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WA government passing the buck on climate responsibilities
PERTH, Tuesday 15 October 2024 — In response to the WA government’s decision to remove Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from state environmental assessments tabled in parliament today, the following comments…
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Fossil fuel expansion threatens WA’s thriving tourism industry, Greenpeace warns
PERTH, Thursday 10 October 2024 — Western Australia has been celebrated at the world’s biggest tourism summit today in Perth, but Greenpeace warns fossil fuel expansion threatens the state’s iconic…
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“Not on the menu”: McDonald’s promises to end deforestation in supply chain by 2030
SYDNEY, Thursday 09 October 2024 — Fast food giant McDonald’s has announced it will source only deforestation-free products in its supply chain, a move welcomed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific but…
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Australian coal, oil and gas companies are making climate change worse
Australia is the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, after only Russia and the US. Though often ignored in political discussions, these exports make up a whopping 80% of Australia’s global pollution. And who is responsible for all of those greenhouse gas emissions? A handful of Australian oil and gas companies.
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Santos’ aggressive legal tactics designed to silence public interest groups
SYDNEY, Wednesday 9 October 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today warned about the growth of US-style corporate legal tactics aimed at silencing public interest groups.
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A hidden crisis: the potentially illegal destruction of Aussie forests
Australia is undergoing a sustained, mostly hidden deforestation crisis of a globally concerning scale. Recent research reveals that this destruction of our forests may not be compliant under national law.
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We witnessed Woodside drilling its Burrup Hub
Late last month, Greenpeace's new ship, Oceania, filmed one of Woodside’s gas rigs in action – so we could expose the enormous threat the Burrup Hub poses to our spectacular oceans.
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Albanese government’s coal mine approvals a betrayal of climate and nature
SYDNEY, Wednesday 25 September 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned the decision by the Federal government to approve three thermal coal mine expansions, a move it has labelled a…
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Greenpeace occupies Straterra’s Wellington HQ in protest of Australian mining company Trans-Tasman Resource’s seadbed mining
Greenpeace activists have occupied the Wellington offices of the mining lobby group Straterra to protest plans to Fast Track its Australian client Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) seabed mining in the South…
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‘No solution to climate crisis’: Pacific nuclear concerns must not be ignored
SYDNEY, Monday 23 Sept 2024 — In response to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s address to CEDA this afternoon, the following comments can be attributed to Joe Rafalowicz, Head of Climate…