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25.01.2022 BREAKING: New report shows how #AirPollution from burning coal is killing 800 people in Australia each year It's also responsible for 850 cases of low birth weight in infants as well as 14,000 asthma attacks for young people ages 4-19. The pollution from coal-burning power stations is killing us. The tiny particles of chemicals including mercury, arsenic and lead, travel hundreds of kilometers through the air, getting stuck in our lungs and entering out bloodstreams. ... We need tough laws to protect us from these deadly pollutants. SHARE this video and join the fight for #CleanAirNow >> act.gp/theairwebreathe

24.01.2022 The Morrison Government is trying to allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, which are currently only allowed to invest in clean energy sources, to fund polluting gas projects, as well as so-called carbon capture and storage. Under Scott Morrisons leadership, fossil fuel industry wish lists become Coalition policy and Australian families and communities pay the price in higher energy costs and devastating climate impacts.

24.01.2022 GREAT NEWS! Following in the wake of ALDI Australia and Telstra's 100% renewable electricity commitments, yesterday Coles announced that 90% of their power in Queensland will come from new wind and solar projects. Will you join the #REenergise week of action to send a message to supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles, and the other big telcos like Vodafone Australia and Optus to go all the way to 100%?

23.01.2022 Coal-burning power stations are making us sick Our CEO, David Ritter, weighs in on our latest air pollution investigation: 'Lethal Power: How coal is killing people in Australia'. Independent Australia

23.01.2022 The air pollution from coal-burning power stations kills 800 people in Australia every year. If you've ever wondered how far it can travel. it's probably further than you think.

23.01.2022 After the bushfires, the clean up and recovery has been bigger than just sweeping up the ash. People lost their homes. Their livelihoods. Their lives. We can’t continue to sweep away the impacts of climate change. We need polluters to pay for the mess they’re causing. Show your support >> act.gp/polluterspay #rememberthefires #australianbushfires #climatechanged #makepolluterspay

23.01.2022 "Powering Australia's jobs and industry with wind and solar is an economic no-brainer. Let's just do it!" - Sarah Wilson

23.01.2022 Liddell, one of Australia’s oldest and dirtiest coal-burning power stations, is closing in 2023. And Federal Government want to replace it with another highly polluting fossil fuel, methane gas. Our new report found that replacing Liddell with renewables is the cheapest and lowest emissions option, not gas. Check out the report and demand no new gas projects replace Liddell >> http://act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report

23.01.2022 The situation in the Pacific is perilous. As inhabitants of predominantly low-lying islands, the people of the Pacific have already seen rising sea levels and higher king tides flood coastal communities, eroding coastlines, raising water table salinity, and reducing crop yields and supplies of freshwater. Itinterunga (Rae) Bainteiti’s family has experienced the devastation of extreme king tides in Kiribati. Rae’s message for those responsible for fuelling climate change is t...hat they have a moral obligation to the impacted communities to work towards a safe environment and planet for everyone. One of the things that some of our elders always say is as long as you're breathing, just keep doing your part, and keep making that noise and also mobilise communities to build that resilience, using the local knowledge, traditional knowledge, and whatever resource that's there for building resilience of these communities, because the conversation on climate change is already mature enough to understand the cost of climate change and we haven’t seen anything tangible. #PacificVoices #PacificHope Learn more about Rae’s story by registering to attend our launch of Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2020: https://sei.sydney.edu.au//te-mana-o-te-moana-pacific-rep/

23.01.2022 Bushfire survivors paying to clean up after a fire? Making the big climate-wrecking polluters pay instead?

22.01.2022 Like your style Victoria!

22.01.2022 COMING SOON: A new documentary about climate change in the Pacific, told by Pacific voices act.gp/finding-hope Our neighboring Pacific Islands are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with rising sea levels and extreme cyclones battering fragile communities. But there is hope in a land where ancient tradition meets modern innovation Finding Hope: Samoa will rekindle hope right now when we need it most. But we can't produce it with your support. Donate today to support our local Pacific film crew.

22.01.2022 Heard all the chatter about renewable energy zones popping up around the country? Check out this nice explainer on what they are and how they work.

21.01.2022 Premiering next week and not to be missed, the ABC’s documentary ‘Wild Australia: After the Fires’, is airing on ABC & iview on Dec 1st at 8:30pm. It follows the catastrophic bushfires, examining the long-term recovery of wildlife in its aftermath through stories of hope, human intervention and resilience. Watch the trailer here >> act.gp/Wild-Aus

21.01.2022 It’s a bit like mandating excellent first aid in the treatment of firearms injuries, without addressing the issue of why firearms issues are occurring in the first instance. Dr David Caldicott, emergency doctor

20.01.2022 Today is International Legacy Day and we want to say a big thank you to those who have or are planning to leave a charitable gift in their will Many Greenpeace campaigns and other good causes and charities are funded by the gifts supporters leave in their wills. Without these generous donations, amazing work would not be able to continue. You too can leave a gift in your will to Greenpeace. Learn more about the impact your gift will have on our website: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/donate/gift-in-wills

20.01.2022 Finding Hope: Samoa is a film about the Pacific, as told by local indigenous Samoans. Show your support as they fight against the rising tides with ancient wisdom and innovation But we cant produce this film without your support. Donate NOW to help bring it to life act.gp/finding-hope

20.01.2022 Teruabine (Anna) Nuariki is working on food and water projects in the outer islands of Kiribati. She has seen the impacts on communities of king tides that have led to flooding, devastation of home gardens, displacement, and salination of water sources. Recently, a flooding event happened at midnight, with waves crashing into homes in the dark. Communities in the outer islands are building resilience through traditional farming practices to provide for themselves. Anna is als...o working to strengthen the capacity of women and young people through training to encourage self-awareness, sharing skills and first-hand experiences. Her message for those responsible for this crisis is: Come and see our experiences. You need to put your feet in our shoes so you can experience how devastating and difficult it is for us facing the impacts. Stop polluting the air, stop carbon emissions. This will help future generations. Look at our children as if they’re your own children. I believe you want better for them. #PacificVoices #PacificHope Register to attend our launch of Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2020: https://sei.sydney.edu.au//te-mana-o-te-moana-pacific-rep/

19.01.2022 For months now, tens of thousands of people have been calling on Australia’s biggest energy users to commit to switching to power their operations with 100% renewable energy. Bunnings Warehouse Australia is now leading the way! Let’s call on Coles, Woolworths and Kmart Australia to match Bunnings’ commitment. Find out how to get send them a message to follow suit here >> ... https://www.reenergise.org/take-action/

18.01.2022 Nothing Out of an almost 600-page report, not one single recommendation of the Bushfire Royal Commission heard the pleas from bushfire survivors to make the big polluters pay for their role in fuelling last summer’s bushfires. https://act.greenpeace.org.au/polluterspay Scott Morrison must decide who should foot the bill to clean up the mess after coal-fired disasters. Impacted communities and individuals, or the big polluters fuelling climate change.

18.01.2022 Curious about HOW a company can actually be powered entirely by renewable energy? This little video from ALDI Australia- released alongside their commitment last week to 100% renewable electricity by 2021 - is a great explainer.

18.01.2022 PM's plans to gut clean energy agencies and bet your money on gas "like announcing you are going to invest in the horse and cart just after Henry Ford has started producing cars".

18.01.2022 "The world's largest lithium-ion battery is now capable of delivering 150 megawatts and could save South Australia from a statewide blackout, according to the state's energy minister."

18.01.2022 Congratulations to The University of Sydney who this week announced it will be powered entirely by the sun and the wind by 2025. Momentum keeps building in the race to 100% renewable energy. Who will be next?! #reenergise

18.01.2022 Congratulations to Coles supermarkets for making the switch to renewable energy for their QLD operations. They've signed a huge deal to buy power from two new wind and solar farms in Southern and Western Downs. Time now to go all the way, and commit to 100% renewable electricity nation wide!

17.01.2022 BREAKING: The NSW Nationals have backed down on trying to fast-track the extinction of koalas but we need to keep up the pressure to protect one Australias most loved and vulnerable species. Sign the petition now! https://act.greenpeace.org.au/protectourkoalas

17.01.2022 There’s a monster in the rainforest ... but it's not what you might think Jag-wah's forest home is tragically being burnt down to farm animal feed for industrial meat ACT NOW to stop the real corporate monsters who are destroying our Amazon Rainforest >> http://act.gp/monstr

17.01.2022 Wowza! In the last decade, 2.5 million Australian households and small-businesses switched to solar.

17.01.2022 WIN! Aldi Australia is ditching dirty fossil fuels and will source 100% of its electricity from the sun and wind by 2021! It's brilliant news for the planet. Will Coles and Woolworths do the right thing as well?

17.01.2022 WATCH 'I Am Greta' exclusive to Docplay >> https://act.gp/IAmGret-a The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, Grossman follows Gretaa shy student with Asperger’sin her rise to prominence and her galvanizing global impact as she sparks school strik...es around the world. The film culminates with her extraordinary wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City. The future belongs to those who fight for it #IAmGreta

17.01.2022 LONG READ: Australia's enormous opportunity to lead the world as a renewable energy superpower.

16.01.2022 Woolies and Aldi are going 100% renewable - now, what about Coles? Jump on this moment & send Coles CEO a quick message, telling them it’s Coles turn to drive their pollution down, down, down! >>> act.gp/reenergise-coles... Combined, Coles & Woolies use more power than all the homes in Tassie, ACT & the NT combined! Other big supermarkets are doing their part, now what about Coles?

16.01.2022 In Episode 2 of #HeapsBetter, our hosts Jess & Ash head to Australia's first carbon-neutral kindy to ask the future generation: "If you were in charge of Australia, what would you do to make it heaps better?" Listen now via your favourite podcast app!

16.01.2022 We can learn a thing or two about taking meaningful action on climate change from our future world leaders at the mock COP26!

16.01.2022 HUGE WIN FOR THE PLANET! Woolworths, Australia’s biggest supermarket chain, has committed to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2025. What Woolies does matters - it’s Australia’s 6th biggest electricity user, and switching to cleaner, safer renewable energy will make a serious dent in Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Another Aussie retailer showing that renewables are better for business and our planet! ... Sign the petition to call on major companies to go renewable>> act.gp/renergise-woolies

16.01.2022 "It’s time for the [federal] government to follow the lead set by business and the states. We have an enormous opportunity staring us in the face. From a straight-out business perspective, you’d be mad to pass this one up." - wise words from David Ritter published in the The Age today.

15.01.2022 YES! The Victorian government is putting clean energy jobs and climate solutions at the front of their economic recovery efforts! More of this please.

15.01.2022 A new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex has found that replacing the ageing and unreliable Liddell power station with renewables - backed up by batteries - is 17% cheaper than replacing Liddell with gas! Not only is it cheaper, but it’s the cleanest and equally as reliable option as well. Check out the report here >> act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report

15.01.2022 Onya Bunnings Warehouse Australia! As one of Australia’s biggest users of energy, this is a welcome shift away from polluting sources of the past and towards clean, modern renewable energy. This announcement will cut emissions by 257,000 tonnes of C02 and lead to about 110MW of new investment in wind and solar. This is enough to power about 44,000 Australian homes one for almost every staff member employed by the organisation.

14.01.2022 YIPPIE! Officeworks has now committed to source 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025 - showing that they are anything BUT stationary when it comes to taking real action on climate! We’re feeling REenergised! ALDI Australia, Bunnings Warehouse Australia, and now Officeworks are all committing to power business with 100% renewables. They’re making the switch because it’s good for climate and jobs! See where Australia's biggest retailers stand here > reenergise.org/sector/retail/

14.01.2022 As a young Pacific leader, Lagi Seru has seen how climate change disproportionately impacts young people. When disasters such as tropical cyclones have hit Fiji, it has reduced access to education and employment. Livelihoods are impacted, particularly for those who have farms or rely on agriculture, and there are concerns about food and water security. We work with young people to build resilience through training and workshops on various issues, human rights, oceans, disas...ter risk reduction, among others. We are educating and empowering young people to create the change and call for greater accountability from those responsible to increase climate ambition." #PacificVoices #PacificHope Learn more about Lagi’s story by registering to attend our launch of Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2020: https://sei.sydney.edu.au//te-mana-o-te-moana-pacific-rep/

14.01.2022 SCANDAL!!! The government wants to use our clean energy bank to fund dirty gas projects. WATCH and tell Scott Morrison to keep our clean energy bank clean.

14.01.2022 In the last 8 years, Palau has had 2 super typhoons hit back to back in less than 12 months despite the fact that Palau sits outside the typhoon belt. This was something Tarita Holm had never experienced. Salt water inundation and high tides means that Palauans sometimes need to relocate people from low-lying communities. Palau has also experienced increasingly intense drought events and rising sea temperatures. Humanity’s future is in the hands of those responsible for t...he climate crisis and they must make wise choices, reconnect with the land they are living on, reconnect with people and focus on relationships." #PacificVoices #PacificHope Learn more about Tarita’s story by registering to attend our launch of Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2020: https://sei.sydney.edu.au//te-mana-o-te-moana-pacific-rep/

13.01.2022 Our hearts go out to the Californian folk who are experiencing a horrific summer of fires exacerbated by global warming and the same political playbook that intentionally ignores the role of climate change - just as we experienced last summer. VICE

13.01.2022 Well this is quite an interesting ride. How do your carbon miles add up?

13.01.2022 Finding Hope: Samoa. HELP produce a documentary that gets to the of Samoa and shows what spurred Samoans and the Pacific to lead the global fight against the climate catastrophe This is a call to action to everyone across the world: If we save the Pacific, we save the world. Donate NOW to make it happen act.gp/finding-hope

13.01.2022 The fossil fuels industry is fuelling the climate crisis and polluting the oceans. Join our Twitter storm and tell oil companies like Shell that it needs to shift entirely to renewable energies https://social.digital-activist.org/p/northsea-shell #NorthSeaRevolution

13.01.2022 Investment in climate-smart stimulus creates more jobs than throwing even more public money at the increasingly uncompetitive fossil fuel industries.

13.01.2022 What are they thinking?! It's high time for a new generation of environmental laws to protect nature. Instead, they're wading through the dustbin of failed legislation from the Abbott era.

12.01.2022 Some Pacific communities have already been forced to relocate due to rising sea levels. Frances Namoumou has worked with Vunidogoloa, the first community in Fiji to be relocated. Frances explains that relocation can seem like a good response for the safety of the community, but this overlooks important cultural and spiritual considerations. It's our Christian responsibility, as custodians of the land, as a person. I think being a neighbour, we need to look after each other.... Listen to the hopes and the message of resilience, the messages of the strong voices of young people, children that are coming from the Pacific that might actually change the current status quo. There is hope all around us. #PacificVoices #PacificHope Learn more about Frances’ story by registering to attend our launch of Te Mana o te Moana: the State of the Climate in the Pacific 2020: https://sei.sydney.edu.au//te-mana-o-te-moana-pacific-rep/

11.01.2022 Coal-burning power stations are making us sick.

10.01.2022 Big polluters fuel fires. Big polluters should foot the bill to clean them up.

10.01.2022 "As a whole our community is very traumatised. There's a definitely a feeling of exhaustion that is probably trauma related. And I feel really scared for our future and scared for the lack of action to change what's gotten us into this situation. Not many people having the conversation that this is what climate change looks like." Bushfire Survivor, Sheree Bastock #rememberthefires #australianbushfires #climatechanged #makepolluterspay

09.01.2022 Learn how you can help boost the #renewable revolution with Episode 2 of the #heapsbetter podcast Listen now act.gp/heapsbetter Heaps Better is here for friendly climate action hangs and to help you create real change. Artwork by Lotte Alexis

09.01.2022 "Humongous!" Victoria will soon build one of the world's biggest batteries as part of a renewables lead economic recovery.

09.01.2022 The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station is clean energy backed up by batteries, according to new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex. >> act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report Liddell, one of Australia’s oldest and dirtiest coal-burning power stations, is closing in 2023 and the Federal Government has announced they are planning to replace it with another highly polluting and dangerous source, methane gas.... Read the report and take action to demand no new gas projects replace Liddell. >> act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report

08.01.2022 ALDI asked some of their customers what they thought of the company's new commitment to be powered by 100% renewable electricity by the end of 2021. What do you think? Head on over and leave a comment at their page.

08.01.2022 Do you know you can leave a gift to Greenpeace in your will? There's over 10 million Australians who haven't yet created a will, so we've partnered with Your Wills who are kindly offering a 20% discount to create your will safely online This week only. Get the discount code to get started here https://www.yourwills.com.au/your-wills-x-greenpeace-austr/... Your Wills is an Australian-based company, supported by SLF Lawyers, that offers a simple, cost effective and straightforward solution to create a legally recognised will online in just 20 mins from the comfort of your own home. By leaving a gift to Greenpeace in your will, you'll help us protect nature long into the future. We understand the importance of providing for those closest to you first, and are grateful for anything you can give

08.01.2022 Donate to help produce the film: act.gp/finding-hope Samoa is one of many Pacific nations who are fighting for survival in the face of its greatest threat - Climate Change. Help us to tell this story through the eyes, voices and indigenous wisdom of a peoples who have lived in harmony with the environment for over 3,000 years: Samoa. But we can't produce it with out your help.

08.01.2022 Woolworths switching to 100% renewable electricity by 2025 is HUGE. Woolies is Australia's 6th biggest electricity user and switching to wind and solar power will rapidly decrease Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Coles is our 12th largest electricity user. Will Coles now match this commitment?

08.01.2022 Coles is holding its AGM. Let's ensure 100% renewable electricity is on the agenda! Send their CEO a message act.gp/Coles ALDI, Bunnings and Officeworks have committed to powering their business entirely with the wind and the sun. It's time Coles power their stores, warehouses and offices with 100% renewable electricity! Coles has already committed to getting 30% of its power from wind and solar. Now they need to go 100%!

08.01.2022 Bunnings. Officeworks. Aldi. Now Woolies. Australian companies making the switch to 100% renewables. Big businesses showing we can power our country on the wind and the sun. Tell Coles it’s their turn to REenergise and commit to 100% renewable electricity today! >> act.gp/reenergise-coles

08.01.2022 The renewables revolution is happening before our eyes.

07.01.2022 If you're a young person worried about climate change, you're not alone! Fridays 4 Future Online are organising a National Day of Action on November 28 and have asked us to help promote, and we reckon it will be sweet! Action creates energy creates results - get amongst it! https://www.facebook.com/events/788619728597148

07.01.2022 Wildfires exacerbated by global warming are devastating the US, just like they did in Australia last summer. And opponents of climate action are using bots and trolls to spread disinformation and block action that would save lives, just like they did in Australia. Time to stop the lies and end the age of fossil fuels.

05.01.2022 RENEWABLES WIN! In fantastic news for the planet, Aldi Australia will source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources, and they'll do it by next year! Congratulations to Aldi, and congratulations to everyone who is part of Greenpeace's REenergise campaign to get big companies to make the switch. (You next, Coles and Woolies).

05.01.2022 "Two landmark energy events in the two most populous states this week sent some signals that the end of Australia's decade-long torment over climate policy is in sight."

03.01.2022 Here is the modelling Angus Taylor MP ‘wants’ but can’t afford to see because it pours water on his desire for a gas-led recovery and proves, once again, that renewable energy and batteries are the cheapest, cleanest and safest way to replace coal.

03.01.2022 BREAKING: The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station is clean energy backed up by batteries, according to new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex. >> act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report Liddell, one of Australia’s oldest and dirtiest coal-burning power stations, is closing in 2023 and the Federal Government has announced they are planning to replace it with another highly polluting and dangerous source, methane gas.... Read the report and take action to demand no new gas projects replace Liddell. >> act.gp/Liddell-Closure-Report

02.01.2022 Let's face it, 2020 has been a crappy year. But this announcement by the world's largest greenhouse emitter is amazing news. It still needs detail, but China's climate position is now better than Australia's. Looking at you, Scott Morrison!

01.01.2022 The renewables challenge has been issued. Are you up to the task, Woolworths and Coles?

01.01.2022 "Its worth noting that the death and illness outlined in our report were not caused by some Chernobyl like mishap. Death and disease are the byproducts of burning coal for electricity, by design."

01.01.2022 Now that's the kind of headline we like to see!