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Nuclear power

Australia doesn't need a nuclear industry.

Australia doesn't need a nuclear industry.

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Nuclear power is still as radioactive, dangerous and expensive as ever. And it is no solution to climate change.

Our best solution to climate change is clean renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, combined with technologies that vastly improve energy efficiency.

To solve the climate crisis, Greenpeace is calling for a target of 60 per cent renewable energy in Australia by 2050.

Read our submission to the federal government's nuclear inquiry.

Latest nuclear power news

15 November, 5.30am: The conveyor feeds coal to the power station. To stop dangerous climate change, massive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed in the next decade. Munmorah is one of Australia's oldest and dirtiest power stations. Enlarge image

PR smokescreen lifts on coal industry's false solution

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), the technological poster child for the future of the global coal industry, has just had its biggest supporter pull the rug out from under its feet.

Protesters outside Parliament House, Darwin, send a message to APEC energy ministers that Australia is addicted to coal and losing out on the global boom in renewable energy investment. Enlarge image

APEC fails to address renewable energy

Energy ministers from the 21 APEC countries met in Darwin this week to discuss how to meet future global energy demands while minimising environmental impacts; yet there was not one representative from the renewable energy industries at the meeting.

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