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Press release – 15 March, 2015Sydney March 16, 2015 – In response to Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s announcement of a draft law to ban the dumping of capital dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Shani Tager at Greenpeace Australia made the following statement:“The Great Barrier Reef is an Australian icon, a natural…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 14, 2015

Greenpeace News

ANZ, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Adani

Adani’s Queensland coal project in turmoil as doubts surface over State Bank of India loan

Press release – 13 March, 2015Sydney, March 14 2015 – Adani’s controversial Queensland Carmichael coal mine looks to be in jeopardy following reports that the State Bank of India (SBI) is preparing to decide against giving the company a planned $1 billion loan for the project due to concerns over its financial viability.In reaction, Greenpeace…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 12, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef, Adani

Government still intent on destroying Reef

Press release – 10 March, 2015Brisbane, 11 March 2015: New revised plans to dredge a million tonnes of seafloor in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area remain unacceptable, Greenpeace says.A new plan to expand the Abbot Point Coal Port announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk proposed to dumped dredge spoil on land on the…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 9, 2015

Greenpeace News

Victoria

Promised food labelling laws still a bit fishy

Press release – 25 February, 2015Thursday 26 February 2015, Sydney: Greenpeace welcomed yesterday’s announcement by Tony Abbott to toughen up country of origin labelling laws, but warned against leaving Australians in the dark about what fish they’re eating.The announcement follows sustained public pressure after dozens of people contracted Hepatitis A from frozen berries. “Of course…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 24, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef, Adani

Coal ships and the Great Barrier Reef are a recipe for disaster says Greenpeace

Press release – 15 February, 2015Sydney, 16 February 2015: Greenpeace says the weekend arrest of Taiwanese captain for steering his coal ship through the reef without a pilot shows that while there’s coal ships going through the Great Barrier Reef there is the risk of serious accidents."The more coal ships we have traveling through the…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 14, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef, NSW

University of Sydney decision on fossil fuel divestment leaves questions unanswered

Press release – 8 February, 2015Sydney, 09 February 2015: Greenpeace welcomes today’s announcement by the University of Sydney to reduce the carbon intensity of its investments, but calls on the University to disclose the full details of its policy and move decisively away from all fossil fuel stocks.“The University of Sydney has taken an important…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 7, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef, Adani

Adani’s Great Barrier Reef port linked to offshore tax haven

Press release – 6 February, 2015Brisbane, 07 February 2015: Greenpeace is demanding an investigation into coal giant Adani’s suitability to operate in Queensland following explosive revelations surrounding the ownership of the controversial Abbot Point coal port in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef.The scandal, reported in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning, revealed inconsistencies…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 5, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

New poll: Reef and coal key concerns for outback Queensland

Press release – 28 January, 2015Brisbane, 29 January 2015: As regional candidates Lawrence Springborg, Fiona Simpson and Jeff Seeney look increasingly likely to be leading the state after Saturday’s election, a new poll shows that the future of the Great Barrier Reef is a key concern for regional Queensland.Last night, a ReachTEL poll of Jeff…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

January 27, 2015

Greenpeace News

Great Barrier Reef

Why is Minister Hunt rushing Reef destruction plans?

Press release – 9 December, 2014Brisbane, 10 December 2014: Greenpeace is shocked that Environment Minister Greg Hunt is fast-tracking destructive coal port plans which endanger the Great Barrier Reef. Minister Hunt has allowed just ten days for public comment on proposals to dredge millions of tonnes of seafloor in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

December 8, 2014

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Worlds’ largest private-sector coal miner dumped by Norway’s largest pension fund

Press release – 1 December, 2014December 2, 2014, Sydney: Norway’s largest pension fund manager, KLP, announced it will dump investments in 27 coal companies overnight, including shares in Peabody Energy Corp – the world’s largest private-sector coal company with extensive coal-mining interests in Australia. KLP are divesting due to concerns about climate change.KLP described their…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 30, 2014

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Hunt’s proposed dredge waste ban a bandaid, not a cure for threats against Reef

Adani’s Queensland coal project in turmoil as doubts surface over State Bank of India loan

Government still intent on destroying Reef

Promised food labelling laws still a bit fishy

Coal ships and the Great Barrier Reef are a recipe for disaster says Greenpeace

University of Sydney decision on fossil fuel divestment leaves questions unanswered

Adani’s Great Barrier Reef port linked to offshore tax haven

New poll: Reef and coal key concerns for outback Queensland

Why is Minister Hunt rushing Reef destruction plans?

Worlds’ largest private-sector coal miner dumped by Norway’s largest pension fund

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