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Liberals’ energy plan for Victoria: a backwards step
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s proposal to prop up dying industries that business won’t is a symptom of the fossil fuel fetishisation and climate change denial that plagues the Coalition at state and federal level. This morning the Coalition announced it will tender for 500MW of electricity generation to power infrastructure if elected, such as…
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BP’s 2016 oil well plan proves safe Bight drilling is a myth
A more than two year legal battle by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed details of how dangerous and risky drilling by any oil company would be in the Great Australian Bight and how difficult it would be to respond in the event of an accident. Greenpeace has obtained BP’s 2016 Well Operations Management Plan which…
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Renewables emerge as key battleground in upcoming Victorian election
In just over a month Victoria goes to the polls. What’s at stake, I hear you ask. Nothing more than the future of the renewable energy revolution. |In Waubra, central Victoria, one of Australia’s largest wind turbine farms is currently under construction.| As it stands Victoria is among the states leading the way in the…
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7 air pollution tips to help protect your family
One question we often get asked at Greenpeace is: “what’s the best way to protect myself from air pollution?” Sydney on a hazy day.||||OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||||||OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||||| With news articles warning that 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year as a result of breathing polluted air, it’s understandable that people want to know…
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Wentworth Climate Scorecards
Send the climate wreckers a message How the candidates in Wentworth stack up on climate… | This Saturday, you and thousands of voters will take to the polls to send the climate wreckers a message. This by-election will be historic, and with Wentworth voters unequivocally ranking climate change as their top voting issue – it’s…
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Where’s your plan, Scott Morrison? Share this video!
|Pacific Island Represent! activists joined community members in Navutulevu Village on the Coral Coast to raise awareness about climate change, and plant mangroves to slow down coastal erosion.| Watch our video about the IPCC’s 1.5 Degree report, then click to share it with your friends on Facebook, or Twitter! SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER …
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Feeling bad about your contribution to climate change? Don’t.
You’d be forgiven for feeling guilty about your contribution to climate change, but blaming yourself is a recipe for disaster. You’ve probably heard a lot about what you can do to reduce your personal carbon footprint in the past few days. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to be doing your part! We all have…
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Why the Wentworth by-election could change everything
For the first time ever, Greenpeace is campaigning in a by-election contest. And here is why. The United Nations’ top climate scientists have issued a dire warning: phase out coal urgently or face catastrophic climate change. Unbelievably, Australia’s Environment Minister rejected that advice and callously defended the Government’s support for coal.[1] It’s time to send them a…
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The courage of climate hope
Making sense of a 1.5 degree world Greenpeace and Tcktcktck volunteers raise a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban, South Africa. To send a message of hope for the latest round of UN climate change talks opening here on Monday. Campaigners say Durban must be a new dawn for the international negotiations…
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Can we still stop catastrophic climate change?
Can we still stop catastrophic climate change? The United Nations chief body of climate scientists has just released a report on what we need to do. My name is Samu. I’m writing to you from Namatakula, Fiji. Here in our village, we’re fighting to stop rising seawater by planting mangroves, but our efforts are simply not…
