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WA’s Clean Transition Picks Up The Pace With 80% By 2030 Emissions Reduction Target For State Utilities
The McGowan Government setting a strong emissions reduction target of 80% by 2030 for state government agencies is a welcome step in the state’s renewable energy transition, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. McGowan’s power move, which covers state owned utilities such as railways, vehicle fleets, hospitals and schools, follows Western Australia’s announcement last week that its…
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‘Anti-Competitive And Morally Repugnant’ Coal And Gas Companies To Blame As Enova Enters Into Voluntary Administration
News that Australia’s first community-owned electricity retailer Enova Energy has been forced into voluntary administration is a damning indictment of the greed of the coal and gas companies which are at the heart of the energy crisis that is hurting Australian households and businesses, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Enova tied for first place in Greenpeace…
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REPORT: Deep-Sea Disaster, Why Woodside’s Burrup Hub project is too risky to proceed
A spill or accident at Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project could release toxic gas and condensate of a similar consistency to crude oil into World Heritage listed marine parks, with…
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13 steps to make Australia a renewable superpower
By Greenpeace Australia Pacific It’s time to make Australia a renewable superpower |The crowd play with a globe at the Sydney Climate march. Millions of people around the world are striking from school or work to demand urgent measures to stop the climate crisis.| In his victory speech, newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…
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What to use instead of a plastic bin liner?
In light of the ban, many of you have asked us what to use instead to line your rubbish bins. The answer is certainly not a plastic bin liner!
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AGL’s Unreliable Coal A Dirty Rat Eating Away At Household Wallets
News that AGL’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station will be offline until September, on top of additional outages at its Bayswater and Liddell stations, shows the need for AGL to rapidly embrace renewable energy in order to reduce its climate pollution and help bring down prices for Australian households, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. AGL…
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The Gas Industry’s Greed Has Fuelled The Energy Crisis
The greed of the Australian gas industry and its desire to turn vast profits on the export market has manufactured an artificial “energy crisis” that is hurting Australians, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.Today Energy Minister Chris Bowen will meet with state and territory counterparts to discuss solutions to the energy price spike, as coal and gas…
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Ding, Dong, AGL’s Demerger Is Dead – Now Ditch The Dud Leadership
Energy giant AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, has ditched its planned demerger, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific has labelled “one of the most bungled and misguided attempts at a corporate restructure in Australian history. Glenn Walker, senior campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said that the failure of AGL’s demerger is representative of the failure of vision…
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Fighting Against Deforestation and Illegal Logging
Deforestation is a threat we need to tackle urgently. We have lost the majority of the world's forests and it's vital to save what's left.
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Labor Government’s 2030 Renewables Target Renders AGL’s Demerger A Dead Duck
Labor’s victory and the overwhelming vote for climate-focused candidates marks the death knell for AGL’s proposed demerger, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The incoming government's Powering Australia policy [1] is to ensure renewables will make up 82 per cent of the National Electricity Market (NEM) by 2030, which closely aligns with AEMO’s industry-backed step change scenario…
