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Student striker in the running to lead Australia’s biggest climate polluter, AGL
SYDNEY, August 16, 2021: An eighteen year old student striker has bought shares in energy giant AGL and nominated himself as a director, saying that he wants to transform AGL from Australia’s biggest climate polluter to a renewable energy powerhouse.Ashjayeen Sharif, a first year university student from Melbourne, is in the running for a directors…
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Santos Bights the dust
SYDNEY, 16 July, 2021 – Santos and Murphy Oil have today announced they will abandon plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, in what Greenpeace is calling a momentous win for people and planet. Drone footage of Bunda Cliffs in the Great Australian Bight. The Bight is a pristine stretch of ocean…
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AGL, take note — the future of energy in Australia is 100% renewable, clean and affordable!
Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists in front of the Federal Courts of Australia. With huge potential to generate solar and wind energy, there’s no doubt Australia can become a renewable energy superpower. By phasing out coal, oil and gas, and ramping up wind, solar, hydro output and battery storage capacity — Australia’s energy grid will become…
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AGL, it’s time to quit coal — the survival of our ecosystems and wildlife depend on it.
By Olivia Nankivell AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station|A rescued koala on a tree. Australia’s ecosystems and precious wildlife are facing the existential threat from climate change due to the coal-burning activities of major polluters, like AGL. Recently, the findings of a major research paper revealed that 19 of Australia’s iconic ecosystems are…
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New report: leaders and laggards in the telco renewables race revealed
Telecommunications giant Telstra has come out on top in a new ranking by Greenpeace Australia Pacific that reveals which Australian telcos, data centres and tech companies are streaming ahead in the race to renewables, and which are still on dial-up.The fact-sheet, Solar streaming: who’s leading the telco, tech and IT race to renewables? found that…
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Freedom of expression wins the day: Greenpeace triumphs over AGL in landmark court ruling
Environmental charity Greenpeace Australia Pacific has triumphed over AGL Energy in a landmark intellectual property judgement in the Federal Court today.
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Taking a stand against Australia’s biggest climate polluter in the Federal Court
By Olivia Nankivell Glenn Walker, Katrina Bullock, Rebecca Gilsenan and David Ritter with Greenpeace Australia activists.|AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station It was a big day for climate action, folks! Yesterday, on the 2nd of June, the AGL v Greenpeace court case commenced in the Federal Court in Sydney. AGL alleged intellectual property…
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MAJOR GLOBAL ENERGY REPORT: AUSTRALIA CAN’T GET TO NET-ZERO UNLESS AGL GETS OUT OF COAL
18 May 2021, Melbourne: A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) mapping out a global pathway to net-zero emissions has confirmed that Australia cannot effectively get to net-zero emissions by 2050 unless AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, closes its coal-burning power stations by 2030.The report, Net-Zero by 2050, a roadmap for the global…
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NEW REPORT: Coal-faced: exposing AGL as Australia’s biggest climate polluter
Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new report, Coal-faced: exposing AGL as Australia’s biggest climate polluter, is set to shatter AGL’s green ‘public’ image and uncover the dirty truth. The report, set to be released on May 5th, reveals the pivotal role that AGL plays in fuelling climate change in Australia. READ THE REPORT HERE AGL is, by…
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UN report reveals methane climate danger, while Fed Govt throws cash at gas
SYDNEY, May 7, 2021 – A major new UN report released today reveals the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from methane, while the Federal Government continues to throw millions at the gas industry in pursuit of a ‘gas led recovery’ which Greenpeace Australia Pacific warns is fuelling dangerous climate change. [1]The Global Methane…