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EV Tax Axe Sensible, Time For Federal Govt To Step Up: Greenpeace AP
Greenpeace Australia Pacific says the High Court’s decision today to scrap Victoria’s road-user tax for electric vehicles is a sensible outcome, and is again today calling on the Federal government to speed up its efforts to establish a long-awaited national Fuel Efficiency Standard. Greenpeace Australia Pacific today welcomed the decision by the High Court to…
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“This Mine Will Outlive Us”
In response to the Albanese Labor government's decision to extend the Gregory Crinum coal mine to 2073, the following comments can be attributed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Head of Advocacy Dr Susie Byers: “I was born in 1982. This coal mine will outlive me and many other people in Australia, and risks trashing Labor’s credibility…
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Times throughout history the Rainbow Warrior has stopped by Australia to say g’day
To help celebrate the return of the Rainbow Warrior to Australian shores in 2023, take a sail with us down memory lane to revisit some other historic times Greenpeace’s iconic flagship vessel has stopped by to say g'day.
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AGL’s Liddell Closure A Tipping Point For Australia’s Energy Transition
The final closure of AGL’s Liddell coal-burning power station, starting today and culminating on the 28th of April, is a win for the climate and a major tipping point for Australia’s transition to clean, renewable energy, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Australia’s biggest climate polluter AGL will today start the process of shutting the remaining three…
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Toyota’s Appeal On Dodgy Diesels Denied
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed a Full Court decision yesterday, which largely knocked back Toyota’s appeal against compensation payouts for defective filters. Greenpeace campaigner Joe Rafalowicz said the appeal showed how far Toyota would go to avoid responsibility for its dodgy diesels. “This case is one more in a long line of dodgy behaviour from…
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Campaign Recap: From Re-energise to Electrify!
For Evergreen 2022 Having helped Australia switch to renewables, hear about how we’re going to work toward electric vehicles next! Video grab from “Ash for AGL Director” withAsh (Ashjayeen Sharif), a school striker based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is running as a nominee for the AGL Board of Directors, campaigning for the company to shut…
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Campaign Recap: Australia’s Greatest Liability
For Evergreen 2022 This year we’ve been taking on Australian energy giant, AGL. Read on to hear about Greenpeace’s role in pressuring AGL to close their dirty, coal-fired power stations. Action at AGL HQ in Melbourne to condemn their Climate Pollution. 28 March 2022.|Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists hold action at AGL’s office headquarters in Melbourne,…
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How do we clean up Australia’s transport?
Giving Australians the cleaner transport options they want and need Our transport sector is the 3rd largest source of greenhouse pollution – and it’s growing. How does the transport sector put emissions into reverse and clean up its act? Motor vehicles and railway train traffic on Sydney Harbour bridge in motion inside massive steel arch…
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AGL Finally Bows To Pressure To Kick Coal Obsession, But Must Move From Laggard To Leader
AGL’s updated plans to bring forward the closure of its dirty coal-burning power station Loy Yang A from 2045 to 2035 show the company has bowed to community, shareholder, and activist pressure, and must now go even further to ensure a safer climate and economic future for Australia, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. In just over…
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“If It’s Broken, Don’t Try And Fix It”: Agl Fails To Learn Its Lesson With Ex-Gambling Exec Appointment
Reports that AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, is on the verge of appointing former gambling executive Paula Dwyer as its new Chairman shows AGL believes that if it’s broken, don’t try and fix it, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. The reported appointment of Paula Dwyer, who was most recently Chairman of Tabcorp, is a blatant missed…