Our submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment regarding the Hunter Power Plan.

With the release of the interim National Gas Infrastructure Plan (NGIP), the Morrison government’s total gas spending – both direct and indirect – totals between $509,450,000 and $903,210,000. 

For the first time, we’ve crunched the numbers on what the government’s gas plans mean for our climate.

The WA government has been captured by the oil and gas industry for successive governments. This report outlines their influence what you can do to take back our democracy and get on with addressing the climate crisis.

Over the last four years, students have led campaigns across 18 Australian campuses urging their universities to divest from fossil fuels. Currently, Australian universities invest millions of dollars through their endowments into fossil fuel companies that are putting our future at risk from the impacts of dangerous climate change.

This report celebrates the heroes of Australia’s low-carbon economy, telling the stories of the renewables sector, the businesses, communities, and individuals who are taking matters into their own hands, creating opportunities and building a sustainable energy future.

A Plan to Repower Australia is a new blueprint for transforming the nation’s electricity system to 100% clean energy by 2030.

Read the report here. 

This publication shows that Australians could fund the nation’s transition to a 100% renewable energy power sector by 2030 with an investment of just 7.7% of Australia’s superannuation savings.

Read the report here.

This publication details the true costs of AGL Energy’s – Australia’s biggest carbon polluter – fossil fuel business, from environmental and social damage to the financial risks to shareholders.

See our report here.

This document is intended to provide guidance to users of SuperSwitch or others following Market Forces’ work in this area on how we identify and classify companies relevant to the fossil fuel sector.

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New polling conducted by Essential Research and commissioned by 350.org Australia has found that two thirds of Australians believe coal mining should be phased because it causes global warming and damages the Great Barrier Reef.
See the results here

A report into the growing movement of councils divesting from fossil fuels.

A guide for local councils wanting to move their money out of fossil fuel investments.

This guide outlines how to divest your personal finances, including your bank and super fund. A letter to send your old bank and super fund is also included.

This document proposes a five-year staged process for super funds to respond to and manage the risks that fossil fuel investments pose.

Since the ANU announced it would divest from seven mining companies including Santos and Oil Search, the Australian Financial Review has published over 53 stories criticising the decision. 12 front pages have attacked the ANU. So we published our version of the news – the Australian Fossil Fuel Review, and presented the AFR with their very own Carbon Coverup Award at the 2014 Fairfax AGM.

350.org Australia commissioned Lonergan Australia to survey Australians on their views of fossil fuel investments. The findings? Two thirds of Aussies don’t want their money financing coal and gas. Read on to find out more…

A publication by The Australia Institute in partnership with 350.org Australia and Market Forces, this paper deals with the way many Australians’ personal finances are accidentally financing fossil fuels and the options for reducing your fossil fuel exposure…

A report by Fossil Free Indexes, The Carbon Underground identifies the world’s 200 largest (based on carbon reserves) coal, oil and gas companies….

A summary of the financial impacts of removing fossil fuels from an investment portfolio. Analysis conducted by Aperio Group for The Australia Institute, in partnership with 350.org Australia and Market Forces…

This publication by 350.org Australia, Market Forces and Greenpeace explores ANZ’s fossil fuel lending. Since January 2008, ANZ has loaned approximately $6.6 billion to coal and gas export projects along Australia’s eastern seaboard, including $1.1 billion to projects within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area….

A publication by 350.org Australia and Quit Coal. This report examines the social, economic and environmental impacts of Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek coal mine in NSW’s Leard State Forest. As we speak, Whitehaven Coal is furthering plans for its 2000 hectare open-cut Maules Creek coal mine near Narrabri in north-west NSW. The project will see over 1600 hectares of unique bushland and farmland cleared.

A report by Market Forces which brings together five years of data and reporting, showing which banks have lent the most to dirty coal and gas projects along the Great Barrier Reef coastline.