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…
Sixty-five Sunsuper and 141 QSuper members have written to their superannuation funds calling on them to stop investing in thermal coal. Members are urging the funds to reconcile stated commitments to invest responsibly with their investments in high-emitting assets. QSuper and Sunsuper…
Ties between Adani and the Myanmar military have been revealed in a new report from human rights and activist groups. Most in Australia are familiar with the name ‘Adani’, with their Carmichael coal mine at the centre of a years-long battle by…
Government documents show the Western Australian government rejected a cattle company’s application to destroy bilby habitat next to an ecologically sensitive wetland – then approved the clearing following a flurry of political donations and lobbying. The Pardoo Beef Corporation, owned by a…
New data analysed by Sea Shepherd reveals almost 80% of all sharks snagged on drumlines in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park have been killed over twelve months. “While we wait for the Queensland Government to take action on their promised changes,…
NSW government’s Clean Air Strategy fails to reduce pollution, after five years in the making After five years in the making, the NSW government last week released a draft Clean Air Strategy that fails to do anything to reduce pollution. According to lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia who analysed the…
WWF-Australia has welcomed a bill to establish a Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to finally enforce Australia’s nature laws. Independent MP Andrew Wilkie introduced the bill into the lower house on the morning of Monday 23 March. It calls for the creation…
In light of the National Plastics Plan (NPP) being released in March, Clean Up Australia believes that not only is a national approach key to reducing waste – the way we look at waste needs to change. Clean Up Australia Chairman, Pip…
With the announcement from Energy Australia that Yallourn will close by 2028, governments around the country need to create transition plans to replace all coal power stations with renewable energy by 2030, Environment Victoria said today. “This is an announcement from one…
Published 4th March 2021 Australia’s support for a new global agreement to address marine plastic pollution is a breakthrough, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia. The Federal Government today released its National Plastics Plan containing 38 actions to tackle plastic…
