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...
Civil society to banks: get off fossil fuels!
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Media Release: Australian banks break climate promise, pouring billions into fossil fuels
Melbourne, 4 August 2016 Australia’s major banks have made a mockery of their ‘two degree’ commitments by pouring AU $5.6 billion into the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in the months since the December 2015 Paris climate change agreement. New research released...
Banks fail 2ºC climate test, pour $5.6b into fossil fuels
3 August 2016 Australia's big four banks have made a mockery of their ‘two degree’ commitments, pouring $5.6 billion into the fossil fuel sector since the December 2015 Paris climate change agreement. Our latest research shows the banks' have failed to come anywhere...
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...
Renewables lending plummets as Katter calls for coal funding
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Can the big banks be coal free in five years?
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QBE dodges questions but offers dialogue
5 May 2016 Market Forces representatives attended the QBE AGM in Sydney on Wednesday. QBE is the largest insurer in Australia by market capitalisation, and operates across 37 countries employing over 14,000 people. QBE is also a critical ally to the fossil fuel...
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...