plans to change its role as a key blocker of global climate progress, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said.Today the Australian…
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Morrison Government’s net zero “plan” is to let others do the hard work on emissions
The Federal Government’s climate plan announced today is based on repackaged state commitments, fantasy, and unverified projections, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. At the eleventh hour before COP26, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has produced a plan that does not commit to a stronger 2030 target, rejects phasing out coal, oil or gas, and relies on projected…
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Report: Global Warning: the threat to climate defenders in Australia
COP26 reinforced that the Australian Government is dragging its feet on climate action. Strong democratic systems and climate advocacy are now more important than ever. A new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, the Human Rights Law Centre and the Environmental Defenders Office documents the importance of climate activism in Australia, maps the systemic repression faced…
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AGL put on notice as shareholders vote for Australia’s biggest climate polluter to clean up its act
SYDNEY, Sept 22 2021 – Thousands of shareholders in Australian electricity giant, AGL, have expressed their support for a resolution calling on the company to disclose interim emissions targets towards the Paris climate goals for both of its planned demerged companies.The vote was put to investors at the company’s Annual General Meeting today where a…
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Greenpeace defends AGL lawsuit by relying on freedom of speech safeguards
Greenpeace Australia Pacific faced down coal company AGL Energy in the Federal Court yesterday in a landmark intellectual property case which saw Greenpeace rely on the freedom of speech safeguard in the Copyright Act known as “fair dealing”.AGL alleges that Greenpeace breached its intellectual property rights by using versions of the AGL logo in a…
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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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WEF 2018: Greenpeace brings Justice to Davos
Justice for People and Planet calls on governments to impose effective and binding rules on corporate behaviour, to make them accountable toward people and the planet. It shows how, rather than imposing these rules, governments have willingly or unwillingly become enablers of corporate impunity. The report’s analysis of 20 specific cases shows how corporations have…
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Chevron’s Amazon Chernobyl Case moves to Canada
After perpetrating what is probably the worst oil-related catastrophe on Earth – a 20,000 hectare death zone in Ecuador, known as the “Amazon Chernobyl” – the Chevron Corporation has spent two decades and over a billion dollars trying to avoid responsibility. In 2011, Indigenous and peasant villagers won an $9.5-billion compensation judgement in Ecuador. Chevron,…
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Authors around the world take a stand for free speech
Authors, journalists, poets and playwrights know that every time the right words are put to paper, or typed to a screen, our planet gets a little better. Because, without the right to express ourselves freely, we cannot achieve change in the world. A Greenpeace supporter uses a megaphone to make clear her thoughts during the…
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A World Without Greenpeace? How One Corporation Is Attacking Your Right to Speak for Forests
Your right to speak out is being threatened right now in a dizzying variety of ways, not only by oppressive governments around the world, but also by underhanded corporations who want to suppress speech through expensive lawsuits. Right now, Greenpeace is facing a massive lawsuit that Resolute Forest Products has filed to prevent us from…