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REenergise
When it comes to climate change, major electricity using companies can go from being a big part of the problem to being a big part of the solution.
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Adani, coal, and the Queensland water heist
|Climate impacts like drought are “threat multipliers” that should be treated as national security concerns, but the Trump administration plans to ignore them. | We all know that Australia is a very hot and dry continent. In coming years and decades, droughts and water shortages are likely to become longer and harsher. Water is essential…
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Australia’s favourite story teller asks why is the Government silencing Greenpeace?
Di Morrissey Did you know that new laws before the parliament could severely damage and prevent our freedom to speak up and say, “Hang on a minute . . . we’re not happy about these proposed plans”? Di Morrissey at home in Northern NSW These bills will silence environmental warriors such as Greenpeace,and many other…
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Peace & Democracy
We live in a democracy. So why aren’t our politicians standing up for it?
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Bight Mayor Nightmare for Equinor as ninth council moves to oppose drilling
June 14, 2018: Plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight have beens struck another blow with yet another council moving to declare against oil exploration in the region.Last night Port Adelaide council successfully moved a motion to oppose any drilling in the Bight, currently proposed by Norwegian oil giant Equinor, which poses…
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Global protests push Samsung to commit to 100% renewable energy
Seoul, 14 June 2018 – Samsung Electronics officially announced today its plan to commit to 100% renewable energy in the United States, Europe and China by 2020. This major commitment – the first by an electronics manufacturing company in Asia – comes after months of campaigning and global protests calling on Samsung to urgently set…
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Greenpeace CEO’s New Book Reveals Deadly Consequences of Coal
June 13, 2018: Author and Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO, David Ritter, has launched a scathing attack on the Australian coal industry, highlighting the substance’s deadly consequences in a new book published this week.One of the stories told by Ritter is that of pop singer Lynn Barnett who died alone in her apartment during Sydney’s worst…
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Why the federal budget is a carbon budget
Australia passes the Carbon Tax through the lower house of Parliament. The “Say Yes” coalition of ENGO’s tether a hot air balloon on the lawns of Parliament house. Hours before the doors swung open on the budget lock-up, the bright sparks on Twitter had already started a new meme. #KeepMyTenDollars was a reminder that Australians…
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Greenpeace activists take part in national day of action on plastic packaging
June 10, 2018: Activists across the country have stickered the worst examples of unnecessary packaging in Coles and Woolworths stores after the companies said they would try to take action to reduce plastics, particularly wrapping on fresh produce.More than 100 activists entered supermarkets in Victoria, NSW, South Australia, and Western Australia to place stickers on…
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Bipartisan attack on democracy fails to protect whistleblowers, protesters
June 8, 2017: New legislation will cripple the ability of ordinary people to protest and fails to protect whistleblowers despite 60 recommendations by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.The recommendations were an attempt to mitigate the concerns of journalists and not-for-profits ahead of expected bipartisan support of the bill by the Labor Party…