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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…
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Oil disaster would destroy coastal communities, cost hundreds of billions
November 20, 2018: The fishing and tourism industries of coastal communities from South Australia to Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island and iconic Bondi Beach in Sydney would be crippled for decades should a worst-case oil disaster occur costing the economy as much as $118 billion AUD.Greenpeace have today released a new report titled Crude…
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More than 100 Marshallese call for developed countries to step up their climate action ahead of CVF Summit
Majuro, Marshall Islands, 17 November 2018 – More than 100 Marshallese activists have rallied off the coast of the nation’s capital, demanding that leaders of developed nations dramatically upscale their plans to limit global warming.The activities are in the lead up to the Marshall Islands-hosted virtual summit of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) on November…
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Victorian Coalition energy policies to drive highest power prices and pollution levels of major parties: RepuTex analysis
Labor forecast to deliver lowest power prices, Greens to deliver lowest carbon emissionsSYDNEY, Nov 16 – A re-elected Labor government would deliver the steepest reduction in Victorian wholesale electricity prices, while the Greens would oversee the sharpest reduction in carbon pollution, according to a new report by energy market analyst RepuTex. The report, commissioned by…
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Leaked documents show Bondi Beach could be coated by Great Australian Bight oil spill
November 14, 2018: Secret documents created by Norwegian oil driller Equinor and leaked to Greenpeace Australia Pacific paint a horrifying new picture of a potential Great Australian Bight oil spill that could reach as far north as Port Macquarie and coat Sydney beaches such as Bondi, Manly, and Cronulla with oil.“This leak should be the…
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Liberals’ plan to bet taxpayer money on gas or coal ignores climate science and market realities
SYDNEY, Nov 12, 2019 – 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 Mr Guy announced that if the Coalition is successful at next week’s election…
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Victorian government can do better than miserly increase in renewables
November 8, 2018: Greenpeace Australia Pacific (Greenpeace) today welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement that it will move to set a 2030 Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET) of 50%, and the government’s announcement they will invest $82m over 10 years to provide an additional 50,000 rebates on solar panels for Victorian renters.However, it has also called…
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Twice as bad as Deepwater Horizon: BP’s 2016 well plan proves safe Bight drilling is a myth
November 5, 2018: A more than two year legal battle by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed oil company documents demonstrating that a Great Australian Bight oil spill could be double the size of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and that safety equipment would be unusable more than a third of the year. BP modelling shows a…
