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MAJOR GLOBAL ENERGY REPORT: AUSTRALIA CAN’T GET TO NET-ZERO UNLESS AGL GETS OUT OF COAL
18 May 2021, Melbourne: A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) mapping out a global pathway to net-zero emissions has confirmed that Australia cannot effectively get to net-zero emissions by 2050 unless AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, closes its coal-burning power stations by 2030.The report, Net-Zero by 2050, a roadmap for the global…
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TPG Telecom dials up to 100% renewable electricity
Telco giant TPG Telecom, one of Australia’s top energy users, has dialled up its clean energy ambition and committed to power its Australian operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2025.TPG Telecom, which owns major communications and technology brands including Vodafone, AAPT and iiNet, is estimated to consume well over 200,000 MWh of electricity each year.…
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Australia remains among the world’s worst for sulfur dioxide air pollution and burning coal is to blame
SYDNEY, Oct 8 2020 – Australia has made no progress in combating sulfur dioxide air pollution from the country’s coal-burning power stations with Australia keeping its place as the 12th worst offender globally in 2019, the same position it held 12 months earlier.The largest SO2 emission hotspots are a complex of mining operations with lead…
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Confirmation of 2019 as hottest, driest year proves climate change has exacerbated Australian bushfire tragedy
SYDNEY, Jan 9, 2019 – The Bureau of Meteorology’s announcement that 2019 was the hottest and driest year on record provides further evidence that climate change has turbocharged the bushfires devastating large parts of Australia.Earlier today the agency revealed that across 2019 temperatures were 1.5 degrees Celsius above average while average rainfalls were also at…
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Equinor will never have Australia’s approval to drill the Great Australian Bight and should abandon its plans
SYDNEY, 18 December – The Australian national oil and petroleum safety regulator has today approved Norwegian oil giant Equinor’s plans to drill for oil in the extremely rough and deep waters of the Great Australian Bight, smack in the middle of a critical whale nursery.Today’s approval of Equinor’s environment plan for exploratory petroleum drilling in…
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Equinor rejected after failing to plug gaps in safety plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2019 – Norwegian oil company Equinor has had its proposal to drill in the Great Australian Bight rejected for a second time, after again failing to convince the safety regulator it can drill without putting the entire southern coast of Australia at risk of a catastrophic oil spill.Earlier today the National Offshore…
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Equinor to spray banned chemical dispersant that harms whales and workers in the Great Australian Bight
SYDNEY, Nov 7, 2019 – Regulators will bend the rules to allow Equinor to respond to an oil spill in the Great Australian Bight by deploying a banned chemical cocktail that doesn’t work and is toxic to humans and marine life, according to a new report by Professor Jodie Rummer and Greenpeace.Equinor’s plans, due to…
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South Australia to vote on climate emergency
With the South Australian State Parliament set to vote today on whether to declare a climate emergency, there is a short window to call on Members to vote for climate action. Give one of the following South Australian Labor MPs a call (better) or an email and urge them to vote the climate emergency through.…
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Montara Oil Spill. The massive Australian oil spill you’ve probably never heard of
The Montara blowout is considered one of Australia’s worst environmental disasters. A whale and her calf in the Great Australian Bight. The Montara blowout is considered one of Australia’s worst environmental disasters and it should serve as a warning to those who think drilling in the Bight is a risk worth taking. In 2009, 220km…