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Fighting climate change from the frontlines
It’s time for rich and high polluting countries to step up their efforts and take real action on climate change as world leaders head to the United Nations climate change conference – COP24 – in Katowice in a few days’ time. The urgent need for world leaders to commit to a plan that will save…
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A message from Fiji
When I was 18, my Mum’s village, Nasau Koro, was completely devastated by Cyclone Winston – a terrifying Category 5. Every home, including my mum’s, was completely destroyed. Across the country, 44 people lost their lives and thousands were left homeless. After Winston, people were afraid of the ocean. We realised that global warming is…
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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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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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Buskers, beards and clean energy
This week Victoria goes to the polls, and the future of renewable energy and the climate is on the line. That’s why it’s absolutely crucial that voters know exactly where the parties stand on the big issues. We commissioned a special report which shows what the policies of the three major parties will mean for energy prices and…
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World leaders need to step up
To avoid catastrophic climate change, we need a rescue plan for our planet now. This year, the United Nations’ top scientists released a climate rescue plan for our planet. It sets out what we need to do to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees. That means giving us in the Pacific, and others on the…
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EXPOSED: Leaked oil company documents reveal staggering extent of spill modelling
Equinor has vowed it won’t go ahead with drilling in the Great Australian Bight unless it can be done safely — but its own documents show that safe drilling in the Bight is a myth. The waters of the Bight are wild and stormy, and the proposed drill site is twice as far underwater as…
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Victoria votes: buskers, baristas and clean energy
Buskers and baristas. Grand final fever and the Great Ocean Road. Idiosyncratic facial hair and indecisive weather. Victoria has it all! But with the state set to go to the polls next week, and the future of clean energy and climate action at stake, what do the voters of Victoria really want? What happens when you throw a…
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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…
