Minister Macfarlane’s gas push risks land, water and communities
The Australian Greens condemn the Abbott Government’s Energy Minister Ian Macfarlane’s push to “flood the market” with gas, including by trying to bully NSW into developing its own coal seam gas fields...
View ArticleNewman Government sneaks through change to stop everyone, even landholders,...
The Newman Government has removed the legal right for anyone to object to massive coal and uranium mines in Queensland on environmental grounds. “It’s only just coming to light that the Newman...
View ArticleChina’s move away from dirty coal: pressure on for Hunter transition plan
Unless Labor and the Coalition stop canoodling up to coal barons and start pulling together a transition plan, the Hunter Valley community will be facing further job losses, said Greens NSW Senator Lee...
View ArticleSpeech: Hands off the Water Act
Senator RHIANNON (New South Wales) (12:17): I endorse the comments of my colleague, Senator Waters, our spokesperson on environment and mining matters. She set out a very clear case when we come to...
View ArticleGalilee Basin coal mines don’t stack up economically or environmentally
The global Carbon Tracker Initiative analysis out today shows the Galilee Basin coal mines are high risk for investors. “The Galilee Basin mega coal mine proposals are as financially disastrous as they...
View ArticleLiberal, National and Labor parties gut protection for Murray-Darling Basin...
The Australian Greens have condemned the Liberal, National and Labor parties for removing protection for farmers from subsidence mining in the Murray-Darling Basin in the federal Parliament...
View ArticleAbbott Government’s energy paper focusses on fossil fuels while the world...
The Abbott Government’s Green Paper on energy, released today, clings to last century’s ideas by focussing on fossil fuels, while the world calls for action on climate change, say the Australian...
View ArticleSenator Waters asks if the government is paying attention to UN's coal warnings
Senator WATERS (Queensland) (14:18): My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Senator Cormann. The head of the UN climate convention, Christiana Figueres, has...
View ArticleAdani railway line environmentally disastrous and economically risky
The Adani Galilee Basin railway line, approved by the Abbott Government, could become a stranded asset and is part of an environmental and climate disaster. “In an age of climate change, the Abbott...
View ArticleGreens secure agreement with PUP to save federal environment protections from...
The Australian Greens are proud to have secured an agreement with the Palmer United Party to block Tony Abbott's plan to hand federal approval powers over to state governments and to have improved the...
View ArticleChristine Milne: Senate inquiry into electricity bill price hikes [Motion]
The Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne, introduces a motion into the Senate to establish a senate inquiry into whether electricity companies have provided misleading data to the...
View ArticleGreens say China trade barriers a grim warning to Abbott: don’t lock us into...
Greens Leader Christine Milne says the reaction to trade barriers imposed by China on coal imports highlights the risks attached to the Abbott government's determination to protect old industry and big...
View ArticlePM Abbott’s ‘coal is good for humanity’ comment ludicrous and dangerous
Tony Abbott’s comment today, that ‘coal is good for humanity,’ while opening the Caval Ridge coalmine in Moranbah shows the Prime Minister is completely out of touch with the reality of the climate...
View ArticleCoal provides just 1.2% of Qld jobs and threatens job-rich agriculture and...
The Australian Greens welcome The Australia Institute’s report out today showing how overblown the coal industry’s contribution to jobs is in Queensland.“While the big mining companies and their spin...
View ArticleAbbott Government’s “coal is good” mantra ignores science, economics and...
The Abbott Government is ignoring science, economic reality and global health impacts in its push to export coal through the Great Barrier Reef, as demonstrated in Question Time in the Senate today....
View ArticleGreens congratulate Douglas Shire on CSG ban
The Australian Greens congratulate the Douglas Shire Council for becoming a Lock the Gate supportive shire and opposing coal seam gas. “This is wonderful news. It’s excellent to see a local council in...
View ArticleGreens Senator shines a light on western Victoria’s community campaign...
Queensland Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens mining spokesperson, has raised the expansion of unconventional gas in western Victoria as a Matter of Public Importance in the federal Senate. The...
View ArticleAustralia only second to US in G20 in propping up dying fossil fuel industry...
An international report out today, ‘The Fossil Fuel bailout: G20 subsidies for oil, gas and coal exploration’, shows the Abbott Government is giving the big mining companies billions of dollars in...
View ArticleSenator Waters: Climate Change - Matter of Public Importance Speech
Senator WATERS (Queensland) (18:24): I rise to speak on this matter of public importance about our Prime Minister's continued denial of the reality of climate change and his continued mealy-mouthed...
View ArticleAbbott Government refuses to rule out federal funding for Galilee Basin...
In the Senate today the Abbott Government refused to rule out federal funding for Galilee Basin coal mines, ports and railways, by denying a vote on a Greens’ motion. “We have the Newman Government...
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