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Greenpeace finds nuclear waste headed to Australia classified as high-level waste by France
Press release – 1 December, 2015Sydney, 2 December 2015 – Nuclear waste returning to Australia this weekend by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, a Greenpeace report has found.Greenpeace’s investigation also found the waste still contains quantities of plutonium – highly toxic even…
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Labor’s emissions target a step in the right direction, more needs to be done
Press release – 26 November, 2015Sydney, 27 November 2015 – Greenpeace has welcomed Labor leader Bill Shorten’s promise to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050 is a good first step, but says more needs to be done.Dominique Rowe, the Head of Campaigns for Greenpeace…
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10 shocking facts showing how palm oil and paper companies are still trashing Indonesia’s rainforests.
For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Some processes used to extract palm oil contribute directly to deforestation. By Danielle Boobyer For months, forest fires raged across Indonesia bringing the world’s attention to the country’s devastating forest destruction. Both people and orang-utans were endangered as…
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Protesters demand justice for Brazilian mining disaster victims at BHP AGM
Despite forewarning and a global trend of similar catastrophes, BHP and Vale S.A. – two of world’s largest mining companies – didn’t act to prevent disaster. Activists disrupted BHP Billiton’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to demand justice for the thousands of victims of the mining waste spill that destroyed the historic Brazilian town of Mariana in…
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Dam collapse in Brazil destroys towns and turns river into muddy wasteland
On Thursday, November 5th, two dams holding millions of cubic meters of mining waste gave way – launching one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history. |A view of the district of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state. On November 5th, a dam containing mineral waste from Samarco (a Brazilian mining company controlled…
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Greenpeace calls for investigation into top Australian coal companies over climate risk
Press release – 18 November, 2015Sydney, 19 November 2015 – Greenpeace International is calling for an Australian government investigation into coal companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange after finding most of them have not disclosed the risks to their business over climate change.Marina Lou, Legal Advisor for Greenpeace International, said research into the Australian…
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Hundreds stand up for our right to care about nature
Green groups are under attack. Cheered on by the fossil fuel industry, the Government has launched an inquiry into charities who campaign to protect nature. They’re considering taxing the donations that ordinary Australians give to defend our wilderness. If the government get their way, it’ll cost ordinary people more to support the campaigns they love,…
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Greenpeace blasts senate recommendation to amend environmental protection law
Press release – 17 November, 2015Sydney, 18 November 2015 – The Turnbull government is wrecking its fledgling environmental credentials by continuing to support changes to Australia’s environmental legislation, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“Greenpeace is deeply disappointed over reports that a senate inquiry has recommended changes to Australia’s key environmental legislation, which will seriously undermine community…
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5 female activists who took saving the environment into their own hands
These incredible female environmental activists did not wait for change to happen – they stood forward, stepped up, and took a leap for the environment. Read these incredible stories of people power and share them with your friends and loved ones! Opening Ceremony of the Climate Summit 2014 Zeina AlHajj It was Zeina AlHajj’s first month on…
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Sad, scared, alone. The baby orangutan orphaned by the plantation industry
For half an hour Otan wouldn’t let go. Only eight months old, he already had a vice-like grip, his nails digging so deep they left half-moon imprints in the skin of his carer. If there were trees, Otan would be swinging freely from branch to branch, his strong grip lifting him in high arcs through…
