18 October 2016 The Galilee Basin has been one of the biggest flashpoints in the fight against fossil fuels in Australia. There is enough coal in the Galilee to produce a massive 705 million tonnes of carbon each year, which is more than our current domestic...
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Media release: New polling shows half of customers prepared to change banks over fossil fuels – as prominent Australians demand climate action
Thursday 15 September, 2016: New research released today shows overwhelmingly that Australians want their bank to act on climate change by avoiding fossil fuel projects, with almost half prepared to change banks if their current institution finances projects...
NAB chalks first stranded coal power plant
9 July 2016 The Callide C coal-fired power station in Central Queensland has gone into receivership after failing to make a $50 million payment on its debt which expired last month. Several news sources, including the Australian Financial Review, are reporting the...
Can the big banks be coal free in five years?
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“Anything but coal!” Rio Tinto shirks Bulga locals over mine expansion
6 May 2016 Rio Tinto's Chairman and outgoing CEO side-stepped questions from three Bulga residents on the impact of the controversial Mt Thorley Warkworth coal mine expansion at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday. The three "Bulgarians" - Annemaree and Rob...
Media release: Crowdfunding campaign sends Bulga locals to confront mining giant Rio Tinto at its AGM
4 MAY 2016 Three local residents from the historic town of Bulga in the New South Wales Hunter Valley are set to bring their campaign opposing Rio Tinto’s coal mine expansion at Mt Thorley Warkworth directly to the company’s AGM in Brisbane on Thursday. This follows a...
Bulga to Brisbane update: Thanks and final preparations
3 May 2016 After an incredible response to our crowdfunding campaign, Bulga residents Aneemaree and Rob McLaughlin and Judith Leslie are now preparing to take their fight up to Rio Tinto at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in Brisbane on Thursday. The...
Help us get these local heroes to the Rio Tinto AGM
21 April 2016 Meet Rob and Annemaree McLaughlin. They’re from Bulga, a small town in the Hunter Valley that has for years had to live with Rio Tinto’s massive Mt Thorley Warkworth coal mine. Despite all we know about the damage coal is causing to the environment,...
Media Release: Peabody bankruptcy a cautionary tale for Australian investors
Melbourne, Wednesday 13 April 2016 Today’s long-expected bankruptcy announcement by Peabody should serve a cautionary tale to Australian investors still holding fossil fuel stocks, according to financial activist group Market Forces. “Australian investors who held...
How could the Future Fund finance Carmichael coal?
This briefing originally appeared on RenewEconomy, 30 March 2016 Could Australia's sovereign wealth fund be the key source of finance that enables Adani’s Carmichael mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin? News has emerged that India's Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley,...