Tax polluters not EVs
While the rest of the world is offering incentives to purchase electric vehicles, Labor and Liberal states across Australia are set to become the first governments in the world to tax electric vehicles specifically, with the McGowan Government unable to rule out if they will follow suit. The South Australian, New South Wales and Victorian…
Read MoreEPA revised guidelines a win for industry not community
“The EPA’s revised guidelines are in complete opposition to the action that WA needs to be taking on the climate crisis. “Rather than require all new and expanding projects to fully offset emissions, the revised guidelines have fallen in line with the McGowan Government’s greenhouse gas policy which fails to set any hard targets for…
Read MoreEPA backdown on greenhouse gas guidelines
“Though I am yet to see the revised guidelines, today’s article is highly concerning,” Mr Clifford said. “The EPA greenhouse gas guidelines were originally published to ensure WA’s environment is adequately protected, and to reflect contemporary science. “If the EPA does align its revised guidelines with the McGowan Government’s shameful and ineffective aspirational greenhouse gas…
Read MoreWA Labor net zero aspiration is just greenwashing
The McGowan Government’s refusal to legislate its net zero emissions aspiration is proof it’s policy is just greenwashing says The Greens spokesperson for climate, Tim Clifford MLC. Last week 54 WA scientists, professors, doctors and academics signed a letter calling for the McGowan Government to establish a binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions…
Read MoreWA Labor Government willfully ignores science and backs big fossil fuel donors
The McGowan Government continues to ignore science and back big polluters despite knowing full well the impacts of increased emissions on Western Australia. The WA Parliament, today, voted against a Greens WA motion to – Acknowledge the unprecedented level of carbon emissions from WA gas projects; – Admit that the Browse Basin & Burrup Hub…
Read MoreMcGowan Government must be responsible for its complicity in climate change
The Greens (WA) spokesperson for climate change Tim Clifford has slammed the WA Labor Government for its wilful complicity in allowing big emitters to pollute with next-to-no regulations. The Guardian Australia, with analysis from the Conservation Council of Western Australia, released last night damning evidence against Western Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas industry and the State…
Read MoreWA to be the first Australian State Parliament to declare a climate emergency
Western Australia is set to become the second Australian Parliament to declare a climate emergency, after the Australian Capital Territory. Today, The Greens WA spokesperson for climate change, Tim Clifford MLC, will call on the Legislative Council to acknowledge the climate crisis, the impact it is having on Western Australia and its people, and to…
Read MoreThe McGowan Government declares climate change not to be an emergency
The Greens WA, today, called on the WA Parliament to acknowledge the climate crisis, declare a climate emergency, and note the catastrophic impacts it is having, and will have, on Western Australia and its people. Instead, the Environment Minister Stephen Dawson moved an amendment to allow the State Government to avoid its responsibility in addressing…
Read MoreWA Government net zero 2050 aspiration, not a climate commitment
“I welcome that the McGowan Government has publicly acknowledged the need to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, however to effectively address the climate emergency WA must transition away from fossil fuels immediately. Though this policy sets out some promising intentions, it fails to commit to concrete emission reduction targets for both big polluters and…
Read MoreWestern Australia’s political leaders have been called on to declare a climate emergency
The Greens WA spokesperson for Climate Change Tim Clifford MLC has given notice today of The Greens intention to call on the Western Australian Parliament to declare a climate emergency. The motion, which will be debated on September 4, calls on all members of the Legislative Council to: Acknowledge the climate crisis and declare a…
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