AGL is Australia's biggest climate polluter
AGL spends millions spruiking its environmental credentials. On closer inspection, it doesn't stack up.
AGL is Australia's biggest climate polluter
AGL spends millions spruiking its environmental credentials. On closer inspection, it doesn't stack up.
AGL proudly advertises itself to the Australian public as green and environmentally responsible. But a deeper dive into the company reveals the truth couldn’t be more different to its carefully crafted public image.
AGL is Australia’s number one climate polluter, and it’s not even close. 83% of their electricity comes from burning dirty coal, meaning they emit more than double the next biggest polluter.
Coal is the biggest driver of the climate crisis. Scientists warn we MUST stop burning coal by 2030 to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, but AGL is still insisting on burning coal until 2045. Thats 15 years too late.
Australia can’t move fast enough to avoid the devastating effects of climate change unless AGL gets out of coal. Business as usual is simply not an option if we want a safe, clean future for our environment and communities.
Join us in demanding that AGL clean up its act.
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Let AGL know you’re not falling for their dodgy demerger.
Instead of taking real action on climate change, AGL is trying to hide their highly polluting coal burning power stations behind a new company Accel.
It’s a dodgy corporate accounting trick that means AGL could pretend to be ‘green’ while still burning coal until 2045, well beyond the deadline scientists agree we must stop burning coal to avoid the most devastating impacts of climate change.
Sign the petition to let AGL know you’re not falling for their tricks.
AGL's climate pollution
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AGL wants to keep burning coal in dirty power stations until 2045.
That’s 15 years too late.
Scientists warn we MUST stop burning coal by 2030 to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.
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83% of AGL’s electricity comes from dirty coal burning power stations.
AGL releases 42 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere each year.
AGL produces more than 2x the emissions of Australia’s next biggest climate polluters, Origin and Energy Australia.
AGL has breached its environmental licences 111 times since 2015.
Find out more about AGL's climate pollution in Greenpeace Australia Pacific's report, Coal-Faced.
Email AGL's CEO-in-waiting.
Christine Corbett is the CEO-in-waiting of AGL if they succeed in the plan to split off their coal-burning power stations into a new dirty power company called Accel Energy. Let her know that her that you're not falling for AGL's marketing spin, and that AGL needs to ditch coal and become a true renewable energy leader.
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Are you an AGL customer?
AGL needs your business to survive. As an AGL customer, you are in a powerful position to force AGL to change.
Are you an AGL staff member?
As an AGL staff member you are in an incredible position to advocate for internal change.
The high price of AGL's actions
Burning coal is the dirtiest and most destructive way to generate electricity.
A greener future
It is not a question of if, but when, Australia will be powered entirely by renewables.
