All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Woodside’s Browse project is a climate wrecker
Check out Midnight Oil’s mic drop moment Playing to full crowds in Perth, Canberra, and Sydney, with Woodside management and politicians in attendance, the rock legends stopped their show mid-way through to slam Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project – and its newest phase, Browse. Iconic protest band Midnight Oil had a stellar mic drop moment…
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Toyota Just Doesn’t Get It
The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles, and the fact that Toyota is still expecting a gold star for a small number of hybrid sales over 25 years points to exactly how far behind the company really is. “Toyota clearly just doesn’t get it. The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles,…
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How do we clean up Australia’s transport?
Giving Australians the cleaner transport options they want and need Our transport sector is the 3rd largest source of greenhouse pollution – and it’s growing. How does the transport sector put emissions into reverse and clean up its act? Motor vehicles and railway train traffic on Sydney Harbour bridge in motion inside massive steel arch…
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Fossils belong in a museum
Why electrifying our transport is the way forward We need to make the switch from fossil fuels to electric vehicles – find out more about electric vehicles and how they will help bring down our transport emissions. Various shots of traffic in Birmingham city center, including details of car exhaust pipes in stationary traffic around…
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Fuel efficiency standards essential for climate
The Fuel Efficiency Standards proposed today by the Albanese Government in its National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper are essential to taking meaningful action on climate change and must be adopted now, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.
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AGL Finally Bows To Pressure To Kick Coal Obsession, But Must Move From Laggard To Leader
AGL’s updated plans to bring forward the closure of its dirty coal-burning power station Loy Yang A from 2045 to 2035 show the company has bowed to community, shareholder, and activist pressure, and must now go even further to ensure a safer climate and economic future for Australia, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. In just over…
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Hit the brakes on hybrid subsidies
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is urging the Albanese government to heed calls from the independents and the Greens to exclude subsidies for petrol hybrid cars, and instead focus on accelerating the electric vehicle revolution.
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REPORT: The Toyota Files – Stalling on Climate Action
The dirty secret behind Australia's most trusted carmaker. Toyota has been fighting against effective climate policy all over the world, including in Australia: blocking clean air regulation, flip-flopping on renewables
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Safeguard Mechanism Must End “Free Pass To Pollute”: Greenpeace
The Federal Government’s review of the Safeguard Mechanism, which regulates climate pollution from Australian corporations, must draw a line in the sand under the free pass to pollute that fossil fuel companies currently enjoy, urges Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s submission to the Federal Safeguard Mechanism review calls for a climate-science aligned emissions reduction…
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Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Down New York Rivers Calling On Vote For Climate Justice At United Nations
Pacific activists and students, joined by New York climate activists and Indigenous representatives, held a climate justice flotilla on Saturday sailing past the UN HQ and the Statue of Liberty with banners calling on countries to vote yes to the Vanuatu-led bid for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change at…