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Australia’s biggest energy user, Tomago Aluminium, to ditch AGL’s dirty coal power for renewables
SYDNEY, Aug 11, 2021 – Australia’s biggest energy user, the Tomago aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley, has announced plans to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, foreshadowing an early closure for AGL’s Bayswater coal burning power station, which counts Tomago as its biggest customer.Tomago Aluminium CEO Matt Howell told The Australian…
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IPCC Report: I sent this to my team at Greenpeace today
Hi everyone, I sent a version of this email to my team at Greenpeace today. As a supporter and a friend, I wanted to share it with you too. I hope you got some rest over the weekend and managed to spend some time doing something that brought you contentment and joy. Today is a…
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IPCC CLIMATE REPORT: NO MORE EXCUSES, NO MORE DELAYS – ACT NOW, YOU IDIOTS
Sydney, 9 August 2021: The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 report on the Physical Science Basis warns of the devastating climate impacts faced by Australia and the Pacific unless the world makes deep, rapid cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, which Greenpeace Australia Pacific says provides a clear message to Australia’s…
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New AGL, same old coal pollution: dodgy energy demerger details announced
SYDNEY, 30 June 2021: AGL, Australia’s biggest corporate climate polluter, has today revealed details of its controversial demerger, which has been derided by Greenpeace Australia Pacific as “putting green lipstick on a pig”, pointing out that AGL will still source the bulk of its energy from its coal-burning assets to be held by “Accel Energy”.The…
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AGL, take note — the future of energy in Australia is 100% renewable, clean and affordable!
Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists in front of the Federal Courts of Australia. With huge potential to generate solar and wind energy, there’s no doubt Australia can become a renewable energy superpower. By phasing out coal, oil and gas, and ramping up wind, solar, hydro output and battery storage capacity — Australia’s energy grid will become…
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AGL, it’s time to quit coal — the survival of our ecosystems and wildlife depend on it.
By Olivia Nankivell AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station|A rescued koala on a tree. Australia’s ecosystems and precious wildlife are facing the existential threat from climate change due to the coal-burning activities of major polluters, like AGL. Recently, the findings of a major research paper revealed that 19 of Australia’s iconic ecosystems are…
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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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Taking a stand against Australia’s biggest climate polluter in the Federal Court
By Olivia Nankivell Glenn Walker, Katrina Bullock, Rebecca Gilsenan and David Ritter with Greenpeace Australia activists.|AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A coal-burning power station It was a big day for climate action, folks! Yesterday, on the 2nd of June, the AGL v Greenpeace court case commenced in the Federal Court in Sydney. AGL alleged intellectual property…
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AGL alleges intellectual property infringement against Greenpeace
It was a big day for climate action, folks! Yesterday, on the 2nd of June, the AGL v Greenpeace court case commenced in the Federal Court in Sydney.