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The BP Deepwater Disaster: One Month On
Greenpeace oil specialist and marine biologist Paul Horsman recently visited the Mississippi Delta to see first-hand the oil that is beginning to wash onto the shores of this delicate coastal ecosystem. Greenpeace is calling for an end to oil exploration and an end to deep-water oil drilling, so that the industry is sent a clear…
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Awesome Win For Canada’s Boreal Forest
After the Nestlé announcement last week, the good news just keeps on coming. Our Canadian colleagues are thrilled about a new, far-reaching agreement between campaign groups and logging companies that should see vast areas of the country’s boreal forest protected. After 7 years of campaigning to save the boreal forest, Greenpeace was pretty thrilled to…
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Green Pickings From The Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is just around the corner – 2-14 June. Now, if you’re anything like me, you find out about these things after they’ve happened and wished you had time to do some planning beforehand. Well, this year, I’ve sat down and picked out some films I want to see. While doing that,…
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NSW Gov’t Rejects Bickham Coal Mine
In what appears to be the first ever rejection of a new coal mine by the NSW Government, Premier Kristina Keneally has today rejected the proposed Bickham coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley. This is a huge win for the local community, which has been campaigning to stop this mine for the past decade…
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Can’t Take A Leak But A Coal Transfer Is OK
On Tuesday morning, stricken Chinese coal bulker, Shen Neng 1, arrived in the pristine wateres of Hervey Bay. The ship anchored in the great sandy marine park, a whale sanctuary on the edge of world heritage listed Fraser Island. On 5 April, Shen Neng 1 struck the Great Barrier Reef on Douglas Shoal, where it…
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Why I Ran Across The Sahara Desert
Michael Williams recently completed the Marathon des Sables — a 250 km run through the Sahara Desert in Morocco. It’s considered by many to be the toughest footrace in the world. The marathon is run over six stages, the longest being around 80 km, and takes contestants across challenging terrain including salt flats, mountains, dried…
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A Major Win For The Oceans
We’re even closer to saving the oceans in the Pacific from overfishing. Earlier this year we were delighted by the closure of two massive high seas areas to destructive purse seine fishing. Now we are getting really excited. Eight Pacific Island countries have just announced they’ll close a whopping 4.5 million square kilometres of ocean…
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Tell Your Super Not To Fund Climate Change
You probably won’t be too shocked to hear that BP and Shell are developing even dirtier ways to profit from oil extraction. What you might not know is that our superannuation money is being invested in the companies that are developing ‘tar sands’ – the dirtiest oil available. That’s the news from top ethical investment…
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Oil Spill Disaster Report From On The Ground
The BP Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster unfolding before the world’s eyes. Eleven lives were lost in the initial explosion, and that incalculable loss is compounded daily as oil continues to flow. It’s being compared to the Exxon-Valdez spill off the coast of Alaska, one of…
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Rudd’s Unconscionable Climate Back Flip
Paul Winn is our Forests and Climate Campaigner. Here is what he had to say about Prime Minister Rudd dumping the CPRS. Last year Kevin Rudd was quoted as saying ‘No responsible government confronted with the evidence delivered by the 4000 scientists associated with the International Panel could in conscience choose not to act’. So…