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Conflict of interest: Australia stoops to new low at UN climate talks
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12, 2017: Australia’s support for fossil fuel companies’ participation in UN discussions on climate is a new low, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO, David Ritter, citing a clear conflict of interest.Government representatives from the nearly 200 countries who are signed on to the Paris Agreement have gathered for…
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Senate committee report proves we cannot trust the government to protect the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12: Australian politicians are putting oil company profits before the environment and community and cannot be trusted to safeguard the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says in response to yesterday’s Senate report.The report into the consequences of opening up the Great Australian Bight for oil or gas…
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Oil spill inaction shows Government’s soft treatment of big polluters
Press release – 9 May, 2017Wednesday May 10: The Government’s refusal to hold big polluting oil companies to account for their negligence in Bass Strait is a demonstration of why we need to keep them out of the Great Australian Bight.The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) yesterday served an ‘improvement’ notice…
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Turnbull must hold Trump to account on Paris Agreement
Press release – 2 May, 2017Sydney, 3 May 2017: Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to hold US President Donald Trump to account on the Paris climate agreement when the two leaders meet in New York on Friday this week.Recent reports[1] have signalled that the Trump administration is leaning towards withdrawing…
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Major win as Greenseas goes FAD-free following public outcry
Greenpeace today welcomes the commitment by Greenseas to end their use of destructive fishing practices in sourcing their tuna, following a public outcry.
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Ogilvy and Greenpeace join forces to raise awareness of global warming
Press release – 26 April, 2017Drops of water will slow down in real time and even drip backwards for shoppers outside Pitt Street Mall in Sydney as part of an installation to raise awareness of climate change.The standing exhibit has today been erected in front of Westfield, showing a polar bear perched atop a slowly…