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Coal fuels fires: Greenpeace beams images of survivors onto NSW coal power station on day bushfire Royal Commission findings delivered
LAKE MACQUARIE, Oct 28 2020 – Greenpeace has projected images of bushfire survivors onto the Vales Point coal burning power station on the day the bushfire Royal Commission is due to hand down its final report and recommendations.The message “Coal Fuels Fires” was beamed onto a tower at the highly-polluting power station overnight to make…
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Big Weather (and how to survive it)
The devastation that extreme weather brings, and who should foot the bill? The summer is approaching and it has been nearly 12 months since last season’s devastating bushfires. ABC’s new three-part series explores what communities have faced and how they’re preparing for the next season. How can we all adapt, survive and thrive with less…
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In unprecedented times budget remains a gift card to fossil fuel industry, only this time it’s gas
The budget is a statement of priorities and in the midst of a pandemic it’s alarming that the Morrison Government continues to prioritise fossil fuel industry profits over the health and safety of Australians. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. In a year that has been routinely described as…
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Your lungs will thank you for switching to clean energy
Covid-19 has brought normal life all over the world to a virtual halt. With fewer cars on the roads and industry scaling down their operations, the skies have cleared, leading many to question just how much pollution we were breathing in during the “normal times”. Greenpeace’s new scientific report, Lethal Power: How Burning Coal Kills…
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Air pollution from burning coal kills 800 people in Australia each year and makes thousands more ill
SYDNEY, Aug 25 2020 – Air pollution from Australia’s ageing and increasingly unreliable coal-burning power stations is responsible for 800 premature deaths, 14,000 asthma symptoms among children and 850 cases of low birth weight in newborns each year, according to a ground-breaking report by Greenpeace.The report Lethal Power: How burning coal is killing people in…
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SUBMISSION: To the Independent Planning Commission: Santos’ Narrabri gas project risks farms, water, climate, and community.
The destructive Narrabri fossil gas drilling proposal by Santos is one of the most controversial fossil fuel projects in Australia. Greenpeace contributed to the following submission to the Independent Planning…
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‘A recipe for corruption’ Researcher warns of the risk gas-stacked Covid-19 Commission poses to Australia’s democracy
SYDNEY, Aug 5 2020 – A Melbourne University researcher has sounded the alarm on the Prime Minister’s National Covid-19 Commission (NCC), warning that handing power to a cabal of unelected business leaders could pose risks to Australian democracy that will endure well beyond the pandemic.The allegations are contained in the Private Actors & Crisis; Scrutinising…
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Narrabri gas recommendation misrepresents academic review
SYDNEY, July 22 2020 – The academic upon whose research the New South Wales Government recommended the Narrabri Gas Project proceed, has stated that her social impact advice has been misconstrued by the Department of Planning Industry and Environment. A submission to the Independent Planning Commission by the Sydney Environment Institute shows that University of Queensland…
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8000MW NSW renewable energy zone to create thousands of jobs and power for 3.5 million homes
SYDNEY, July 10 2020 – Greenpeace welcomes the NSW Government’s $79 million commitment to set up a renewable energy zone in New England, creating over 3,000 jobs and eventually providing enough power for more than 3 million homes.This morning NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean will unveil details of the deal that he says will make…
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Greenpeace calls for abolition of fossil fuel-stacked Covid commission as unaccountable network of business executives revealed
SYDNEY, June 4 2020 – The Prime Minister’s handpicked National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) is a cabal of business associates operating almost without oversight and should be immediately abolished and replaced, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.This morning members of the commission appeared before a Senate hearing where NCCC Chairman and gas company executive Nev Power revealed…