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Leaked BP report sparks concerns over safety
Press release – 13 December, 2016Sydney and London, 13 December 2016:BP’s withdrawal from the Great Australian Bight this October was an even luckier break than previously thought, said Greenpeace Australia Pacific today after The Financial Times and Energydesk published new information on the company’s parlous safety information handling. “An accident on the scale of the…
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10 Stunning People Of The Oceans Photos
I live in Sydney so I'm always pretty close to a beach, and am lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time in the ocean. Working at Greenpeace on oceans issues, I also spend a lot of time thinking about them. It is the nature of our role to highlight the issues that affect…
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Shining a light on dodgy fossil fuel subsidies
Thousands of people demanded an inquiry into the fossil fuel subsidies costing Australia billions and cooking our climate. Now our voices have been heard. Not once, but twice. Yesterday, Labor announced it would hold a parliamentary inquiry into outrageous tax breaks for oil and gas giants. And this morning, we heard that the Government is following suit…
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Greenpeace welcomes ban on plastic bags in Queensland
Press release – 24 November, 2016Sydney, 25 November 2016 – Responding to the Queensland state government’s ban on single-use plastic bags from 2018, Greenpeace campaigner Samantha Wockner said:“Queenslanders use more than 2.2m plastic bags every day for an average of just 12 minutes each, but the damage they cause in the environment can last for…
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NSW wildlife culling “against national interest”
Press release – 17 November, 2016Sydney, 18 November 2016: Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the legal ‘exemption’ granted this week to allow installation of shark nets at New South Wales north coast beaches.“Environmental laws are there for a reason – to protect the environment. Federal Government ministers shouldn’t just grant an exemption whenever it suits…