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City of Sydney’s 100% renewable pledge shames federal government inaction
Sydney, March 28, 2019: In response to the news that the City of Sydney will use 100% renewables to meet its electricity needs, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Alix Foster Vander Elst said today:“We applaud the City of Sydney for taking this significant step that will see the city getting behind the renewable energy revolution. It’s…
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Global Slowdown in Coal Power Investment Continues, but Chinese Power Industry Pushes for Hundreds of New Plants
SYDNEY, March 28, 2019: For the third year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2018, according to a new report released today by Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace India, and the Sierra Club.The report, Boom and Bust 2019: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline, is the fifth annual survey…
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Memo to Scott Morrison – Australians want to get out of coal
SYDNEY, March 27, 2019: Greenpeace Australia Pacific today called on the Morrison government to rule out construction of coal-fired power stations in Australia, or publicly bankrolling the expensive rolling repairs required to keep ageing coal stations operational.The news that federal cabinet has signed off on a shortlist of 12 generation projects for taxpayer underwriting including…
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Exit poll points to Liberals losing Coogee, as climate change emerges as the top election issue
SYDNEY, March 23, 2019 – The Liberal Party is on track to lose the eastern suburbs seat of Coogee, with exit polling indicating a strong swing against sitting member Bruce Notley-Smith as at 2.30pm today.Thirty-five percent of voters ranked climate change and environment policy as the number-one issue that determined their vote, ahead of the…
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NSW Liberals threaten legal action against Greenpeace and Nature Conservation Council of NSW for exposing their indifference to global warming
SYDNEY, March 22, 2019 – The Berejiklian government has attempted to silence voices calling for a cleaner environment and an appropriate response to global warming, threatening to take election results in marginal seats to court should their candidates fail.Their allegation is that policy scorecards distributed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Nature Conservation Council of…
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Berejiklian to go to the polls with no plan for climate action
SYDNEY, March 18, 2019 – The New South Wales government appears set to go to the 2019 State election with no plan to address the climate crisis.A week after reports emerged of Premier Berejiklian ignoring her own climate advisors [1] and subsequently shelving plans to fight climate change [2], the Coalition’s response is to propose…
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It’s 2019 guys. Just rule out new coal power stations
SYDNEY, March 6, 2019: Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today called on the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to make clear that they will prevent development of two new coal-fired power stations in the Hunter Valley, NSW. News that a Hong Kong based investment firm has signed a deal with a tiny…
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Morrison’s reheated version of Abbott’s plan not good enough as global warming now the number one issue for voters
SYDNEY, March 3, 2019 – Global warming and the environment is now the number one issue for Australians with one in four saying it was the most influential issue when deciding their vote.A uComms/ReachTel national poll of 2134 respondents, commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and released today showed the issue had overtaken the economy, and…
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Labor’s plan to power government entirely with renewables to take New South Wales from energy Dark Ages towards the light
SYDNEY, Fed 28, 2019 – The Labor Party’s plan to turbocharge New South Wales’ transition from coal to clean energy will reduce electricity bills and help to reduce the carbon pollution that causes climate change.This morning Opposition Leader Michael Daley announced that an incoming Labor government will power all State Government agencies with 100 percent…
