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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.
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‘Deeply flawed system’: Reforms to Australia’s broken nature law must be completed this term
SYDNEY, Wednesday 29 May 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has expressed alarm at the lack of clear timelines for the Federal Government to deliver on its promise to reform Australia’s broken national nature law this term.
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Historic win for oceans and climate as international court rules States obliged to act on emissions
SYDNEY, Tuesday 22 May 2024 — In response to the verdict from the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), which last night issued its Advisory Opinion on climate change, the following comments can be attributed to Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Shiva Gounden:
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Government finally accelerates on New Vehicle Emissions Standards, a win for people and planet: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today welcomed the long-awaited passing of New Vehicle Emissions Standards, which will reduce carbon pollution from cars and kick-start the transition to an Australia that runs on renewables.
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Win for climate as Labor forced to step away from fast-tracking new gas, but battle has only just begun: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today welcomed news that the Federal Government must now drop its sneaky means to fast-track approvals for new gas projects.
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‘Enough of the bull’: Greenpeace report slams Australia’s biggest beef buyers for fuelling forest destruction
SYDNEY, Monday 13 May 2024 — A new Greenpeace report has slammed Australia’s biggest beef buyers, including McDonald’s, Coles and Woolworths, for failing to adequately address deforestation in their supply chains.
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King’s ‘Future Gas Strategy’ a betrayal of Australian and Pacific communities
SYDNEY; Thursday 9 May 2024; Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King has today released the Federal Government’s ‘Future Gas Strategy’; a betrayal of the Labor Government’s commitment.
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‘Fox guarding the henhouse’: Beef industry’s deforestation definition will not pass muster
SYDNEY, Wednesday 8 May 2024 — In response to tomorrow’s expected release of Cattle Australia’s latest work attempting to develop an industry-led definition of deforestation, the following comments can be attributed to Head of Nature at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Glenn Walker: