SEVENTY LOCAL COUNCILS across Australia, representing over 7.5 million people, have vowed to take action to tackle climate change in their own backyards. The Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership, Australia’s fastest-growing national climate program for local...
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST COUNCIL has taken a giant step forward to cut the nation’s rising pollution levels, as Brisbane joins a fast-growing national network of councils tackling climate change. City of Brisbane, Logan City, Sunshine Coast and Cairns Regional Council have...
RESIDENTS have been asked to have their say on how they would like to save power. Orange City Council joined the Climate Council Cities Power Partnership in October and councillor Stephen Nugent moved to ask ratepayers which five pledges the council should make across...
Wagga City Council has voted to apply for a Climate Council initiative aimed at improving efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. The nationwide “Cities Power Partnership” program would see Wagga “buddied up” with two other councils to share knowledge, such as...
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has become the first West Australian local government to pledge to take action as part the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Under the national partnership, participating councils make five pledges to limit their local climate...
