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China’s wind power production increased more than coal power did for first time ever in 2012
Amid all the news about coal and pollution problems in China you might have missed this one: According to new statistics from the China Electricity Council, China’s wind power production actually increased more than coal power production for the first time ever in 2012. Original blogpost by Li Shuo, Climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace…
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Hope from Fukushima
As we mark the second memorial of the March 11, 2011 triple disaster, we see tragedy, but also hope in Japan. Blogpost by Junichi Sato, ED Greenpeace Japan – March 11, 2013 While people mourn for the mothers, fathers, siblings, grandparents and children that were lost in the earthquake and tsunami, many of those that…
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Plastic and politics: how bureaucracy is failing our forgotten wildlife
Seabirds: the poster children for ocean health. Fishers use them to identify fishing hot spots. Environmental and marine scientists use them as indicators of the condition of the ocean environment due to their ability to cover vast areas. By Jennifer Lavers, Monash University But in Australia, one such species – the Flesh-footed Shearwater – is…
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New ad campaign: starved on a full stomach… brought to you by Coca-Cola
Press release – 6 March, 2013Sydney, 07 March 2013: Following Coke’s scandalous court victory against recycling this week, Greenpeace has launched a crowd-funded graphic advertising campaign in Fairfax papers showing what Coke’s bullying means for the environment.The full-page ads in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald were entirely funded by an unprecedented flood of…
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The floating factories finishing off our fish
Q: When a fishing boat, is in fact, not a fishing boat… A: When it’s actually a floating factory. No, it’s not a good joke. It’s not much of a joke at all. When most of us hear ‘fishing boat’, we think about something iconic, brave, cheery, bobbing around on the seas – perhaps looking…
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Australian coal exports: a climate change boomerang
The Australian continent might be about 4,000 km wide from east to west, but even the far west coast cannot escape the winds of Cyclone Rusty and the alarming impacts of climate change caused by coal mining, such as the planned Galilee Basin project, in the nation's east.
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New Rainbow Warrior tours Australia to save the Great Barrier Reef
Over the next two months, Australia will host one of the world’s iconic ships, the new Rainbow Warrior. This extraordinary ship was funded entirely by donations from Australia and around the world.
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Coca Cola takes the Northern Territory Government to court for trying to improve recycling
Press release – 18 February, 2013TUESDAY 19th February, Sydney: Environment groups including Take 3, Greenpeace, Clean Up Australia, The Total Environment Centre and Two Hands Project held a court-side vigil at the Federal Court in Sydney this morning protesting Coca Cola’s legal challenge to the Northern Territory’s ‘Cash for Containers’ scheme.“Today, we stand with the…