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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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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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‘It’s gas!’ Morrison guts clean energy agencies and outlines recovery policy more suited to 1960 than 2020
SYDNEY, Sept 17 2020 – Australia’s two renewable energy agencies will be allowed to invest in gas under a proposal written by the gas industry and dutifully made law by the Morrison Government.The Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, which are currently only allowed to invest in clean energy sources, will…
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Rebranded Covid commission still reeks of gas and conflicts of interest
SYDNEY, July 27 2020 – The Federal Government’s attempted rebrand of the gas-stacked National Covid-19 Commission exacerbates the body’s lack of transparency and accountability and represents a missed opportunity for Australia to emerge strongly from the pandemic.This morning Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Energy Australia CEO Catherine Tanna would be leaving the commission to…
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OPEN LETTER: The NCCC’s false claims to have consulted with environment groups
The Hon. Scott MorrisonPrime Minister of AustraliaPO Box 6022Canberra ACT 2600
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Environmental defenders Covid-19 commission over consultation lies
SYDNEY, June 17 2020 – Greenpeace and five environmental and investor groups have lodged a complaint with the Prime Minister after the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) falsely claimed to have consulted with them when no such discussions occurred.Today the groups including The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility,…
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Environmental defenders and investors lash Nev Power’s compromised Covid-19 commission over consultation lies
SYDNEY, June 18 2020 – Greenpeace and five environmental and investor groups have lodged a complaint with the Prime Minister after the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) falsely claimed to have consulted with them when no such discussions occurred. Today the groups including The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility,…
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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…
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Internationally-renowned Sydney street artist Scott Marsh paints new mural, critiquing coal’s grip on our media, politics
SYDNEY, May 18 2020 – Scott Marsh has turned his spray can to the murky influence network that has entrenched coal’s power over Australian politics, painting right wing commentators, mining moguls and the Australian PM enjoying an ivory tower party while the country burns below them. Over the weekend, Marsh, inspired by Greenpeace’s new documentary film:…