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Morrison finally drops dodgy climate accounting
MELBOURNE, Saturday 5 December 2020 – In response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing that Australia will drop the plan to use dodgy Kyoto credits to meet its Paris climate target, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said:“The Morrison government has long been shamed on the global stage for its use of dodgy accounting to…
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Greenpeace backs Uluru Statement
SYDNEY, December 3 2020 – Greenpeace has today committed to walk with First Nations people towards a better future as the first environmental organisation to publicly formally endorse the Uluru Statement from the Heart.Greenpeace has expressed wholehearted support for all reforms outlined in the Uluru Statement, which was created by more than 250 Indigenous delegates…
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Australia must commit to net-zero by 2040 or risk catastrophic damage to the Pacific: Greenpeace report
SYDNEY, Dec 3 2020 – Australia’s inadequate climate policies could see the world heat by almost four degrees by 2100 but the worst can be avoided for parts of the Pacific if Australia and other major emitters adopt a net-zero emissions by 2040 target, according to a new report by Greenpeace.Under current policies, the world…
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REPORT: Deep Trouble
The murky world of the deep sea mining industry.
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Tasmania proves 100% renewable is 100% doable
SYDNEY, November 27 2020 – In response to Tasmania officially reaching 100% renewable energy, Greenpeace spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said:“This epic milestone achieved in Tasmania proves that 100% renewable is 100% doable. “States and territories are surging ahead in the renewable energy race, leaving the Federal Government more and more isolated in its inaction on climate…
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Replacing Liddell with Renewables Cheaper and Less Polluting than Gas
Greenpeace launches the report: Scenarios for the Replacement of the Liddell Power Station Report The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is clean energy backed up by batteries, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex. ||| New modelling undertaken…
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Replacing Liddell with renewables cheaper and less polluting than fossil gas: RepuTex
SYDNEY, Nov 27 2020 – The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is clean energy backed up by storage, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex.The report, commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, shows that replacing the ageing and unreliable…
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Fortescue sees the light: Miner unveils plan to produce five times the current capacity of Australian energy market with renewables
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2020 – Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced plans to become a global clean energy giant by targeting 235GW of renewable energy production each year.The announcement was delivered earlier today by Fortescue CEO Andrew Forrest, who appeared via videolink at the Perth-based company’s Annual General Meeting. “With Australia’s major trading…
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The Fresh Energy People: shoppers applaud Woolworths’ commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2025
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2020: Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain and the country’s sixth largest electricity user, has made the latest move in the retail race to renewables, announcing that it will commit to source 100% of its electricity from new-build wind and solar by 2025.The announcement today, which gives Woolworths the energy edge on rival…
