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Solar panel display on Parliament House lawn marks Paris Agreement ratification
Press release – 10 November, 2016Canberra, 11 November 2016 – A display of solar panels was set up by Greenpeace Australia Pacific on the Parliament House lawn this morning to mark Australia’s ratification of the Paris climate agreement.The Paris climate agreement was ratified yesterday by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. Greenpeace Australia Pacific climate campaigner Shani…
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Greenpeace asks Turnbull ‘to keep our promise’ as Paris enters into force
Press release – 2 November, 2016“Signatures on a document are not enough. The targets in the agreement are very ambitious, and can only be met if the vast majority of Australian coal, oil and gas is left unmined and unburned. The question for Malcolm Turnbull is: Will we keep our promise to the world?”Sydney, 3…
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Greenpeace welcomes BP’s withdrawal from the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 10 October, 2016Sydney, 11 October 2016 – Responding to BP’s decision to abandon its oil exploration program in the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Campaigner, Nathaniel Pelle, said:“This is a welcome move from BP, who should never have considered drilling for oil in such a pristine wilderness in the first…
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Critical infrastructure status for Carmichael absurd and indefensible
Press release – 9 October, 2016Brisbane, 10 October 2016 – The Queensland government’s decision to list the Carmichael coal mine as “critical infrastructure” is absurd and indefensible, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific.“The ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement are completely incompatible with opening up new fossil fuel projects. It’s absurd for Australia to give special privileges…
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New Bight oil permit makes mockery of crucial debate
Press release – 6 October, 2016Today’s announcement of a new oil exploration permit off South Australia – and the prospect of several other oilfields opening up – heightens the debate over BP’s controversial 2016 drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight.“If Karoon goes ahead, an oil spill from their permit area would pollute the coasts…
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BP’s Bight plans just too dangerous to be approved
Press release – 27 September, 2016Sydney, 28 September 2016 – The latest knockback to BP’s plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight signals their project is full of holes and too dangerous to be approved, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“BP have again failed to gain approval to drill – this third strike should see…