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New report: leaders and laggards in the telco renewables race revealed
Telecommunications giant Telstra has come out on top in a new ranking by Greenpeace Australia Pacific that reveals which Australian telcos, data centres and tech companies are streaming ahead in the race to renewables, and which are still on dial-up.The fact-sheet, Solar streaming: who’s leading the telco, tech and IT race to renewables? found that…
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Freedom of expression wins the day: Greenpeace triumphs over AGL in landmark court ruling
Environmental charity Greenpeace Australia Pacific has triumphed over AGL Energy in a landmark intellectual property judgement in the Federal Court today.
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Yass, Woolworths! Power purchase shows supermarket is a big fan of wind
A major renewable energy power purchase from supermarket giant Woolworths Group, that will see around thirty percent of the company’s New South Wales energy needs sourced from a wind farm near Yass, has been welcomed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific.Woolworths, Australia’s biggest supermarket chain and one of the country’s top electricity users, has announced that it…
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Greenpeace defends AGL lawsuit by relying on freedom of speech safeguards
Greenpeace Australia Pacific faced down coal company AGL Energy in the Federal Court yesterday in a landmark intellectual property case which saw Greenpeace rely on the freedom of speech safeguard in the Copyright Act known as “fair dealing”.AGL alleges that Greenpeace breached its intellectual property rights by using versions of the AGL logo in a…
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Media briefing: AGL v. Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Greenpeace Australia Pacific and AGL will face off in the Federal Court in Sydney on 2 June 2021 in a landmark case that could determine the ability of charities, comedians and others, to use corporate logos for the purpose of satire, parody and criticism.
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Queensland explosion and blackouts prove that coal power is dangerous and unreliable
SYDNEY, May 25, 2021 – The explosion at the Callide coal burning power station and widespread power outages across Queensland provide more proof that coal power is dangerous and has no place in a modern energy system.Earlier this afternoon Police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services were called to the Callide Power Station at Biloela…
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MAJOR GLOBAL ENERGY REPORT: AUSTRALIA CAN’T GET TO NET-ZERO UNLESS AGL GETS OUT OF COAL
18 May 2021, Melbourne: A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) mapping out a global pathway to net-zero emissions has confirmed that Australia cannot effectively get to net-zero emissions by 2050 unless AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, closes its coal-burning power stations by 2030.The report, Net-Zero by 2050, a roadmap for the global…
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Coal generators bleeding money as renewables, rooftop solar push prices down
SYDNEY, May 17 2021 – Revenue for the operators of coal burning power stations has plunged by $5.4 billion as coal use continues to decline, providing further impetus for AGL, which burns more coal than any other company in Australia, to bring forward its coal closure timeline. [1]Australia’s use of coal power set a record…
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Date set for landmark AGL v Greenpeace copyright court showdown
SYDNEY, May 11, 2021 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific and AGL will face off in the Federal Court in Sydney on 2 June 2021 in a landmark case that could determine the ability of charities to use corporate logos for the purpose of satire, parody and criticism.At a directions hearing in the Federal Court today, a…