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Bowen’s COP27 Focus Risks Missing The Opportunity To Step Up On Pacific Climate Justice
Today’s comments from Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen on leading Australia’s COP27 delegation show Australia risks missing an opportunity to show up for the Pacific and must step up on a major agenda item both the EU and the US have committed to discussing, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The impending COP27 climate summit…
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IEA Report Confirms That Gas High Is Cooking Global Energy Prices
A major new report confirms that gas is responsible for fifty percent of global electricity price hikes, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific says makes the case for a rapid transition away from dirty, expensive gas. The International Energy Agency’s World Outlook 2022 found that electricity price hikes driven by skyrocketing gas and coal prices could leave…
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Countries Step Up On Global Climate Justice Case Ahead Of COP27 But Australia Conspicuous By Its Absence
Twelve countries including Germany and New Zealand stepping up to champion the campaign for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the human rights impacts of climate change on the eve of COP27 puts them on the right side of history ahead of a momentous UNGA vote in the coming months, Pacific activists…
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Greenpeace Budget Verdict: Small Change To Tackle The Climate And Energy Crisis
The Albanese government’s first federal budget offered some promising steps forward but fell short by continuing fossil fuel subsidies and failing to address the Pacific’s existential climate threat, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Steph Hodgins-May, senior campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “The Albanese government has made some big pledges about strengthening ties with its Pacific…
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Pledging Pacific Aid While Ignoring Loss And Damage Is ‘Like Repairing A Hole In The Roof While The Walls Around It Collapse’
Funding for the Pacific set to be announced today shows that while Australia is taking steps towards rebuilding its relationship with the region, it is failing to address the Pacific’s main existential threat and must commit to a Loss and Damage Finance Facility ahead of COP27, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. As part of its looming…
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Greenpeace Response To Toyota ‘Dieselgate’ Class Action
In response to media reports that Toyota Motor Corporation Australia is facing another class action lawsuit about its diesel engines, for the installation of “diesel defeat devices”, Greenpeace Australia Pacific senior campaigner Lindsay Soutar says: "If these allegations are substantiated, this would be another of many examples of companies in the Toyota group engaging in…
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Australians Charge Ahead On EVs But Still Back Of Queue Without Fuel Efficiency Standards
The Electric Vehicle Council’s (EVC) new report ‘The State of Electric Vehicles’ out this morning shows demand for EVs in Australia is rapidly increasing, but a lack of fuel efficiency standards is holding back supply, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. With cars and light commercial vehicles contributing 60 per cent of all transport emissions, and transport…
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Toyota Just Doesn’t Get It
The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles, and the fact that Toyota is still expecting a gold star for a small number of hybrid sales over 25 years points to exactly how far behind the company really is. “Toyota clearly just doesn’t get it. The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles,…
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Fuel efficiency standards essential for climate
The Fuel Efficiency Standards proposed today by the Albanese Government in its National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper are essential to taking meaningful action on climate change and must be adopted now, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.
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AGL Finally Bows To Pressure To Kick Coal Obsession, But Must Move From Laggard To Leader
AGL’s updated plans to bring forward the closure of its dirty coal-burning power station Loy Yang A from 2045 to 2035 show the company has bowed to community, shareholder, and activist pressure, and must now go even further to ensure a safer climate and economic future for Australia, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. In just over…
