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It’s time to ditch coal – and we’re taking the message to coal-power giant AGL
Mining and burning coal is the biggest driver of dangerous climate change in Australia, and across the world. UN secretary-general António Guterres has called for the cancellation of all proposed coal projects to end the world’s “deadly addiction” to coal. In his address at the Powering Past Coal Alliance summit, Guterres emphasised the importance of phasing…
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Heaps Better Episode 1: How can we be better planet savers?
How can we start saving the planet – right here, right now? And how do we even figure out what to focus on? We’ve found experts and activists who can tell us what works best, and put your questions to them. We begin to make sense of this climate mess with help from climate scientist Sarah…
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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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Charities urge global ambassadors to reject Mathias Cormann’s OECD bid
MELBOURNE, Thursday 4th March 2021 – Some of the country’s biggest humanitarian and environmental organisations have called on diplomats and leaders around the world to reject Mathias Cormann’s bid for Secretary-General of the OECD in a joint letter released today.The letter, signed by the heads of major Australian and international charities is addressed to the…
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Sweet deal sees Mars Australia hit 100% renewable electricity
Mars Australia has become one of Australia’s first companies to be powered with 100% renewable electricity, flicking the switch on a groundbreaking power purchase agreement with Victoria’s largest solar farm.The FMCG giant is behind some of the country’s best-loved treats, including Mars Bars and the Milky Way. The sweet deal means Mars’ Australian operations, which…
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Shoppers urge Coles to become a greener grocer: new poll
Melbourne, 8 December 2020 – Australians want Coles to become a greener grocer, with a new poll showing that nearly three quarters of Aussie shoppers want the supermarket chain to switch to 100% renewable electricity. Coles is the only major Australian supermarket that has not yet made the full switch to 100% renewable electricity, following…
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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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Replacing Liddell with renewables cheaper and less polluting than fossil gas: RepuTex
SYDNEY, Nov 27 2020 – 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 storage, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex.The report, commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, shows that replacing the ageing and unreliable…