The frontrunner for AGL Energy's next chair has been announced
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Australia's Biggest Climate Polluter, AGL Energy, faces a fresh fight with its biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, after it short-listed Paula Dwyer as its next chair ahead of a major overhaul of its board and strategy.
Meanwhile, Greenpeace activists over in Germany continue to protest against Woodside Energy (and German energy companies RWE and Uniper, who have entered into deals to purchase gas off the fossil fuel giant), including most recently, when about 20 activists blocked a ship transporting pipes to build the 430-kilometre pipeline for Woodside's Scarborough gas project off the Burrup Peninsula.
Plus, a new report published by Oxford University has claimed switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn by 2050, based on historic price data - and modelling how they're likely to change in the future.
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