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28 Apr 2021
Queensland Conservation Council: Transition is coming: Stanwell
Queensland Conservation Council welcomes today’s announcement by the CEO of Stanwell Corporation of their plan to transition from coal-fired power to renewables.
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22 Apr 2021
Greenpeace AP: After doubling down on dirty power, AGL CEO bites the coal dust
just weeks after AGL conducted a strategic review and proposed splitting the company in two, in a cynical bid to hide the coal burning power stations that generate more than 85 per...
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21 Apr 2021
Greenpeace AP: As Australia’s third biggest emitter vows to get out of coal, AGL must follow
Energy giant Stanwell’s announcement today that it will move away from coal sends a clear message to AGL, Australia’s biggest coal company, that the future is renewable.
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30 Mar 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Power station site rehabilitation commitments must survive AGL demerger
AGL must guarantee commitments that it made in 2017 to fully rehabilitate its power station sites are honoured by PrimeCo, the new corporate entity set up to manage the company’s dirty energy...
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30 Mar 2021
Greenpeace AP: Dodgy demerger: Coal company AGL trying to hide its contribution to the climate crisis
AGL, Australia's largest and most polluting energy company, has announced it will demerge its coal assets in a bid to 'dodge responsibility' for managing the inevitable transition away from coal.
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25 Mar 2021
Queensland Conservation Council: New Batteries Are A Step Towards Our Energy Future
Today’s announcement by Minister De Brenni of a trial of five new networked batteries by Energy Queensland is a “trial” step into our future as a new renewable superpower.
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25 Mar 2021
Friends of the Earth: As Europe reaches milestone of closing half its coal power stations by 2030, Australian coal closure lags
The global trend towards decarbonisation reached a milestone today with the announcement that half of Europe’s 324 coal power stations have now closed, or announced a Paris Agreement-compatible pre-2030 closure date.
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24 Mar 2021
Australia Beyond Coal: As Europe reaches milestone of closing half its coal power stations by 2030, Australian coal closure lags
The global trend towards decarbonisation reached a milestone today with the announcement that half of Europe’s 324 coal power stations have now closed, or announced a Paris Agreement-compatible pre-2030 closure date.
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19 Mar 2021
Queensland Conservation Council: Power station grant an improper attempt driven by politics
The Auditor-General’s report into federal funding for a feasibility study for Collinsville coal-fired power station has revealed that the applicant did not meet eligibility requirements, was not consistent with Commonwealth Grants Rules...
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18 Mar 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Power prices will be lower if NSW shoots for 100% clean-energy grid by 2030, report shows
Leading energy research company, RepuTex, has found transitioning NSW to 100% clean energy by 2030 would deliver consistently lower wholesale power prices than business-as-usual.
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