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“Like calling the fire brigade while setting fire to the house”: Australia pledges climate resilience while committing to coal
Sydney, 25 January 2021: AUSTRALIA’S PLEDGE TO JOIN 100 nations in a climate resilience pledge ahead of the UN Climate Adaptation Summit, while refusing to commit to net-zero emissions, has been called “the worst kind of hypocrisy” by Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said that the Federal Government’s focus on building…
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Cyclone Yasa and bushfires show the Pacific and Australia are both on the frontline of climate change
One year ago, I was glued to the television in my home in Fiji, watching with horror as Australia burned in last summer’s catastrophic bushfires. I’ll never forget the images of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge wreathed in smoke, or the bravery of the people in bushfire-threatened communities as they faced down the flames. Now…
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Tools for Grassroots Activism
Everything you need to run a powerful movement for next to nothing! Running a grassroots campaign or starting a movement online can be intimidating, but there are so many great tools available to help you get started. Here are our top picks from the world of online grassroots activism. Not only are these platforms all…
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Morrison finally drops dodgy climate accounting
MELBOURNE, Saturday 5 December 2020 – In response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing that Australia will drop the plan to use dodgy Kyoto credits to meet its Paris climate target, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Nelli Stevenson said:“The Morrison government has long been shamed on the global stage for its use of dodgy accounting to…
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Replacing Liddell with Renewables Cheaper and Less Polluting than Gas
Greenpeace launches the report: Scenarios for the Replacement of the Liddell Power Station Report The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is clean energy backed up by batteries, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex. ||| New modelling undertaken…
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Bushfire Royal Commission missed opportunity to make polluters pay for climate damage like the 2019-20 bushfires
The New South Wales ‘Mega’ fire, which measures 1.5 million acres, burns on the outskirts of the small town of Tumbarumba in the Snowy Mountains, NSW. Since blazes broke out in September, Australia has seen unprecedented bushfires destroying nearly 11 million hectares with at least 29 people loosing their lives. It is estimated that more…
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Make polluters pay: Bushfire Royal Commission should have called for disaster levy on fossil fuel exports
SYDNEY, Oct 30 2020 – Greenpeace is calling for the country’s biggest polluters to pay for climate disasters like the 2019-20 bushfires, through a levy.A short time ago the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements published its final report, which failed to recommend that the fossil fuel industry whose operations fuel climate change should…
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Coal fuels fires: Greenpeace beams images of survivors onto NSW coal power station on day bushfire Royal Commission findings delivered
LAKE MACQUARIE, Oct 28 2020 – Greenpeace has projected images of bushfire survivors onto the Vales Point coal burning power station on the day the bushfire Royal Commission is due to hand down its final report and recommendations.The message “Coal Fuels Fires” was beamed onto a tower at the highly-polluting power station overnight to make…
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Unpopular Narrabri gas project will destroy environment and climate
SYDNEY, Sept 30 2020 – The decision to ignore the science and overwhelming community concerns by approving the Narrabri Gas Project could lead to the destruction of vital agricultural land, water resources and native wildlife including koalas unless Santos is unable to meet the conditions, or community opposition succeeds.This morning the IPC announced that it…