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Woodside’s new Scarborough gas project is risky business
Many employees see Scarborough as the wrong path for Woodside The Scarborough gas project is a deep-sea gas mine project that will drill into the heart of prime marine habitat off Western Australia’s coast. This is a shocking and terrible idea – and many people working at Woodside feel the same way about this disaster-in-waiting.…
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Santos Bights the dust
SYDNEY, 16 July, 2021 – Santos and Murphy Oil have today announced they will abandon plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, in what Greenpeace is calling a momentous win for people and planet. Drone footage of Bunda Cliffs in the Great Australian Bight. The Bight is a pristine stretch of ocean…
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Don’t believe the hype: AGL demerger hides the coal truth
Last week, AGL, Australia’s biggest polluter revealed the outcome of its highly anticipated strategic review. Steam towers at Bayswater Power Station, adjacent to Liddell. Liddell is a coal fired power station near Muswellbrook in New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1971 and is due to shut down by the end of 2022.|Bayswater is…
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Socialising the losses: Dirty Yallourn deal must not become coal closure template
The news that Energy Australia would close the Yallourn coal-burning power station in 2028, four years ahead of schedule, drew a chorus of golf claps from the environmental movement when announced last week. But it would have caused an uproar had the truth of the apparent dirty deal between the power company and the Victorian…
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Morrison’s Press Club Address reveals staggering lack of climate vision, again
Sydney, 1 February 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech to the National Press Club on his government’s 2021 priorities has revealed a staggering lack of vision and leadership around climate change and energy transition. Morrison’s speech, largely a rehash of inadequate energy and climate announcements made over the past 12 months, demonstrates the Federal Government’s…
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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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Yasa’s climate-charged 345 km/h winds cut a path of destruction through Fiji’s two major islands
SYDNEY, Dec 18 2020 – Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck with wind gusts up to 345 km/h overnight as it tore through Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, destroying homes and schools and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.Despite the high wind speeds, Yasa was downgraded to a strong Category 4 storm, the Fijian Government said…