Moreland City Council voted unanimously to divest from fossil fuels on October 7. It is the first Australian council to do so.
Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton, who has been working with 350.org and Climate Action Moreland on the campaign, said it was a 鈥渢ribute to their hard work over almost three years鈥.
Greens councillors have also supported the campaign from the start.
鈥淟ast night, we crossed the final hurdle and decided to divest. Without the grassroots campaign, councillors would never have done this,鈥 Bolton said.
Climate Action Moreland
On May 28 members and supporters of Climate Action Moreland rallied to urge the government to close Hazelwood power station.
Hazelwood is Australia鈥檚 dirtiest power station. Burning brown coal in Hazelwood creates 15% of Victoria鈥檚 greenhouse pollution, a huge 16 million tonnes a year. It uses 27 billion litres of water a year, and it's Australia鈥檚 biggest emitter of dangerous dioxins. It is old, inefficient and hopelessly out-of-date.