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Fantasyland budget ignores climate change but finally acknowledges death of coal
SYDNEY, May 8, 2018 – The Federal government’s 2019 budget pretends climate change isn’t happening by continuing to pour billions into fossil fuel subsidies, failing to allocate a single cent to renewable energy and taking a razor to the environment department.Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down his third budget at Parliament House this evening and was…
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Macron urges Turnbull to show leadership and fight climate change
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – French President Emmanuel Macron’s indictment of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to act on climate change should be a powerful motivator for Australia to get its act together. On the first day of his Australian trip Mr Macron told politicians, business leaders and journalists at a dinner at Sydney Opera…
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Rio Tinto to keep funding climate change-denying MCA despite its own beliefs and shareholder wishes
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – In a sign that the tide is turning on fossil fuels, almost 20 percent of Rio Tinto shareholders voted today for the company to review its membership of climate change-denying lobby groups such as the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).The Australian-listed mining giant’s shareholders took the vote at its Melbourne…
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Australia’s imagined role in Pacific affairs jars with the less than flattering reality
SUVA, May 1, 2018 – Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne’s assertion on ABC Radio National’s Breakfast program that Australia looks after the South Pacific region at the behest of the US is an insult that conveniently ignores Australia’s role in exacerbating climate change that puts island states in catastrophic danger.The minister made the factually incorrect…
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Greenpeace expedition reveals new images of life in the Amazon Reef
Amapá state, Brazil, 24 April 2018 – A scientific expedition carried out by the Greenpeace ship Esperanza captured new images of the northern sector of the Amazon Reef, 135km off the coast of Oiapoque in Amapá, and at a depth of 90m.The 1.5 hour dive took place on 19 April with a remotely operated vehicle…
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History repeating as Greenpeace returns to the Antarctic
Greenpeace’s petition calling for the creation of an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary has just surpassed one-and-a-half million signatures. With the help of a bevy of celebrities, Greenpeace’s campaign to create the largest protected area on Earth is gaining momentum. Gentoo penguins at Arturo Prat Station, Discovery Bay, in the Antarctic. An international Greenpeace team is on…
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NT Government ignoring the science and residents’ concerns to bring back fracking
SYDNEY, April 17, 2018 – The government’s decision to open the Northern Territory to the environmental devastation of fracking is short-sighted and will lead to the contamination of water, increased carbon emissions and a myriad of health problems for the people of the NT.The Territory government this morning announced it will lift the moratorium on…
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Turnbull government must abandon ‘over-reaching’ attacks on civil society
SYDNEY, April 16, 2018: Greenpeace welcomes Bill Shorten’s criticism of the government’s foreign donations bill but warns that the current legislation remains terminally flawed and must be scrapped.The opposition leader today cited a report by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters in his statements criticising the “poorly drafted and over-reaching legislation” and promised to…
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Historic oil ban in NZ puts spotlight on Australia’s fossil fuel addiction
April 12, 2018: New Zealand’s move towards a permanent ban on oil exploration puts Australia to shame and exposes the influence of the fossil fuel industry on our politics – threatening our coastlines and climate.New Zealand’s government today announced it has banned all new offshore oil and gas exploration in an historic climate win that’s…