All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Community Day Of Action At Hazelwood Power Station
Despite the increasing climate warnings, the coal industry continues to pollute like there’s no tomorrow. Australia’s dirtiest power station – Hazelwood, in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley – has been the subject of increasing protest over recent years, including recent actions by Greenpeace. This polluting old dinosaur spews an average of 17 million tonnes of CO2 into…
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Win Double Pass To "The Cove"
Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, former on-set dolphin trainer for Flipper and an elite team of activists team up to uncover a dark secret in what otherwise looks like the dolphin-friendly town of Taijii in Japan. What they discover is both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. Award-winning documentary, The Cove,…
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Humanity, The Climate Crisis And The Case For Hope
Simon Roz will be talking at the Australian Museum in Sydney on “Humanity, the Climate Crisis and the Case for Hope” this Saturday 15th August at 12.30pm. He shares his thoughts here on some of the lessons we can learn from our previous triumphs over seemingly insurmountable challenges. When President John F Kennedy told the…
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CPRS – "Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme"
In the absence of any political will to make the difficult decisions to replace polluting industries with clean alternatives, the Rudd Government have gone to great lengths to design a scheme that makes it look like they’re taking action on climate change, without actually having to do anything or make any hard decisions. In order…
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Espy Heads North To Cairns
After relieving our activists from the Hay Point coal loader, the Esperanza has ended the 3 day blockade of Queensland coal exports and is heading north for Cairns. We’re holding an open boat on Sunday to talk to the public about Rudd’s failure, and about the next steps in the campaign for real action on…
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What Does The Pacific Think About PIF?
Seni Nabou is the Pacific Political Advisor in our Suva office. In this post, she shares her views of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) outcome. Seeing the outcomes of yesterday’s PIF Communique on climate change was like a nightmare where you dream that your child is walking steadily towards a burning fire and you can’t…
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Forget Watergate, We Now Have Cairns'gate
International climate negotiations just got dirty, even if the final stage hasn’t started. Australia and New Zealand’s corrupt and underhanded means of getting their way inside the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) carries the stench of colonialism. It is no secret that in this fora they continue to use their small contributions to our poor countries…
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Our Action Steps Into Day 3
Our actions enter Day 3. On Tuesday, activists occupied the Abbot Point coal export terminal in Bowen. Yesterday, a further 10 activists locked on to a coal loader at Hay Point Coal Terminal. Four activists remain, 24 hours later. We’re very proud of them and have been in regular contact via phone. They spent the…
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Waking Up 50m Above Ground
It’s been over 24 hours since 10 activists locked on to a coal loader at Hay Point in Queensland. By dusk yesterday, four remained, suspended with safety equipment. When the sun rose this morning, the four were still there. I spoke with one of them by phone at 7 am this morning. So how are…
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Climate Politics At The Pacific Islands Forum
While Greenpeace are taking direct action to highlight the conflict between Australia’s ever expanding coal exports and the future of our Pacific neighbours, leaders from across the region are meeting in Cairns today for the Pacific Island Forum. In recent years the agenda has been dominated by issues of regional stability including the intervention in…