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Greenpeace Response To Toyota ‘Dieselgate’ Class Action
In response to media reports that Toyota Motor Corporation Australia is facing another class action lawsuit about its diesel engines, for the installation of “diesel defeat devices”, Greenpeace Australia Pacific senior campaigner Lindsay Soutar says: "If these allegations are substantiated, this would be another of many examples of companies in the Toyota group engaging in…
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Australians Charge Ahead On EVs But Still Back Of Queue Without Fuel Efficiency Standards
The Electric Vehicle Council’s (EVC) new report ‘The State of Electric Vehicles’ out this morning shows demand for EVs in Australia is rapidly increasing, but a lack of fuel efficiency standards is holding back supply, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. With cars and light commercial vehicles contributing 60 per cent of all transport emissions, and transport…
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Toyota Just Doesn’t Get It
The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles, and the fact that Toyota is still expecting a gold star for a small number of hybrid sales over 25 years points to exactly how far behind the company really is. “Toyota clearly just doesn’t get it. The world has moved on from polluting hybrid vehicles,…
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Fuel efficiency standards essential for climate
The Fuel Efficiency Standards proposed today by the Albanese Government in its National Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper are essential to taking meaningful action on climate change and must be adopted now, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says.
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AGL Finally Bows To Pressure To Kick Coal Obsession, But Must Move From Laggard To Leader
AGL’s updated plans to bring forward the closure of its dirty coal-burning power station Loy Yang A from 2045 to 2035 show the company has bowed to community, shareholder, and activist pressure, and must now go even further to ensure a safer climate and economic future for Australia, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. In just over…
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Hit the brakes on hybrid subsidies
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is urging the Albanese government to heed calls from the independents and the Greens to exclude subsidies for petrol hybrid cars, and instead focus on accelerating the electric vehicle revolution.
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Safeguard Mechanism Must End “Free Pass To Pollute”: Greenpeace
The Federal Government’s review of the Safeguard Mechanism, which regulates climate pollution from Australian corporations, must draw a line in the sand under the free pass to pollute that fossil fuel companies currently enjoy, urges Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s submission to the Federal Safeguard Mechanism review calls for a climate-science aligned emissions reduction…
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Pacific Youth Hold Flotilla Down New York Rivers Calling On Vote For Climate Justice At United Nations
Pacific activists and students, joined by New York climate activists and Indigenous representatives, held a climate justice flotilla on Saturday sailing past the UN HQ and the Statue of Liberty with banners calling on countries to vote yes to the Vanuatu-led bid for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change at…
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Woodside’s Final Browse Plan Shows Why This Toxic Project Must Be Stopped
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned the “unacceptable” climate and environmental impacts listed in Woodside’s final Environmental Impact Statement for its Browse gas field, saying that it confirms why this toxic offshore drilling project must not go ahead. The Browse Environmental Impact Statement confirms that the gas field will produce approximately 1.6 billion tonnes of climate…
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“If It’s Broken, Don’t Try And Fix It”: Agl Fails To Learn Its Lesson With Ex-Gambling Exec Appointment
Reports that AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, is on the verge of appointing former gambling executive Paula Dwyer as its new Chairman shows AGL believes that if it’s broken, don’t try and fix it, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The reported appointment of Paula Dwyer, who was most recently Chairman of Tabcorp, is a blatant missed…