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A better prawn for your Christmas plate.
It’s 4:45am and we have arrived on the Hawkesbury River. It’s a breath of fresh air to get out of the city and Gary Howard is waiting patiently for us at his gate. His house is located on a beautiful farm, about 20 steps from the Hawkesbury River-bank. It’s 4:45am and we have arrived on…
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No place for nuclear waste: Greenpeace activists bear witness to dodgy waste delivery
When a Greenpeace investigation found that nuclear waste returning to Australia by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, we knew we had to act. So this weekend, Greenpeace activists and volunteers followed the dodgy waste from port in Wollongong all the way to Lucas Heights…
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10 shocking facts showing how palm oil and paper companies are still trashing Indonesia’s rainforests.
For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Some processes used to extract palm oil contribute directly to deforestation. By Danielle Boobyer For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Both people and orang-utans were endangered as…
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Protesters demand justice for Brazilian mining disaster victims at BHP AGM
Despite forewarning and a global trend of similar catastrophes, BHP and Vale S.A. – two of world’s largest mining companies – didn’t act to prevent disaster. Activists disrupted BHP Billiton’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to demand justice for the thousands of victims of the mining waste spill that destroyed the historic Brazilian town of Mariana in…
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Dam collapse in Brazil destroys towns and turns river into muddy wasteland
On Thursday, November 5th, two dams holding millions of cubic meters of mining waste gave way – launching one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history. |A view of the district of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state. On November 5th, a dam containing mineral waste from Samarco (a Brazilian mining company controlled…
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Hundreds stand up for our right to care about nature
Green groups are under attack. Cheered on by the fossil fuel industry, the Government has launched an inquiry into charities who campaign to protect nature. They’re considering taxing the donations that ordinary Australians give to defend our wilderness. If the government get their way, it’ll cost ordinary people more to support the campaigns they love,…
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5 female activists who took saving the environment into their own hands
These incredible female environmental activists did not wait for change to happen – they stood forward, stepped up, and took a leap for the environment. Read these incredible stories of people power and share them with your friends and loved ones! Opening Ceremony of the Climate Summit 2014 Zeina AlHajj It was Zeina AlHajj’s first month on…
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Sad, scared, alone. The baby orangutan orphaned by the plantation industry
For half an hour Otan wouldn’t let go. Only eight months old, he already had a vice-like grip, his nails digging so deep they left half-moon imprints in the skin of his carer. If there were trees, Otan would be swinging freely from branch to branch, his strong grip lifting him in high arcs through…
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6 times drone footage revealed the environmental destruction we couldn’t see
Even when we’re making dramatic transformations to our world – through deforestation, industrialisation, and fossil fuel extraction and use – it can be hard to see how large the scars we’re creating are. That is, until you zoom out. Even when we’re making dramatic transformations to our world – through deforestation, industrialisation, and fossil fuel…
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The man who grew a forest – and you won’t believe how big it is (or who lives there)
This is the story of how one person turned a barren sandbar into a forest larger than Central Park in NYC – and how he did it. This is the story of how one person turned a barren sandbar into a forest larger than Central Park in NYC – and how he did it. Image…