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REPORT: Coal-faced, Exposing AGL as Australia’s biggest climate polluter
SYDNEY, 5 May 2021 - AGL, Australia's biggest energy company, is holding back efforts by Australian businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report released today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
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Taylor’s coal plan is fossil fuel ideology gone mad
MELBOURNE, 30 April 2021 – In response to Angus Taylor’s announcement that the Federal Government wants coal power stations to be paid for their capacity rather than their output, Greenpeace Australia pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said that this is “fossil fuel ideology gone mad”.“Paying the drivers of the climate crisis to keep cranking out emissions…
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No thanks to Morrison on climate from Australia or the Pacific
MELBOURNE, 23 April 2021 – In response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s comments at the Biden Climate Summit overnight, please find the following statements from Greenpeace Australia Pacific below.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said: “Once again the Federal Coalition Government has made a mockery of Australia on the world stage when…
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Morrison’s flirting not the climate commitment we need
MELBOURNE, Tuesday 20 April 2021 – In response to Scott Morrison’s speech to the Business Council of Australia last night, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said:“Morrison’s continued flirting with net-zero by 2050 is simply not good enough. In order to protect Australians and our Pacific neighbours from the worsening impacts of climate change like…
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Civil society organisation urge Morrison to life climate ambition
As leading Australian non-profit and environmental organisations, we write to ask that you stand with our Pacific family at the upcoming Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by President Joe Biden on Earth Day, 22nd April.
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Biden Summit: Charities and churches call on Morrison to halve emissions by 2030
SYDNEY, April 15 2021 – More than 10 environmental and humanitarian organisations including Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Oxfam Australia, the Pacific Climate Action Network, The Pacific Conference of Churches, and the Edmund Rice Centre have used a full-page newspaper ad and open letter to urge Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to commit to halving emissions, ahead…
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Socialising the losses: Dirty Yallourn deal must not become coal closure template
The news that Energy Australia would close the Yallourn coal-burning power station in 2028, four years ahead of schedule, drew a chorus of golf claps from the environmental movement when announced last week. But it would have caused an uproar had the truth of the apparent dirty deal between the power company and the Victorian…
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When the floodwaters recede, communities should not be left holding the damage bill
A little over a year ago the worst bushfires in our history razed large swathes of eastern Australia, blackening our skies, making people sick and reducing homes and millions of hectares of forests to ash. A garage on Hall Street, Pitt Town, north-west of Sydney inundated by floodwaters. Flooding in New South Wales has forced…
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NSW floods made worse by climate change
SYDNEY, March 22 2021 – The floods causing widespread disruption across New South Wales have been made worse by climate change, driven by the mining and burning of coal, oil and gas. Right now thousands of people across the state have been forced to flee to safety while others try to protect their homes and…