Despite the need to rapidly wind-down fossil fuels to avert the worst of the climate crisis, governments worldwide continue to prop up fossil fuel production with huge sums of public money. They may be breaking international law.
Australia
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was joint hottest year on record
Despite the pandemic, 2020 was the joint warmest year on record. Meanwhile the last decade 2011-2020 was the warmest decade ever recorded.
COVID-19 crisis accelerating “long-term decline of coal”
Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, coal was in trouble due to its high carbon content, coupled with high costs. But COVID-19 is accelerating that decline. And once coal is gone, it is not coming back.
Another “huge win” as Equinor pulls out of drilling the Australian Bight
The Norwegian company, Equinor, has announced it was abandoning plans to drill for oil in the highly ecologically sensitive, Great Australian Bight, which has been a battleground between conservationists and the industry for years.
Will Australia’s “Deathly Silence” Make PM Scott Morrison Ditch Climate Denial?
Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson sparked our modern environmental movement. But sixty years of denial has pushed us to the brink of climate catastrophe.
Australian Government’s Climate Stance Remains “Unmoved” – Despite $4.4 Billion Cost of Bushfires
The old saying goes, when in a hole, stop digging. So when your country is on fire, put out the fire and take action to stop further fires in the future.
Make the Fossil Fuel Industry Pay the $2 Billion Bushfire Recovery Fund
For years, Big Oil and Big Coal have carried on drilling and mining as if they were immune from the consequences of their actions. They knew the risks, but ignored them. Now they must pay.
Australia’s response to devastating fires and climate emergency is “unprecendented” fossil fuel growth
This is climate madness. This is nonsensical. As Australia burns, it carries on drilling, fracking and mining.
As Sydney chokes on smoke, will Scott stop being a coal industry puppet & take climate action?
How many fires will it take, how many deaths will it take, how many sick struggling to breathe or unclog their lungs from the toxic smoke, before Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stands up to the fossil fuel lobby and instead stands for the people who elected him?
As Bushfires Rage in Oz, the Government Is Criticized for Lack of Climate Action
When politicians fail to address the climate crisis – we have no choice but to rise up and shut down the fossil fuel industry.