Before we say goodbye to 2023 let’s remember the wins the climate and environment movement had during the year. The movement’s increasing size, activism and diversity will amplify the call for governments to ban fossil fuels and stop native forest logging in 2024.
Nannas have campaigned in some way for the following and so are proud to have played a part in these wins of 2023.
February
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer’s Central Queensland coal mine (ABC News)
29 Australian animals are back from the brink of extinction (Sydney Morning Herald)
March
New pollution trigger in safeguard mechanism to challenge future coal and gas projects (ABC Live Blog)
Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset. (The Guardian)
April
Clive Palmer’s Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence (The New Daily)
Warragamba Dam wall-raising shelved (Sydney Morning Herald)
Liddell, Australia’s oldest coal generator, shuts down for last time (Renew Economy)
June
Environmental group hails 70 per cent drop in plastic bags polluting Sydney Harbour (ABC News)
Gillnet fishing banned in Great Barrier Reef world heritage area (The Guardian)
Climate change risks to now be accounted for in Australia’s financial system (Fintech Global)
Australian governments impose mandatory packaging rules on manufacturers and retailers (The Guardian)
July
Third insurer walks away from Adani’s Carmichael coal mine (Sydney Morning Herald)
NAB joins other big four banks in refusing to refinance Whitehaven Coal $1b loan (Sydney Morning Herald)
August
CommBank rules out directly financing any new and expanded oil and gas extraction projects (Perth Now)
Finally, Malouf throws in the towel on his Waste to Energy incinerator in Western Sydney (Pollution Watch)
Sydney City Council moves to ban gas, as councils go where NSW Labor fears to tread (Renew Economy)
September
About time: NSW hailed for finally hiking coal royalties to raise $2.7bn (Renew Economy)
Labor bins Kyoto carryover credits, shuts carbon accounting loophole (Renew Economy)
NSW government abandons Wyangala Dam expansion (ABC News)
Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas (Canberra Times)
November
Record month delivers all-time high for wind and solar generation, 20-year low for gas (Renew Economy)
Westpac becomes first bank with zero deforestation target (ACF)
December
Labor and Greens reach deal on Murray Darling Basin plan for 450 gigalitres of environmental flows (The Guardian)
Shale and tight gas projects to require Commonwealth approval after Labor-Greens deal expands water trigger (ABC)
Court rules parts of NSW protest laws are ‘invalid’ after challenge by Knitting Nannas activists (ABC)
Gas and oil exploration banned in Queensland’s Channel Country, traditional owners celebrate (ABC)
Sydney Nannas have visited both state and federal politicians’ offices, promoted and signed many petitions, written letters and submissions, marched in the streets, rallied outside parliament, used craftivism creatively, and talked to numerous members of the public about the things we feel strongly about.