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2 years
Turns out claiming you're reducing emissions while continuing to finance companies expanding coal, oil and gas production (eg. @WhitehavenCoal @WoodsideEnergy @SantosLtd ) makes you a laughing stock @Westpac
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Not. One. Cent. That's how much company tax 50 fossil fuel companies paid in the last six years. Here are the 10 biggest tax avoiders ⬇︎ #MakeExxonPay #ActOnClimate
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5 years
. @JoeKaeser uses a load of rubbish from Matt Canavan to justify helping Adani open up one of the world's biggest coal reserves as Australia burns. @Siemens you can kiss your sustainability credentials goodbye.
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Out of 168 countries, Australia has been ranked fourth last for climate action. The only countries Australia is ahead of on climate action are Qatar, Brunei and the United Arab Emirates.
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3 years
Morning @Barclays - we wanted to say congratulations for funding the most fossil fuels between January and #COP26 , so we redecorated your Glasgow Southside branch 😍
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“What we’ve often found is, when you give quiet Australians a voice, they tend to speak out against projects like the Adani mine.” @ScottMorrisonMP wants quiet Australians. We think it's time everybody speaks up. #ClimateCrisis
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3 years
The @chaser awarded @NAB the prestigious 2021 Green Brush award for #greenwash after the bank claimed a $500 million loan it arranged for the the world’s largest #coal port was linked to #sustainability 🤔 Watch now:
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The Chaser
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NAB hasn't responded to our helpful ads about their coal investments, so we decided to pay them a visit in person to find out if they like them
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We need to let Siemens know we won't back down. We will attend Siemens AGM in Germany to bring voices that can speak to the devastating impacts of climate change already taking place. But we need your help to get there. Can you chip in to our crowdfunder?
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6 years
An Indian court has cancelled the approval for an expansion of Adani's Udupi coal-fired power station and fined the company for the environmental and economic damage the existing plant has caused. #StopAdani
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8 years
. @Westpac 's decision to rule out funding Adani is a win for people power. Thanks and congratulations to everyone who played a part!
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5 years
@GretaThunberg @SiemensDE Thank you @GretaThunberg , and if anyone wants to get a last-minute message to @Siemens CEO @JoeKaeser , they can here:
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5 years
While Aus super funds like @UniSuperNews are refusing member demands to dump fossil fuels, the New Zealand government has just announced all default pension funds in NZ will exclude coal, oil and gas producers from 2021 via @canberratimes #UniSuperDIVEST
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3 years
. @NAB claims to support #ParisAgreement on climate change but since 2016 has loaned $2B to companies expanding #fossilfuels , including @WhitehavenCoal and @NewHopeCorp –2 of Australia’s biggest coal companies. We teamed up with @chaser to call out #NOB ’s #greenwashing and #spin 👇
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3 years
OK, this is massive. [thread] Adani's main construction contractor for the Carmichael coal project, BMD, has admitted that it has been unable to get insurance (public liability, enviro protection, director & officer). #StopAdani #InsureOurFuture
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7 years
Audit Office assessment of the $450m govt spent on 'clean coal' technology: ✖️No CO2 saved ✖️No technology ready to deploy ✖️No strategic direction ✖️No oversight over projects ✖️Little accounting for the spending #auspol
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7 years
INCREDIBLE! Two days after the China Construction Bank rules out Adani's Carmichael #coal mine, the world's biggest commercial bank - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China does the same!
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2 years
Our giant mural in #Melbourne might be funny, but @NAB ’s funding for #fossilfuels is no laughing matter. Since 2016, NAB has loaned over $9.5 billion to coal, gas and oil. NAB must rule out funding companies and projects expanding the fossil fuel industry. #DontBankOnIt
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7 years
As much as the media has focused on his infidelity and alleged rorting, we reckon @Barnaby_Joyce 's biggest crimes are those against sensible climate policy. So here goes, a thread... #auspol 1/
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5 years
It's decision time. @JoeKaeser and @Siemens , the last thing the global climate needs right now is a massive new thermal #coal basin being opened up. Make the call - walk away from Adani's climate-wrecking Carmichael project! Take action:
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3 years
We're on the hunt for a new electricity retailer, as @PowershopAus has been bought by @Shell , a company fighting a court ruling that it must set Paris-aligned emission targets, when not in court over its oil spills in Africa
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The science is clear. There is no room for any #coal , oil or #natgas expansions if we're going to avoid the worst impacts of #GlobalWarming . Gas must be phased out, not expanded. This is using public money to fuel more deadly #bushfires .
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5 years
Scott Morrison's attempt to throw $500 million (of already committed money) at Pacific Islands hasn't prevented them trying to call for a #climatechange emergency, which of course Australia has helped scupper. Absolutely shameful.
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6 years
And that's how it's done #Australia ! Spain is closing down almost all its #coal mines by the end of 2018. Coal miners will be offered a mix of early retirement, environmental restoration work in former mines & re-skilling in green industries.
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3 years
A landmark court decision about @WhitehavenCoal has recognised @sussanley has a duty of care to protect young people from climate change. Let’s make sure the banks walk away from Whitehaven! @DeutscheBank @CreditSuisse @Westpac @NAB #classaction4climate
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6 years
Doesn't look like the people of #Wentworth fell for the government's false dichotomy of #climatechange action vs lowering energy costs. People want and can have both. #Coal 's toxic influence on politics not helping anyone.
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1 year
Today Whitehaven Coal confirmed it has failed to refinance its $1 billion bank loan, which @NAB and @Westpac were contributors to. This means none of Australia's big four banks are funding the country's biggest pure-play coal miner. 👏
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6 years
Shareholder: "Do you believe in climate change?" Chairman Robert Millner: "It's a very difficult question to answer..." Just one of many astonishing comments at today's W.H. Soul Pattinson (ASX:SOL) annual general meeting (AGM). Read more:
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@JoeKaeser @Siemens Good to hear - though we did write to you about this two weeks ago so please don't say you weren't aware of the issues and why we need to #stopadani A time frame for when we can expect your answer would be appreciated.
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7 years
Massive news! The world's 2nd largest commercial bank rules out funding #Adani #Carmichael ! Read/act: #StopAdani
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#BREAKING Woodside’s shareholders have fiercely rejected the #oilandgas company’s dangerous climate plan with a world record-breaking 58.4% vote against it. This is the fifth year in a row investors have demanded @WoodsideEnergy cleans up its act. #auspol #climate
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5 years
How has the fossil fuel industry come to enjoy such a cosy relationship with our politicians? The most recent data on political donations is out and it makes for ugly reading:
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4 years
Huge win!!! "This outcome should represent a significant shift in the market's willingness to tackle climate risk—a shift which should set a clear precedent for the industry in Australia, and also pension funds around the world," - @dbarnden
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3 years
Apparently @NAB didn’t like our first video with @chaser exposing their funding for #fossilfuels . So here’s another #NobBank ad about their #greenwash 😉
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Shareholders, activists, one after another, slammed @Siemens ' CEO @JoeKaeser and Board at its AGM yesterday over their unconscionable support for Adani's dirty #coal project. Check it out: #StopAdani
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5 years
For context, ANZ has loaned more than $31,000 million to fossil fuels since 2008
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ANZ pledges $1 million for bushfire relief
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Two insurers say no to Adani in as many days! Since this article was published, we have received confirmation that @CanopiusGroup has withdrawn any interest in insuring both the #coal mine and rail line. Well done to those that took action! #StopAdani
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4 years
Media is reporting that one of the world's top-10 bond arrangers, @DeutscheBank , has refused to take part in this week's @Adaniports bond issue after '000s of our supporters pointed out the links between Adani Ports and the #climate -wrecking Carmichael #coal project! #StopAdani
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3 years
We presume then, that Whitehaven Coal's board will all be going to prison after the company again broke the law last week, breaching its environmental conditions for the umpteenth time? And Adani's executives will be spending the rest of their lives in jail?
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BREAKING: Sergeio, 22, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, 6 months no parole, for direct action at the world's biggest coal port. He said: “We’re taking our future back. When Australia decides it’s going to destroy it’s people through ecocide, the people will rise up”.
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. @AMP_AU appoints renowned #climatechange denier David Murray as its new Chairman. Apparently, this is the kind of new thinking and fresh start amp wants to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.
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Huge news: more than a fifth of @WhitehavenCoal 's shareholders just rejected the company's climate-wrecking coal expansion plans, instead demanding $WHC manage down coal production and deliver a just transition in line with a net zero emissions by 2050 pathway
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Today's BIG news - #Australia 's biggest coal underwriter @QBE will end its underwriting of new coal mines, plants & transport networks on 1 July & phase out entire thermal #coal business by 2030. It will also #divest from coal in its direct investments.
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Adani has to pay back lenders to the Abbot Point #coal export terminal, as it struggles to refinance its bonds. With $1 bn of debt due by 2022, that's a lot of money Adani wouldn't be able to spend on the Carmichael mega coal mine. #StopAdani
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7 years
Incredible. The @smh doesn’t include climate change in the top 5 issues “we should talk about” in 2018 #auspol
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6 years
“This wonderful country has so much sunshine, you cannot even believe – you could power the whole world from your desert" ☀️
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6 years
A huge step forward today in the fight to avoid runaway #climatechange . @StanChart rules out #finance for new dirty #coal power plants of any kind, anywhere in the world! Onwards to the #renewableenergy revolution! #ActOnClimate #globalwarming #banking
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7 years
Dubai launches world's largest concentrated solar project... if only Australia had that much sun ☀️🤔
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2 years
A special delivery to the Big 4 Banks on behalf of @SantosLtd , which has been accused of killing dolphins🐬 in an #oil spill and covering it up. @ANZ_AU , @Commbank , @NAB & @Westpac loaned Santos $1.9 billion since 2016. Only fair the banks get what they paid for. #EndFossilFuels
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HAPPENING NOW: We're outside @StanChart in London giving their headquarters a rebrand. Standard Chartered claims it's "Here for good" but what does that mean when they keep funding fossil fuels? #hereforfossilfuels
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5 years
In 2015, @Westpac committed to keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees under the Paris climate agreement. But since then, the bank has loaned a staggering $5.4 billion to the fossil fuel industry and only $1.9 billion to renewable energy.
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. @DeutscheBank is reportedly preparing to raise funds for @WhitehavenCoal 's climate-wrecking #coal business. The bank’s coal policy is meaningless if it can still arrange funds for Whitehaven – a company planning massive new coal projects. #StopWhitehaven
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4 years
With @Westpac 's move today, 2 of Australia's big-4 banks, and all 3 Aus major general insurers will now be exiting thermal #coal by 2030. If you want your power station or mine open past then, it's going to get tough. #divest See our full analysis:
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Farmers like Peter Lake are on the frontlines of #climate disasters. They're demanding all banks cut ties with Santos gas, worsening climate change. Add your voice to the mass demanding @ANZ_AU , @NAB and @Westpac cut ties with Santos now. And please SHARE
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5 years
BREAKING: News from inside the @Cardno AGM which just finished - Cardno has decided to do no further work on the Adani Carmichael coal project, once a current contract finishes in a few weeks. That's 60 major companies now out! @GHDspeaks time to do the same. #StopAdani
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. @UniSuperNews has taken its first step towards fossil fuel divestment by dumping thermal coal mining companies. Congratulations to everyone involved in the #UniSuperDIVEST campaign, now lets keep up the pressure for complete fossil fuel divestment!
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BREAKING: We're at the @Worley_ECR AGM in Sydney right now and it has ruled out working on the Adani Carmichael #coal project! "We are not working on the Adani project and we have no intention to" 61 companies now refusing to work on the #climate -wrecking project. #StopAdani
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3 years
Convex Insurance has ruled out insuring the Adani Carmichael coal mine, becoming the 43rd insurer to do so, and has ruled out insuring new coal mines. All eyes are now on @HelvetiaGroup , one of the remaining insurers who haven't ruled out the mine.
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4 years
Adani's brand has become so toxic not even Adani wants to use it. Meet the port formerly known as Adani Abbot Point. Despite yesterday's name change it is still the same heavily indebted, wetland polluting, fossil fuel exporting catastrophe. #StopAdani
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5 years
“Contrary to statements by the Adani corp and members of the Aus gov, we have never given our free, prior & informed consent to the extinguishment of our rights, or the development of the Carmichael mine on our traditional lands” #StopAdani @Siemens
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2 years
More than 15,000 @UniSuperNews members are calling on the fund to divest from companies expanding fossil fuels like climate wrecker @SantosLtd
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. @HSBC 's new climate policy, released today: 🔥Continued investment in companies building 99GW of new coal plants 🔥Riddled with coal-friendly loopholes 🔥Oil and gas financing still permitted despite "net zero" goal Our reaction:
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6 years
Wow. 84% of India's proposed new #coal -fired power stations since 2010 likely to be shelved or cancelled. Via @TimBuckleyIEEFA #coaleraover
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5 years
Vale Bill Ryan. A hero and an activist it was a true honour to campaign alongside. Colin and the rest of Bill's family, our thoughts are with you and if you need anything, we're ready to help.
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3 years
Happening now at #COP26 : Our posters going up around Glasgow! Hi @HSBC & @Barclays 👋
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2 years
WIN! @DeutscheBank has withdrawn from Whitehaven Coal's bond issuance. This is a huge #win for our people-powered campaign to stop Deutsche Bank’s funding of #WhitehavenCoal .
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7 years
Just a friendly reminder that even if Malcolm calls us, we won't take down our analysis of fossil fuel companies not paying tax... #ActOnClimate #MakeExxonPay
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3 years
A coalition of 21 organisations from nine countries around the world have launched a public campaign calling on Bank of China to end financing for new coal projects, and finance the replacement of fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.
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The UK's biggest listed fund manager, Aberdeen Asset Management, describes protest as “an effective and vital part of a democracy”, in response to @ScottMorrisonMP 's attacks on campaigns to shift #finance and #investment to protect the #environment .
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8 years
Hey, banks! Staying below 2ºC means stop funding #fossilfuels ! Sincerely, all these people:
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7 years
BREAKING: Adani will proceed on Carmichael - but it doesn't have the money, yet. Now more than ever, it's time to #StopAdani
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"We would 100% boycott companies doing work with coal, oil and gas and refuse to work for them" 👏👏💪eng students standing up for their future and refusing to work with companies like @GHDspeaks & @CalibreGroupAus which are helping Adani. #StopAdani
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🏁 We have a winner! 🏁 Congratulations @Barclays you're the UK's no. 1 fossil fuel-funding bank this year! You win the prize that no bank wants to win... the 2021 Race to Disaster award! 🍾
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CEO of @LloydsofLondon signalling a loss of patience with #FossilFuel companies undermining #climate action. The time to act is now Mr Neal. 1st step, ban the disastrous Adani Carmichael #coal project from the Lloyd's #insurance market. #StopAdani
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4 years
Adani Ports investors are running for the exit! At least 11 major financiers have either divested and/or set exclusions on @Adaniports over links to the Myanmar military and Carmichael coal mine. #StopAdani
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Overnight we published this ad about @DeutscheBank ’s #coal funding in @DIEZEIT , one of Germany’s most read newspapers. Deutsche Bank must not arrange finance for Whitehaven Coal, a company that is planning THREE new or expanded coal mines. #Thread 🧵
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New data we’ve released today shows @ANZ_AU , @CommBank , @NAB and @Westpac have continued undermining their commitments to net-zero emissions by 2050 and the Paris Agreement by pumping billions into companies and projects expanding the fossil fuel industry.
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Australia wins silver... for the highest fossil fuel export emissions. 🥴🥈 #olympics #auspol
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2 years
A whopping 35% of @WoodsideEnergy shareholders have just voted against the re-election of director Ian Macfarlane at today's AGM, a clear protest against the company's woeful #climate strategy. When will Woodside listen to its investors and drop its reckless gas expansion plans?
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They're ruining our chances of a safe climate while paying no tax. 31 of the biggest polluters have not paid ANY company tax in the last five years. Here are the 10 biggest tax avoiders ⬇︎
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. @Chevron has paid more in political donations ($612,993) than it has in tax... 2013/14 $3b revenue, $0 tax 2014/15 $3.1b revenue, $0 tax 2015/16 $2.1b revenue, $0 tax Total: $8.3b revenue, $0 tax
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5 years
Another delay, and slow progress overall, looks very much like a Carmichael #coal project struggling to inch forward. More evidence that we can #stopadani if we keep this pressure up!
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Hey, @ScottMorrisonMP , you might not want to talk about #ClimateChange but these ex fire chiefs want to see more talk, and a lot more action. #ClimateEmergency
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Win! @CreditSuisse has ruled out further funding for Whitehaven Coal, putting pressure on other lenders like @NAB and @Westpac to do the same.
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One German cartoonists' take on the @Siemens AGM last week. 💪 Siemens has had their reputation trashed due to its work on the #climate -destroying Adani Carmichael #coal project. #StopAdani #siemensfuelsfires
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Our hard-hitting 8m mural is up in Surry Hills, Sydney! We're calling on @Westpac to stop lending to companies expanding the #coal , oil and gas sectors and to set dates for phase-out of #fossilfuels exposure. Join us on 20 March: #ClimateCrisis #divest
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We've lodged a complaint to ASIC about potentially misleading statements by @SantosLtd on gas expansion. “We're concerned that Santos’ conduct may mislead investors into thinking the company is more environmentally friendly than it really is.” #energy
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Hey, @JoeKaeser , @Siemens . Remember how you said it would take Adani breaking the law for you to end your contract with them? Look: #StopAdani
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. @AdaniOnline 's #myanmar military business partner has now been sanctioned by US & UK govs. @Barclays @StanChart @HSBC @blackrock will you continue to do business with/invest in @Adaniports despite it paying $millions to a sanctioned entity? #StopAdani
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By considering building a new coal power plant, @Samsung is risking its reputation as a technology leader. Samsung should join the other companies that have walked away from Vung Ang 2 and dirty coal power #wrongcalloncoal #badcallsamsung #nocoalsamsung
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Engineering firm @AECOM has "demobilised" workers on Adani's rail line for the Carmichael mega #coal mine. That's the last big engineering partner Adani had, handing over their work and moving on. #stopadani #climatechange #actonclimate
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3 years
To be denied bail and locked up for months before trial after a peaceful protest is a serious over-reaction. Solidarity with Kyle. #StopAdani
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Frontline Action on Coal
3 years
BREAKING: Kyle Magee has been denied bail in Bowen Magistrates Court and remanded in custody until his next court date on February 8th. He was arrested after disrupting Adani's coal train for over 20 hours, and charged with four offences including, bizarrely, fraud.
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The global financial system is invested in a world set to warm 4 degrees. Economic upheaval is certain, thanks to the wilful blindness of major financial institutions. Whether that upheaval leaves us with a livable planet, that's what we have to fight for
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