All articles by Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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Esperanza Swaps Shifts With Activists At Blockade
After spending nearly 36 hours hanging like fruitbats, the four Greenpeace activists are preparing to come down from the massive coal loader at Hay Point. The Esperanza has joined the blockade and is moored a stones throw away, with three police boats between it and the wharf. We’re hearing reports from the Pacific Islands Forum…
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Rudd Shafts Pacific
We’ve just got our hands on the communique from the Pacific Island Forum. It is a total disaster. Rudd has shafted the Pacific. Pacific leaders went into the PIF calling for 45% cuts in greenhouse pollution by 2020. They left agreeing to 50% cuts by 2050. They went in with a strong position that global…
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Day Two: Toodle-oo Tuvalu?
Check out the live updates of the action as it unfolds.
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Politics Of Climate At The Pacific Island Forum
With Pacific leaders increasingly outspoken about the need for developed countries like Australia to make deep cuts in Greenhouse emissions, Kevin Rudd is under increasing pressure during the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) today. Yesterday, leaders of the ‘Small Island States’ had their meeting before todays PIF leaders meeting in Cairns. They are calling for rich…
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Activists’ Vigil Continues After 12 Hours
It’s now been over 12 hours since Greenpeace activists locked on to the Hay Point coal export terminal. Four climbers remain locked securely to the coal loader. With the terminal shut down for 12 hours, Greenpeace has helped stop millions of dollars damage to the climate. The activists plan to stay locked on for as…
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Climate Change For Dummies
CPRS, ETS, GHG – climate change can be a linguistic mess of scientific terms, percentages, economic modelling and policy mumbo-jumbo. Our new intern, Steph, has set out to demystify the emissions trading scheme. I have a confession. I’m certainly concerned about climate change but I don’t really know what it’s about. I know that temperatures…
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Climate Action On Two Fronts
At the end of Tuesday, 4 Greenpeace activists have been cut down from the Abbot Point coal facility and are being detained by the police. They are currently on their way to the Bowen police station and are about to be charged. We believe that the charges are “obstructing the police”, and “unregulated high risk…
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And The Winner Is …
On 31 July, we announced the winner of the inaugural 2009 Greenpeace Design Awards – Sam Dickson. Here’s an interview with the designer 1. How did you come about the idea for your entry to the awards – can you explain the process step by step? This is always a tough question for me to…
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Kevin Rudd And The Disappearing Policy Trick
Jeremy Tager is our Senior Political Advisor, haunting the parliamentary offices in Canberra. Jeremy’s wondering what kind of magical tricks the Prime Minister will pull out of his hat to deal with the white elephant in the room at this year’s ALP Conference – climate change. This week, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will preside over…