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ARCTIC OIL: THE VERDICT IS IN
Last November, we made history together as our movement launched an unprecedented people-powered legal challenge to Arctic Oil. More than half a million people, including 25,000 Australians, submitted their names and asked the Norwegian Government to withdraw new oil licenses in the Arctic. Late last week, we finally received the verdict. Sadly, the court ruled…
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5 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE ANTARCTIC
In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. ||The Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney. The tent at left provides a sense of scale for just how big the phenomenon is. Scientists believe a buried saltwater reservoir…
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Oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil on fire off China coast – Greenpeace response
Press release – 8 January, 2018Beijing, 8 January 2018 – In response to the collision of the Sanchi oil tanker and the cargo ship CF Crystal in the East China Sea on Sunday, Greenpeace expresses concern about the safety of the 32 missing crew members.Greenpeace East Asia campaigner, Rashid Kang, said: “First and foremost, Greenpeace…
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FASHION ACTIVISM – SAVING THE REEF WITH SCARVES
Inspired by her passion for underwater photography, photographer and designer Sophie Robertson has a fierce determination to help protect Australia’s unique coastline, from the Great Barrier Reef all the way to the Great Australian Bight. || That is why she designed a series of beautiful scarves to help us spread the word about the need…
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Decision made in case against Arctic Oil in Norway: Right to a healthy environment acknowledged
Oslo, Norway, January 5, 2018 – In the case brought against the Norwegian Government by Greenpeace Norway, Nature and Youth and the Grandparents Climate Campaign for granting new oil licenses to drill in the Arctic, the Oslo District Court yesterday reached a decision. [1] [2]The Court found the Norwegian government not responsible for breaching the…
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MAKING A MOVEMENT – THE LEGACY OF MAKE SMTHNG WEEK
MAKE SMTHNG Week – the global movement drawing together a colourful, chaotic community of makers, upcyclers, ethical designers and waste free bloggers – has come to an end. So the big question is, what now? |The Greenpeace Ship MV Beluga II during her tour about climate protection in Bonn at COP23. The ship visits 11…
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FLUME DROPS NEW TRACK WITH GREENPEACE TO RAISE CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS
An Australian icon is at risk of succumbing to a slow and silent death. That’s the harsh reality that faces the Great Barrier Reef if fossil fuel business as usual continues unabated. Fortunately, not everyone has given up on the Reef, including Grammy-award winning artist Flume and Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Yesterday the globe-trotting multi-award-winning Sydneysider…
