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Victorian election: Pledge to undo renewable revolution sees Liberals suffer electoral annihilation
Victorians have sent a message to climate laggards across the nation by rejecting the Coalition’s plan to repeal the state’s Renewable Energy Target (VRET) and rewarding Labor’s vision to ramp up the renewables revolution. The scale of this weekend’s electoral bloodbath warrants further examination. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy started the weekend presiding over 37 seats…
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Victorians vote for a renewable-powered future
MELBOURNE, Nov 24, 2018 – Victorians have given renewable energy a big tick of approval by voting to keep Labor in government for four more years, with a mandate to expand and increase investment in solar, wind and battery storage.A short time ago, the ABC declared victory for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who led Labor…
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Students, surfers, and community unite to show oil companies they are not welcome in Apollo Bay
November 23, 2018: A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards will set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour today to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great Australian Bight.The flotilla, which will begin at 1.45pm in Apollo Bay Harbour, was organised by a 15-year-old…
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Vanuatu warns fossil fuel companies could be sued over climate change
Port Vila, Vanuatu, 22 November 2018 – Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies that continue to contribute to climate change, the nation’s foreign minister has warned, in what could be a world first legal action by a climate vulnerable countryThis morning at the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s Virtual Summit, Vanuatu’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ralph…
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Countries most vulnerable to climate change urge rich nations to step up
MAJURO, Nov 23, 2018 – The developing nations most at risk due to climate change have urged the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting countries to step up their ambition to match the scale of the climate crisis.At the just concluded Climate Vulnerable Forum’s (CVF) Virtual Summit, CVF nations showed leadership and committed themselves to…
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Pro-renewable policies emerge as vote-winners in this weekend’s Victorian election
MELBOURNE, Nov 21, 2018 – With the polls narrowing as Victorians prepare to cast their ballots in this weekend’s state election, renewable energy has emerged as a key battleground with the victor likely to be a party with strong clean energy policies.Late last week, Greenpeace Australia Pacific commissioned Reachtel to conduct a poll of more…
