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Time for action is now
Press release – 2 September, 2010An unlikely coalition representing millions of Australians has urged politicians from across the spectrum to put a price on pollution and take action on climate change. The joint statement to the Independent MPs and all political parties is supported by groups representing workers, the church, environmental and social justice groups…
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Major Australian paper companies destroy Tiger and Orangutan habitat
Press release – 16 June, 2010Jakarta/Sydney 6 June 2010 –Major paper producers in Australia are driving Sumatran tigers and orang-utans to extinction by selling products made from the trashing of Indonesia’s rainforests, a new Greenpeace report reveals today.The report – Pulping the Planet – shows how major international companies such as KFC and Walmart are…
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GUILTY! UN finds Japanese authorities violated human rights of Greenpeace anti-whaling activists
Press release – 8 February, 2010The United Nations has ruled that the Japanese Government breached international human rights law by detaining two Greenpeace activists who uncovered major corruption in the Japanese whaling programme. (1)One week before the "Tokyo Two", Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, stand trial on February 15th, it has been revealed that the…