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The role of critical minerals in Australia’s clean energy transition
What are critical minerals and why are they important? This blog explores the role of critical minerals mining in Australia’s clean energy transition and highlights some key principles to guide us to minimise potential social and environmental impacts. Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of critical minerals including lithium, cobalt and manganese, with…
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IKEA Assembles Greenest Fleet As Business Case For EVs Charges Up
The 2023 Electrify Fleets Rankings, from Greenpeace Australia Pacific, has seen Swedish homewares giant IKEA take the top spot for its commitment to electrifying its car and trucking fleet, as a new report shows the case for electric vehicle fleets is rapidly strengthening.
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As Western Australia sweats, Woodside rushes on Scarborough
It’s been a busy January for Woodside, the company behind what would be Australia’s largest-ever fossil fuel project Woodside’s gas pipelines in the Burrup hub region. Woodside Petroleum is planning to drill for gas in what would be the most climate polluting project Australia has ever had. Temperatures in the Pilbara, in the north of…
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Woodside closes hasty investment deal for Scarborough mega gas mine – while still struggling for customers
Jan 19 2022 – Woodside’s scramble to sell 49 per cent stake in the Pluto LNG Train 2 processing facility to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is a grossly untenable investment as the energy provider struggles to secure further customer offtake for the project, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.Processing toxic gas from the Scarborough deep sea gas-drilling…
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Policy shonk: Australian banks ranked on exposure to climate risk
Sydney, 9 December 2021: Australia’s Big 4 banks are significantly exposed to climate risk, with weak climate lending policies and loopholes for fossil fuel lending that are at odds with their commitment to the Paris Agreement, according to new analysis from Greenpeace Australia Pacific.Greenpeace’s analysis, released ahead of the NAB, Westpac and ANZ AGMs next…
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Heaps Better Episode 3: How can we stop funding the climate crisis?
How can we stop funding the climate crisis? We hit up Munira Chowdhury, a Market Forces analyst, to learn how we can easily divest from dirty power and invest in the clean energy future ⚡ It’s so easy that Ash switched her super while we were working on the episode. Boom. Done. We’ll also learn how…
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Heaps Better Episode 4: How can we make our leaders listen?
So how can we send the message that we want to move forwards to the renewable future and leave coal oil and gas in the past — and be heard? We need to raise our voices and our friends in the Pacific, Fenton Lutunatabua and Joseph Moeono-Kolio join us in Episode 4 to help us speed things…
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Heaps Better Episode 2: How can we speed up renewables?
In this episode, we chat with Simon Holmes à Court, a Director of the Smart Energy Council, and Lindsay Soutar, Greenpeace’s Campaigner for renewable energy and lead of the REenergise campaign. We’re also visiting a carbon neutral kinder and a solar powered brewery. You might be thinking, how exactly can we ditch the biggest coal, oil, and gas…
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The Heaps Better podcast – A get it done guide to climate action
A new podcast from Greenpeace Join Jess Hamilton and Ash Berdebes; two mates on a mission to discover the most high-impact, zero-fluff things we can do to take meaningful climate action. If you want to make things heaps better, but don’t know where to start — this podcast is for you! A farmer walks away…
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In unprecedented times budget remains a gift card to fossil fuel industry, only this time it’s gas
The budget is a statement of priorities and in the midst of a pandemic it’s alarming that the Morrison Government continues to prioritise fossil fuel industry profits over the health and safety of Australians. It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. In a year that has been routinely described as…