Greenpeace News

Press release – 27 September, 2016Brisbane, 28 September 2016 – Responding to the Queensland government’s Reef 2050 plan progress report, Greenpeace Australia Pacific reef campaigner Shani Tager said:"To claim Australia has made good progress on protecting the reef during a period in which more than 20% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral was killed during…

Press release – 18 September, 2016Brisbane, 19 Sep 2016 – Responding to the $39.3m settlement the Australian government has reached with the owners of the Shen Neng 1 Chinese coal carrier that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s reef campaigner Shani Tager said:“This settlement is woefully inadequate, given…

Press release – 3 September, 2016Sydney, 3 September 2016 – Responding to the joint announcement that China and the United States have formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Program Director, Dominique Rowe, said:"This is yet another example of Australia being left in the dust when it comes to climate change action.…

Press release – 12 June, 2016Brisbane, 13 June 2016 – Responding to Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement for a $1bn fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef, Greenpeace Australia Pacific reef campaigner Shani Tager said:“Prime Minister Turnbull’s announcement fails to include any new money for the Great Barrier Reef. It doesn’t address climate change and the mining…