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Renewables emerge as key battleground in upcoming Victorian election
In just over a month Victoria goes to the polls. What’s at stake, I hear you ask. Nothing more than the future of the renewable energy revolution. |In Waubra, central Victoria, one of Australia’s largest wind turbine farms is currently under construction.| As it stands Victoria is among the states leading the way in the…
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World’s biggest NO2 emissions hotspots revealed in Greenpeace analysis of new satellite data
SYDNEY, 29 October, 2018 – Groundbreaking analysis of new satellite data reveals the world’s largest NO2 air pollution hotspots across six continents in the most detail to date, and points the finger at coal and transport as the two principle sources of emissions.Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a dangerous pollutant that also contributes to the formation…
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7 air pollution tips to help protect your family
One question we often get asked at Greenpeace is: “what’s the best way to protect myself from air pollution?” Sydney on a hazy day.||||OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||||||OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||||| With news articles warning that 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year as a result of breathing polluted air, it’s understandable that people want to know…
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Wentworth Climate Scorecards
Send the climate wreckers a message How the candidates in Wentworth stack up on climate… | This Saturday, you and thousands of voters will take to the polls to send the climate wreckers a message. This by-election will be historic, and with Wentworth voters unequivocally ranking climate change as their top voting issue – it’s…
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World’s most vulnerable nations demand rich countries act now over climate change
Vulnerable economies call for accelerated financial shift V20 Group fears carbon-intensive energy systems could impair economic stability Bali, Indonesia, 14 October 2018: Finance ministers from the V20 Group of climate vulnerable nations today issued a plea for large-scale shifts to global investment – shifts required if the global community is to embark on the transformational…
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Where’s your plan, Scott Morrison? Share this video!
|Pacific Island Represent! activists joined community members in Navutulevu Village on the Coral Coast to raise awareness about climate change, and plant mangroves to slow down coastal erosion.| Watch our video about the IPCC’s 1.5 Degree report, then click to share it with your friends on Facebook, or Twitter! SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER …
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Feeling bad about your contribution to climate change? Don’t.
You’d be forgiven for feeling guilty about your contribution to climate change, but blaming yourself is a recipe for disaster. You’ve probably heard a lot about what you can do to reduce your personal carbon footprint in the past few days. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to be doing your part! We all have…
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Why the Wentworth by-election could change everything
For the first time ever, Greenpeace is campaigning in a by-election contest. And here is why. The United Nations’ top climate scientists have issued a dire warning: phase out coal urgently or face catastrophic climate change. Unbelievably, Australia’s Environment Minister rejected that advice and callously defended the Government’s support for coal.[1] It’s time to send them a…
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Half of Australian coal plants must close in next seven years
October 9, 2018: More than half of Australia’s coal fired power generation must be phased out in favour of renewable energy by 2025, with the remainder to close by 2030 if we are to limit the catastrophic impacts of climate change, as global report has found.A global plant-by-plant analysis by Greenpeace International and CoalSwarm found…
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The courage of climate hope
Making sense of a 1.5 degree world Greenpeace and Tcktcktck volunteers raise a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban, South Africa. To send a message of hope for the latest round of UN climate change talks opening here on Monday. Campaigners say Durban must be a new dawn for the international negotiations…
