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The 29th session of the International Seabed Authority starts
MONDAY 15 JULY — The future of deep sea mining will be a focus for world leaders from tonight as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) kicks off its 29th session…
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Dereliction of duty: Greenpeace slams rejection of Duty of Care bill
SYDNEY, 26 June 2024 – As a Senate Committee hands down a report recommending that the Duty of Care bill not be passed, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called the recommendation…
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Scamps’ EPBC forest protection amendments must be supported
SYDNEY, 26 JUNE 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called for the Australian Parliament to vote in support of independent MP Sophie Scamps’ proposed forest protection amendments to the Albanese…
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Reef call a final warning on fossil fuels: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, 25 JUNE 2024 – Following an overnight report from UNESCO urging Australia to set more ambitious climate targets for the Great Barrier Reef but leaving the World Heritage site…
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‘Now dive in’: significant step as Labor wades in to Global Ocean Treaty
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the Labor government’s first steps towards ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty by tabling the treaty in Parliament, but says a formal ratification and the championing of large new marine protected areas in the high seas must follow quickly.
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Coalition’s nuclear site plans a climate poison pill: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, 19 June 2024 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has dismissed the federal opposition’s nuclear plans as a distraction from the urgent need to transition Australia to clean and affordable renewable…
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Cattle Australia proposes to let the bulldozers rip, leading environment groups say
SYDNEY, Friday 14 June 2024 — Three of Australia's leading environment groups have responded to beef industry attempts to "let the bulldozers rip."
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Not Lovin’ It: Greenpeace koalas scale iconic McDonald’s store, demanding fast food giant takes deforestation off the menu
MELBOURNE, Thursday 13 June 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists dressed as koalas have climbed an iconic McDonald’s store in Melbourne during rush hour traffic today, kicking off a campaign…
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‘Hell no, Albo!’: Sea creatures rally on Bondi Beach to stop deep sea mining
SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE — This morning on World Environment Day, ocean-lovers dressed as sea creatures have taken to iconic Bondi Beach, calling on Prime Minister Albanese to join the growing chorus of nations supporting a ban on deep sea mining.
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ScoMo, AUKUS and the race to mine the seabed: Explosive investigation links global arms trade to deep sea mining
SYDNEY, Thursday 30 May 2024 — An explosive new investigation by the Nine Papers, published on today’s front page, reveals that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the international weapons industry are behind a global push to establish deep sea mining — a cowboy new industry which poses severe and irreversible harm to the ocean.