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Sliding Chinese coal consumption hastens Australian coal industry’s decline
Press release – 29 February, 2016Sydney, 1 March 2016 – New figures showing a further fall in Chinese coal consumption indicate the market for Australian coal is continuing to decline, and that more expansion of coal mining in Australia is economically irresponsible, said Greenpeace Australia Pacific.The data, released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics this…
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Anglo American’s dismal earnings results signal an industry in structural decline
Press release – 16 February, 2016Sydney, 16 February 2016 – Responding to Anglo American’s full-year earnings report and the company’s credit status downgrade by ratings agency Moody’s, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s climate and energy campaigner Nikola Casule said:“This is not the bottom of an economic cycle that Anglo American can turn around, this is a report…
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Coca-Cola lobbying risks Baird’s promised recycling system: video
Press release – 15 February, 2016Sydney, 16 February 2016 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned that NSW Premier Mike Baird’s promised ‘world’s best practice’ container recycling system is at risk over opposition from Coca-Cola with the launch of a spoof ad targeting the soft-drink giant.“Last year, Mr Baird committed to a world’s best-practice container deposit…
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Stripped-down activists find little to wear at The North Face Store protests in Sydney and Melbourne
Press release – 4 February, 2016Sydney and Melbourne, 4 February 2016 – Stripped-down Greenpeace activists today targeted three flagship stores of outdoor clothing company The North Face in Sydney and Melbourne over the company’s use of polluting chemicals.Activists wearing only cardboard boxes bearing the slogan ‘Better this than PFC gear’ highlighted the company’s use of…
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Australia must heed IEA warning on slump in coal demand
Press release – 17 December, 2015Brisbane, 18 December 2015 – Responding to the release of the annual International Energy Agency coal report, Shani Tager, Greenpeace Australia Pacific climate and energy campaigner, said:“The IEA’s report confirms that coal demand has stalled and free-falling prices are unlikely to ever recover. As an economy that’s heavily dependent on…