SYDNEY, Jan 25, 2018 - Thousand of Victorians are without power after three units at the state’s coal-fired power plants went offline, pulling around a thousand megawatts out of the electricity grid as demand surged. [1]
SYDNEY, Feb 18, 2019 - Labor’s aim to build 9GW of clean energy by 2030 is a crucial step to replacing NSW’s ageing and unreliable coal fleet. But it is critical that projects roll out within the next term of government if New South Wales is to seize the opportunities created by renewable energy, that are currently flowing to other states.
SYDNEY, Feb 22, 2019 - New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was greeted by a seven-metre high inflatable cooling tower along with calls to replace coal with renewable energy such as solar and wind, as she arrived at an economic forum in Sydney this morning.
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.
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.
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.
CANBERRA, April 2, 2019 - Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has used a speech in the House of Representatives to call out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s logic-defying support of the coal industry and urged the PM to apologise to the victims of the recent Tasmanian bushfires.
SYDNEY, April 11, 2019 - With Australia reeling from heatwaves, drought, mass fish kills, catastrophic floods and fires, the 2019 federal election will be a referendum on years of failure to act on climate change.
SYDNEY, APRIL 18, 2019 - Norwegian oil company Equinor’s proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight should not go ahead in its current form, a leading international petroleum law expert has warned today.