Oh what a failure, Toyota! Car maker ranks last in global green car report
Friday, 9 September 2022
Toyota has placed last in a ranking of car makers’ decarbonisation efforts as a new Greenpeace Australia Pacific report exposes the company’s track record of lobbying against measures to reduce climate pollution from vehicles, greenwashing, and advocacy for fossil-fuelled hybrid vehicles.
Federal parliament has taken a significant step forward in passing the climate bill, which the Albanese government must now follow up with urgent practical action to tackle the climate crisis.
And NSW will be the first state in Australia to treat CO2 as pollution, with a draft climate policy from the NSW Environment Protection Authority seeking to reclassify greenhouse gas and offer incentives to transition from fossil fuels.
Greenpeace accuses Toyota of greenwashing, anti-EV lobbying
Toyota ranks dead last in a new Greenpeace report detailing the efforts of major auto brands to reduce their emissions for its lobbying against climate action, refusal to embrace electric vehicles, and continued advocacy for highly polluting hybrids.
Australian parliament passes first climate change legislation in a decade
Labor’s climate bill has passed federal parliament with support from the government, the Greens and key crossbench senators.
In an Australian first, the NSW Environment Protection Authority has released its draft Climate Change Policy and Action Plan, which includes the potential for emissions targets and limits for polluters.
Australia’s most coal dependent state may be about to make big green leap
Queensland, the so-called sunshine state with the heaviest dependence on coal in the country, may be about to make a big leap forward with speculation it will lift its 50 per cent renewable energy target.