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Seismic blasting reprieve welcome, but the whales of the Great Australian Bight won’t be safe until drilling is permanently banned
SYDNEY, Aug 21, 2019 – Greenpeace welcomes the decision by marine geophysics company PGS to suspend seismic blasting in the whale sanctuary of the Great Australian Bight but warns the only way to ensure the long term health of the region is for every drilling licence in the Bight to be cancelled.This morning PGS told…
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Coles is going clean, will Woolworths be next?
Coles has just announced a landmark 10-year deal to build three new solar farms in regional New South Wales, which will generate enough clean renewable energy to power 39,000 homes.According to a media release, Coles will purchase more than 70% of the power generated by the three solar farms in order to meet 10% of…
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Ten years on from one of Australia’s worst oil spills all the conditions remain in place for a repeat
SYDNEY, Aug 21, 2019 – Ten years ago today the Montara well blowout caused more than 23 million litres of oil to poison the waters of the Timor Sea, and yet the hands-off inspection regime that led to the disaster remains in place as Norwegian oil giant Equinor plans to drill in the Great Australian…
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Invisible killer: Coal-burning hubs Latrobe, Hunter Valley named among world’s top air pollution hotspots
SYDNEY, 19 Aug 2019 – Some of the world’s biggest hotspots for toxic air pollution emissions are in Australia and cover a population of more than two million people, according to NASA satellite data in a new report released today by Greenpeace. The alarming new report has found that power stations and industries burning coal…
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Pacific rebukes Australian obstruction at regional meeting, warns ‘watered-down climate language has real consequences’
SYDNEY, Aug 16, 2019 – The Morrison Government has single-handedly bullied regional leaders into accepting a weakened Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) communique that removes all mentions of coal, and reportedly removes calls for urgent climate action, after 12 hours of debate that finished last night.Tuvalu prime minister and forum chair Enele Sopoaga described the marathon…
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Morrison defies Pacific ‘family’, seeks to remove Australian coal phase-out from Pacific Islands Forum communique
SYDNEY, Aug 14, 2019 – Australia is poised to become “the pariah of the Pacific” after Australian officials told regional leaders that the Morrison Government would not sign onto any joint declaration that mentioned phasing out coal.Earlier today the PM arrived at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Tuvalu, where the heads of island nations…
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$500m accounting trick: Morrison ignores Pacific calls to cut coal, promises funds for disaster resilience
SYDNEY, 13 Aug 2019 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced $500 million will be diverted from the Pacific aid budget to help nations invest in disaster resilience, after regional leaders called on Australia to “do everything possible to achieve a rapid transition from coal to energy sources that do not contribute to climate change”.The…
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Taylor unveils Liddell farce-force
SYDNEY, 9 August, 2019 – Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has announced the development of a “taskforce” to consider options to deal with AGL’s announced closure of the Liddell Power Station in NSW in 2023.“This taskforce is a farce, and all it is serving to do is underline the Federal Government’s…
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Canavan has no mandate to fast-track the climate crisis
SYDNEY, AUGUST 5, 2019. Resources Minister Matt Canavan will unveil a 12-month review into streamlining regulation in the resources sector today at a major mining conference in the NSW Hunter Valley, which threatens to strip back hard-fought environmental legal protections.The move has been slammed by environmental organisations, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter labelling…
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Statement of Support for the Union Movement
Profound structural change is already underway in Australia. The country is going through a poorly planned energy transition due to failures in government policy. Neither energy generators or the workers who rely on these sectors have the certainty they need. Inaction by the federal government has resulted in investment uncertainty and hence inconsistent growth in…
