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Bight project risks ‘exceptional’, says leading oil expert
SYDNEY, APRIL 18, 2019 – Norwegian oil company Equinor’s proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight should not go ahead in its current form, a leading international petroleum law expert has warned today. In an independent report provided to Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Professor Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Petroleum Law and Director of…
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Why I’m standing up for the climate
Student Striker Oscar talks about his experience of getting involved in climate activism I didn’t imagine I’d be live streaming to millions of people around the world on Greenpeace’s social media channels when I first got involved with the Student Strikes for the Climate. But here I was with thousands of my fellow students from…
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This will be a climate election
SYDNEY, April 11, 2019 – With Australia reeling from heatwaves, drought, mass fish kills, catastrophic floods and fires, the 2019 federal election will be a referendum on years of failure to act on climate change.With polling consistently indicating climate change is among voters’ top concerns [1], Australians will go to the ballot box on May…
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30×30: groundbreaking scientific study maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030
London, UK, 4 April 2019 – As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target that scientists say is crucial in order to safeguard wildlife and to…
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Wilkie urges PM to apologise to Tasmanian bushfire victims for fuelling climate fire by throwing taxpayer money at coal
CANBERRA, April 2, 2019 - Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has used a speech in the House of Representatives to call out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s logic-defying support of the coal industry and urged the PM to apologise to the victims of the recent Tasmanian bushfires.The Member for Denison told the House he had met with…
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REPORT: Boom and Bust 2019 – Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline
For the third year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2018. Clean, renewable energy solutions like wind and solar continue to…
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NSW election result: the Libs on notice
The NSW Coalition have been returned to government on a reduced, paper-thin majority. While it might not be the best possible result for our climate, there is a clear message here for both the Berejiklian and Federal governments: you are on notice, and climate inaction will lose you votes. | In the run-up to this election, climate action was…
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City of Sydney’s 100% renewable pledge shames federal government inaction
Sydney, March 28, 2019: In response to the news that the City of Sydney will use 100% renewables to meet its electricity needs, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Alix Foster Vander Elst said today:“We applaud the City of Sydney for taking this significant step that will see the city getting behind the renewable energy revolution. It’s…
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Global Slowdown in Coal Power Investment Continues, but Chinese Power Industry Pushes for Hundreds of New Plants
SYDNEY, March 28, 2019: For the third year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2018, according to a new report released today by Global Energy Monitor, Greenpeace India, and the Sierra Club.The report, Boom and Bust 2019: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline, is the fifth annual survey…
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Memo to Scott Morrison – Australians want to get out of coal
SYDNEY, March 27, 2019: Greenpeace Australia Pacific today called on the Morrison government to rule out construction of coal-fired power stations in Australia, or publicly bankrolling the expensive rolling repairs required to keep ageing coal stations operational.The news that federal cabinet has signed off on a shortlist of 12 generation projects for taxpayer underwriting including…
