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Melting tennis ball in Melbourne’s Fed Square a reminder climate change threatens Aus Open’s future
Coal-fuelled climate crisis threatens Australia’s summer of sport A giant melting tennis ball reminds Melbourne commuters and tennis fans about current threats from climate change. Tennis fans in Melbourne have been greeted by a 1.5m-high sculpture of a melting tennis ball with the words ‘climate crisis’ on it. The artwork, installed in Federation Square by…
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The Last Australian Open?
'Climate inaction is an unforced error' Australia cannot sit on the sidelines any longer. We must take action to reduce our emissions in this coal-fuelled crisis.
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Bushfires and extreme weather events
Climate change is fuelling extreme weather events like horror bushfires, heatwaves and droughts, but our politicians keep shovelling coal into the furnace. Climate change is an emergency. It's time our leaders act like it.
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REPORT: REenergising Australian business: the corporate race to renewable energy
A Greenpeace report analyses the sector-by-sector potential job and renewable energy benefits if 80 of Australia’s top companies moved to 100% renewable energy.
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Pacific region can’t afford another climate groundhog day
As world leaders gather in Madrid this week for the COP25 UN Climate Change conference, we find ourselves at a critical moment in the climate emergency, writes Joseph Moeono-Kolio, Head of Greenpeace Pacific. Pacific Island Represent! activists joined community members in Navutulevu Village on the Coral Coast to raise awareness about climate change, and plant…
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REPORT: The Dispersant Delusion – Equinor’s plan to poison the Great Australian Bight
Our report shows that regulators plan to allow Equinor to respond to an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight by deploying a banned chemical cocktail that doesn’t work.
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Federal Parliament votes on climate emergency
Following a wave of climate action, a Federal climate emergency motion was tabled and voted on by the Greens on Tuesday 15th October. It was narrowly defeated, blocked by the coal-loving Coalition. That it is even being debated at the national level shows how far we’ve come. The defeat is not the end. Just three…
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South Australia to vote on climate emergency
With the South Australian State Parliament set to vote today on whether to declare a climate emergency, there is a short window to call on Members to vote for climate action. Give one of the following South Australian Labor MPs a call (better) or an email and urge them to vote the climate emergency through.…
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Week of action calls Taylor out on climate inaction
Have you heard of Angus Taylor? If not, let us share a quick overview of his CV… |||| Australia’s Minister for Energy and Emissions Reductions has a track record that makes a mockery of his job title: On his watch, Australia’s greenhouse gas pollution levels have gone up as we slide ever further from our Paris targets. [1]…
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We were stranded for a week. Then something beautiful happened.
In 2015 I experienced extreme weather first-hand while living in Gillieston Heights, Maitland. With a two-month-old, and two other children, our suburb was turned into a virtual island following days of torrential rain. |||| *This is a guest blog by Port Stephens resident and Break Free group member Alisha Onslow* Our suburb was nicknamed “Gillo…