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New report reveals the cost of doing business without social licence
Press release – 27 October, 2014Sydney 28 October 2014. An historic alliance has gathered on the day of the Whitehaven Coal Company’s (WHC) AGM to launch a major new report detailing the extent to which this controversial coal company has forgone a social licence to operate and the impact this has had, and will continue…
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How 30 Climate Warriors took on the world’s biggest coal port
It’s no secret that I am an emotional person, and that nothing inspires me more than people standing up for what they believe in. Last week, as the Pacific Climate Warriors led a flotilla in the world’s largest coal port – even the most unemotional among those witnessing were moved. Image via Jeff Tan While…
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Horrific footage: Are you eating ocean slaughter?
This shocking video about destructive tuna fishing underlines why we need accurate seafood labelling in Australia. In this video, with footage from the Indian Ocean and leaked by fishermen, you can see all the reasons Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigned, and won, to stop bad practices in the Australian tuna industry. The video shows FADS…
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Greenpeace welcomes NSW Government push back on Whitehaven Coal Company
Press release – 23 October, 2014Sydney 23rd October, 2014. Greenpeace has praised the Department of Planning and Environment’s decision to restrict the clearing of the Leard State Forest by Whitehaven Coal Company (WHC) to between the 15th of February 2015 and 30th of April 2015. This decision won’t save the precious Leard State Forest, but…
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How green are Australians?
Many of us are making conscious efforts to lessen our impact on the earth. From our diet, to the things we buy, to the way we get to work – there’s a lot we can do to tread lightly on the environment. Recently, Greenpeace Australia Pacific began a Green Living blog series to help…
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For the oceans – every week is Shark Week!
‘Shark’: it’s an evocative and symbolic single syllable. Just the sound of the word conjures up a host of associated images, usually to do with menacing fins, teeth, and a certain cinematic soundtrack. Sharks have been around on earth much longer than us, and play vital roles in keeping oceans healthy. There are lots of…
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Top ten reasons to LOVE the ocean
We don’t need an excuse to celebrate our oceans – we love them every day! Here are ten reasons to love oceans that’ll make your day a little brighter. |||A giant Pacific octopus rests among anenomes and sponges at 1132′ deep during undersea research of Pribilof Canyon in the Bering Sea.|The images show a wide…
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Navigating seafood
Sea life is one of the last sources of food hunted from the wild. Most of what we eat comes from farming, where we have thousands of years of history in domesticating animals for food production and growing crops This is a guest post by Tooni Mahto, Marine Campaigner at the Australian Marine Conservation Society.…
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Fossil fuel divestment: it’s (not) about the money
‘If it’s wrong to wreck the climate, it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.’ (Bill McKibben, founder 350.org) The Australian National University (ANU)’s decision to sell its shares in seven unethical resource companies has hit the headlines over the past week. Suddenly ‘divestment’ is splashed across the front pages and the government is up in…