All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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$500m accounting trick: Morrison ignores Pacific calls to cut coal, promises funds for disaster resilience
SYDNEY, 13 Aug 2019 – Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced $500 million will be diverted from the Pacific aid budget to help nations invest in disaster resilience, after regional leaders called on Australia to “do everything possible to achieve a rapid transition from coal to energy sources that do not contribute to climate change”.The…
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Unanimously carried: an emotional moment – Jason, Mornington Peninsula
On Tuesday 13th August 2019, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council unanimously voted to declare a climate emergency. Not only did each councillor vote to support the motion, but each took the opportunity to voice strong support for this action, to stress the importance of timely and ambitions activity to combat climate change, and to highlight…
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Taylor unveils Liddell farce-force
SYDNEY, 9 August, 2019 – Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has announced the development of a “taskforce” to consider options to deal with AGL’s announced closure of the Liddell Power Station in NSW in 2023.“This taskforce is a farce, and all it is serving to do is underline the Federal Government’s…
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“The climate revolution has begun in our communities”: Jasione’s Story
“With the tears came a renewed resolve. I told myself: we simply don’t have time to wait for them. And we won’t.” Jasione with her kids collecting signatures for her campaign.|Jasione with her kids collecting signatures for her campaign.||Image credit: Above Photography My heart broke on the 18th of May. It was supposed to be…
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“This movement is gathering momentum every day”: Naia, Wollongong
|Photo credit: Destination Wollongong My name is Naia and I am a student from Wollongong. I’m asking for support for our local campaign for our council, Wollongong, to declare a climate emergency and move all council operations to 100% renewable. For a long time, I felt helpless to the changes I saw around me; coral…
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Canavan has no mandate to fast-track the climate crisis
SYDNEY, AUGUST 5, 2019. Resources Minister Matt Canavan will unveil a 12-month review into streamlining regulation in the resources sector today at a major mining conference in the NSW Hunter Valley, which threatens to strip back hard-fought environmental legal protections.The move has been slammed by environmental organisations, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter labelling…
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The passing of Steve Sawyer: Greenpeace IED 1988 – 1993
Steve Sawyer passed on 31 July, 2019 shortly after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was the Senior Policy Advisor at the Global Wind Energy Council. For over 10 years as the organisation’s General Secretary, Steve tirelessly represented the wind industry and worked to convince governments to adopt wind as the solution to growing…
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Australia’s Extinction Crisis
Greenpeace volunteer Tanmay Bhakta on Australia’s extinction crisis |||||| We live in a unique country. Australia has some of the most intriguing and fascinating species on the planet. Due to our geographic isolation, we have an enormous amount of species that are found nowhere else on Earth. Today, however, many of our beloved native species…
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Statement of Support for the Union Movement
Profound structural change is already underway in Australia. The country is going through a poorly planned energy transition due to failures in government policy. Neither energy generators or the workers who rely on these sectors have the certainty they need. Inaction by the federal government has resulted in investment uncertainty and hence inconsistent growth in…
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The water came from everywhere but the sky
Brisbane City Council is about to vote on whether to declare a climate emergency: a powerful first step to building a future free of disasters like the 2011 floods in Brisbane. Local Break Free Action Group member Jo Owen shares her story and explains why this one matters so much. ||| From droughts to flooding…