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Liberals’ plan to bet taxpayer money on gas or coal ignores climate science and market realities
SYDNEY, Nov 12, 2019 – Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s proposal to prop up dying industries that business won’t is a symptom of the fossil fuel fetishisation and climate change denial that plagues the Coalition at state and federal level. This morning Mr Guy announced that if the Coalition is successful at next week’s election…
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Victorian government can do better than miserly increase in renewables
November 8, 2018: Greenpeace Australia Pacific (Greenpeace) today welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement that it will move to set a 2030 Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET) of 50%, and the government’s announcement they will invest $82m over 10 years to provide an additional 50,000 rebates on solar panels for Victorian renters.However, it has also called…
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Twice as bad as Deepwater Horizon: BP’s 2016 well plan proves safe Bight drilling is a myth
November 5, 2018: A more than two year legal battle by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed oil company documents demonstrating that a Great Australian Bight oil spill could be double the size of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and that safety equipment would be unusable more than a third of the year. BP modelling shows a…
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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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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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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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IPCC report points to stark choices ahead, but reason for hope and action
October 8, 2018: Coal consumption must be cut drastically over the next decade and completely by 2050 if humanity is to avoid the worst impacts of catastrophic climate change.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today revealed the massive and urgent task ahead of us to limit global warming while also providing a clear blueprint…
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Marshall Islands deliver a moral call to arms to high-polluting nations
September 24, 2018: Greenpeace Australia Pacific congratulates the people of the Marshall Islands and their President, Dr Hilda Heine, on continuing to demonstrate moral leadership on the greatest challenge of our time – climate change.Overnight Heine announced the island nation’s strategy to reach net zero emissions by 2050 – in the process becoming only the…
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Victoria’s investment in renewables a positive step forward but more ambition needed for the planet and prices
SYDNEY, Sept 11, 2018 – The Andrews’ Government support of renewables will lead to the creation of four new wind farms and two solar installations across the state, creating jobs in construction and maintenance while reducing emissions and power prices.This morning Premier Daniel Andrews announced the projects, under the Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET), would…