The ACT’s new target to get to net-zero emissions by 2045 is a ‘trailblazer’, which should prompt Australia’s other states to seriously reduce their climate impact.
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‘Bulk Buy’ brings power to people
STRATHBOGIE Shire Council has hit week 15 of the 12 month ‘Bogie Bulk Buy’ solar program and uptake in the Shire has been extraordinary. In just over three months the community-Council partnership has installed, or is scheduled to install 392kW of solar; with uptake...
‘TRAILBLAZER’ LOGAN CITY COUNCIL COMMITS TO CLEAN ENERGY
Flying in the face of Federal inaction on climate change, a South-Eastern Queensland council has committed to clean energy and emissions reduction. Logan City Council today announced that they will join the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership, a national...
“LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN’T SIT ON ITS HANDS” ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS ONKAPARINGA MAYOR
South Australian councils joined forces on climate change this week, with Onkaparinga Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg warning that local governments can't afford to wait for Federal and State climate solutions. The Cities Power Partnership event, run by the Climate Council,...
70 councils representing 7.5M take climate action
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...
A clean energy future
STRATHBOGIE SHIRE COUNCIL was one of 35 councils in Australia to join the Cities Power Partnership (CPP) at the official launch last month. The CPP is a national program of the Climate Council created to accelerate, celebrate and promote local government successes in...
A pledge to reduce our emissions in the shire
To view the full Euroa Gazette article click here STRATHBOGIE Shire is one of just four Victorian local councils to sign a national pledge to tackle climate change by reducing their emissions. In total, 35 local governments, representing over 3 million Australians,...
ACT a frontrunner in renewables race
The ACT, South Australia and Tasmania are all leading the renewables race while the Federal Government remains stuck at the starting block, according to a new report released by the Climate Council yesterday. The report says that states and territories are the driving...
ACT energy target behind half of new renewable energy added in 2016
The ACT's clean energy target drove at least half of the new renewable energy that came online across South Australia, Victoria and the ACT last year, a new report from the Climate Council says. States and territories are driving the transition to renewable energy in...
As federal leadership stalls local councils pick up climate challenge
This article originally appeared in Eco News, view the article here. They have been inspired by a new report from the Climate Council showing cities, urban centres and rural townships have the potential to slash energy emissions by a staggering 70 per cent. At least...