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Coal, Guns, and Secrecy: Why you need to know about Efic
Large-scale, detrimental fossil-fuel projects (think Adani’s Carmichael coal mine) need one key thing in order to go ahead. Funding. But where does this funding come from? Well, in a lot of cases, it comes from banks. But in recent times, in Australia at least, we have seen an active move from banks to lower their…
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Charity Attack Laws: An Explainer
On 7 December 2017, while the nation celebrated the historic vote for marriage equality, the Coalition quietly introduced a number of bills to Parliament. Their aim? To silence every single one of us – environmental groups, humanitarian organisations and people like you A Greenpeace supporter uses a megaphone to make clear her thoughts during the…
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The IEA’s World Energy Outlook and its Coal Bias
Coal fired power station Weisweiler near Eschweiler in the Rhenish lignite mining area. Steam coming out of cooling towers. Coal fired power plant owned by RWE AG. Braunkohlekraftwerk Weisweiler bei Eschweiler im Rheinischen Braunkohlerevier, betrieben von RWE AG. Dampf steigt aus Kuehltuermen auf. OPLE who watch energy markets often claim the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) regular World…
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Aurizon pull NAIF loan request, striking another blow to Adani’s planned mega-mine
Press release – 8 February, 2018SYDNEY, February 9 , 2018 – Rail operator Aurizon’s withdrawal of a request for federal funding of its proposed rail line to the Galilee Basin is yet another demonstration of the economic unviability of the Adani Group’s Carmichael coal mine.The rail operator said today that it had withdrawn its loan…
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Bill Shorten on toxic Adani mine
Press release – 29 January, 2018January 30, 2017: Federal Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has effectively committed to stopping the Adani mine if his party wins the next election.The opposition leader today declared during his National Press Club address that there was “legitimate concern” about the controversial project and that “if it doesn’t stack up economically…
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2017 hottest year ever outside El Niño cycle
SYDNEY, January 19, 2018 – The news that last year was the hottest ever recorded outside the El Niño cycle provides yet another wake-up call for world leaders to take swift action to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Even without an El Niño effect to exacerbate the heat, 2017 was still the third…
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Charities’ message to the NAIF board – keep your hands off taxpayers’ money
Press release – 30 November, 2017December 1, 2017: Board members of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) have been targeted by an alliance of not-for-profit groups in an attempt to prevent them from using more than a billion dollars in taxpayers’ money to help fund Adani’s Carmichael coal mine.Polling released today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific…
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What Does Labor’s Victory in the Queensland Election Mean for Adani?
After a heated campaign, it looks like Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor Party will win the Queensland state election, defeating the Liberal National Party and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. | While there were many issues that moved people’s votes, one thing is clear: the future of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, and Labor’s promised veto of the proposed…