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Commercial landlords to cut gas out of buildings by 2040

For decades, "natural gas" has sold itself to families as the fastest, most-efficient way to cook. But now there's a battle for your kitchen stove, and a push to get you to embrace electric for your health and for the planet. A coalition of chefs, doctors, climate scientists and real estate...

Historic deal on loss and damage secured at COP27

Exhausted, hungry and very-much-over-it negotiators, government officials and climate campaigners (including our brilliant team from Greenpeace Australia Pacific) are now leaving the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, after COP27 has come to a close.

Simply being better than Scott Morrison-led predecessors is not good enough

Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has been asked to take over struggling summit negotiations over how to fund climate financing for poor countries at Cop27 in Egypt. It came on a day in which Australia’s climate change minister was effusively praised by the US climate envoy, John...

AGL gets new board of directors

AGL’s annual general meeting has seen a positive change in the company’s leadership for the sake of renewable energy, with billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ four independent director candidates all being appointed to the AGL board.

EU’s climate chief challenges Australia to “dig deeper” on loss and damage

At COP27, the European Union’s climate chief has challenged the Albanese government to dig deeper into its coffers to compensate for a growing shortfall of funding from the world’s wealthiest nations to combat the climate crisis, however Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says that it’s...

Toyota ranked as one of the most negative companies on climate policy

Carmaker Toyota now finds itself sharing space with major oil and gas companies as one of the “world’s most obstructive companies on climate policy” in 2022. The company now ranks near Chevron and Exxon Mobil when it comes to overall climate policy footprint accorrind to new data compiled by ...

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