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Steggall’s bill a welcome change for climate
SYDNEY, 10 February 2020 – Independent member for Warringah Zali Steggall has today introduced a Climate Change Bill, arguing stronger action on climate change is “a matter of conscience”.“While koalas are burning alive, and fires still threaten families all over Australia, it’s a welcome change to see actual climate legislation brought to the table in…
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Greenpeace supporters rally at BlackRock’s German HQ to demand world’s largest investment manager stops funding Siemens and Adani
SYDNEY, Feb 4 2020 – Greenpeace supporters gathered at the Frankfurt headquarters of global investment firm BlackRock overnight, calling on the company to stop financing climate change through its coal investments.BlackRock is the majority shareholder in Siemens, which is providing rail signalling infrastructure for Adani’s climate-destroying Carmichael coal mine in Northern Queensland. [1] “Australia’s coal-fired…
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Greenpeace response to Morrison/NSW major energy deal
In response to the Morrison government striking a major energy deal with the NSW government, Dr Nikola Casule, Head of Research and Investigations at Greenpeace Australia Pacific said: While we welcome the Berejiklian Government’s commitment to transmission upgrades which will be a vital part of transitioning NSW to renewable energy, today’s announcement of more fossil…
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PM’s call for more fossil fuels beggars belief while country burns
SYDNEY 29th Jan 2020 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today used his National Press Club address to call for more fossil fuels, despite the country still burning in a climate-change fuelled bushfire disaster.In this afternoon’s speech, the Prime Minister called for more gas to be extracted and burned for electricity – a move that…
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Fed Square’s ‘giant melting tennis ball’ a reminder that climate change threatens the future of the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 30 2019 – On a day tipped to reach 37-degrees, tennis fans heading to the Australian Open have been greeted by a 1.5m-high sculpture of a melting tennis ball with the words ‘climate crisis’ on it.The artwork, installed in Federation Square by Greenpeace Australia Pacific volunteers, draws attention to the imminent threats that…
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Tennis fans call out Scott Morrison’s climate inaction as bushfire smoke and extreme heat interrupt Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Jan 27 2019 – Spectators at the Australian Open have displayed banners calling out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s failure to reduce the carbon pollution that has exacerbated the bushfire crisis and disrupted play at the Open.Earlier today during the men’s doubles third-round match that pitted Simone Bolleli and Benoit Paire against Henri Kontinen and…
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New Met Office report: coal does double-duty on Australia’s emissions
In response to the latest report released by the UK Met Office, showing Australia’s huge bushfires are forecast to help drive global atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide to one of the fastest annual increases on record, Dr Nikola Casule, Head of Research & Investigations at Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:“Coal is the number one driver of…
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‘Native animals’ lead global protests outside Morrison’s Sydney office to call for urgent climate action amid bushfire crisis
A group of people have gathered outside the Sydney office of the Prime Minister of Australia to deliver a petition bearing the names of more than 83,000 people urging the PM to stop fuelling the bushfires by supporting coal.
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Latest fireground photos reveal the cost of Scott Morrison’s climate inaction
SYDNEY, Jan 16 2019 – The scorched earth of the once fertile Snowy Mountains reveals the costly physical impact of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s climate inaction and lack of leadership.The New South Wales megafire, which measures 1.5 million acres, continues to burn on the outskirts of the small town of Tumbarumba in the Snowy…
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International insurance giant blacklists more Australian coal companies amid bushfire crisis
SYDNEY, Jan 14 2019 – With bushfires raging across Australia, Dutch insurance giant Aegon has added Adani and eight other Australian coal companies to its exclusion list as it continues to divest from the dirty power industry. AGL Energy, Origin Energy, New Hope Corp and Whitehaven have been added to the list of 104 coal companies…
