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Bird of the Year Tawny Frogmouth ‘a sitting duck’ under current nature law
CANBERRA, Thursday 16 October 2025 — Responding to the tawny frogmouth winning The Guardian’s Bird of the Year vote, the following statement can be attributed to Elle Lawless, senior campaigner…
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The Rainbow Warrior returns to the Republic of the Marshall Islands
This year, the Rainbow Warrior sailed back to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, forty years after answering a call for help from the people of Rongelap, a community displaced by the fallout of U.S. nuclear testing. In 1985, when their pleas for relocation were ignored by those whose job it was to help, they…
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50 years of campaigning for a world free from war and nuclear weapons
Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by a group of brave activists opposing a US nuclear weapons test on Amchitka Island, Alaska. Since then, Greenpeace has become a global leader in campaigns against the dumping of nuclear waste into our planet’s oceans, documenting these environmental crimes for the world to see.
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The past that shaped us, the future we fight for
Forty years ago — the year I was born — a shocking act of violence sent ripples across the world. In a cowardly attempt to silence peaceful protest, my own birth country, France, planted explosives on the Rainbow Warrior as she lay docked in Auckland Harbour.
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Nauru ‘peddling dangerous fallacies’ at UNGA: Greenpeace
FIJI/SYDNEY – Friday, 26 September 2025 — In response to Nauru’s statement on deep sea mining at the UN General Assembly, where it falsely claimed deep sea minerals were ‘essential’…
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Peace through action
Whoever you are, wherever you stand, whatever you do, there’s a part that each of us can play to address this moment of planetary crisis.
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‘A global win but a domestic disappointment’: Australia misses crucial milestone for Global Ocean Treaty at UNGA
CANBERRA/NEW YORK, Saturday 20 September 2025 – The Albanese government “hasn’t missed the boat but had better start swimming” after it failed to meet a crucial milestone in the landmark…
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Nature law reform can’t be “big rubber stamp for the big end of town”: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Tuesday 26 August 2025 — The Albanese government’s promise to prioritise reforms of Australia’s broken nature laws this year is a welcomed step, but the reforms must centre stronger…
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Greenpeace opposes any moves to fast-track developments without stronger and upfront nature protections
SYDNEY, Tuesday 12 August 2025 — in response to the Productivity Commission's proposed reforms to the EPBC Act to accelerate renewable energy projects, David Ritter, CEO at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said:
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Environment and Unions alliance calls for WA clean-up hub
PERTH, Monday 11 August 2025 – A new analysis released today by an alliance of unions and leading environmental organisations has recommended a nation-first ‘decommissioning hub’ be built in Western…