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Super trawler threat demands permanent ban
Press release – 3 March, 2014Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed Prime Minister Abbott’s statement that the Margiris super trawler "will stay banned" and has called on him to table legislation to permanently ban all super trawlers in all Australian waters.The current federal legislation banning super trawlers ends in November 2014. "The Prime Minister has signalled…
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Clean up Australia Day: Boomerang Alliance demands action on Cash for Containers
Press release – 28 February, 2014With Clean Up Australia Day tomorrow (Sunday 2 March), the Boomerang Alliance, consisting of 27 environment groups including Clean Up Australia, Greenpeace and the Total Environment Centre, are calling on state and federal governments to introduce a Cash for Containers recycling scheme.The Boomerang Alliance is also encouraging people to take…
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Kids Care: Art for ‘Cash for Containers’
The quest for a national cash for containers recycling scheme has got under the skin of a couple of Inner West high school students and budding artists from Sydney. Isobel Baker, 14, from Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design created this fantastic CHOKE sculpture. She explains: When planning my major artwork for Year 8…
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Kids Care: Save our Sharks
Sharks get a bad rap for being ‘dangerous predators’ that need to be controlled. That might be true in Hollywood, but in the real world humans are way more deadly for sharks. Our friend Kaspar Graham-Koorey (and his father) made this video to tell everyone who the real monster is at sea, and sent it…
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‘Threatened Species Protection Unit’ steps in between endangered species and Whitehaven bulldozers
Press release – 19 February, 2014Thursday 20 February, 2014: Greenpeace’s ‘Threatened Species Protection Unit’ has entered the Leard State Forest – proposed site for the controversial Maules Creek coal mine – to document endangered species omitted by proponents, Whitehaven Coal, during the approval process.With the Royal Botanic Gardens having confirmed the identity of one of…
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Self destruction on renewable energy
Press release – 16 February, 2014Monday 17 February, 2014: Following today’s announcement of the review of the Renewable Energy Target (RET), Greenpeace is calling on the Government to dramatically increase its clean energy ambitions.“Hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry called climate change a weapon of mass destruction, Australia risks shooting itself in the…
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Can farmers, Traditional Owners, and activists stop ‘unstoppable’ coal giants?
A few weeks ago, I did something incredible and took part in my first Greenpeace action to stop work on the construction of a massive open-cut coal mine. Over 100 people converge to stop the construction of Australia’s latest open-cut coal mine on 28 Jan 2014. ©Greenpeace It was an amazing experience that I couldn’t…