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New report reveals the cost of doing business without social licence
Press release – 27 October, 2014Sydney 28 October 2014. An historic alliance has gathered on the day of the Whitehaven Coal Company’s (WHC) AGM to launch a major new report detailing the extent to which this controversial coal company has forgone a social licence to operate and the impact this has had, and will continue…
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Greenpeace welcomes NSW Government push back on Whitehaven Coal Company
Press release – 23 October, 2014Sydney 23rd October, 2014. Greenpeace has praised the Department of Planning and Environment’s decision to restrict the clearing of the Leard State Forest by Whitehaven Coal Company (WHC) to between the 15th of February 2015 and 30th of April 2015. This decision won’t save the precious Leard State Forest, but…
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LEGO ends 50 year link with Shell, after one million people respond to Save the Arctic campaign
Press release – 10 October, 2014Friday 10 october, 2014: Following a Greenpeace campaign, LEGO published a statement [1] this morning committing to ‘not renew the co-promotion contract with Shell’. This decision comes a month after Shell submitted plans to the US administration showing it’s once again gearing up to drill in the melting Arctic next…
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Greenpeace builds coal mine at Sydney Uni: slams Whitehaven investment
Press release – 17 September, 2014Sydney, Thursday 18 September 2014: University of Sydney students were surprised to find their campus was ‘closed for coal mining’ this morning when Greenpeace activists disguised as Whitehaven Coal workers fenced off the central university boulevard and started construction of a new coal mine (high res photos now available).“We’re building…
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Leard Alliance call for investigation into safety at Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Mine
Press release – 16 September, 2014MAULES CREEK/Sydney, 17 September 2014 – The Leard Forest Alliance and activists at the Leard Blockade camp have called for an immediate police investigation into alleged interference with mine fuses at the Maules Creek Coal Mine.The Alliance has no knowledge of any of the events alleged by Whitehaven Coal and…
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New polling shows need for extreme weather levy
Press release – 8 September, 2014Sydney 3rd September, 2014. Polling conducted by Lonergan Research reveals Australians have made the link between the increase in extreme weather events and the real threat of rising insurance premiums. But of more concern to the fossil fuel industry is the call for the introduction of an extreme weather levy.Polling…
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Renewable Energy Target report a kick in the guts for clean energy
Press release – 27 August, 2014Following release of the Warburton review of the Renewable Energy Target, Greenpeace today urged the Abbott government to reject its recommendations and retain the target which has grown Australia’s renewables sector, built Australian jobs and reduced carbon pollution.Read the report here "If the Prime Minister accepts either recommendation he will…
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Greenpeace welcomes Sydney University’s move away from dirty investments and urges action on Whitehaven Coal
Press release – 26 August, 2014Sydney, Wednesday 27 August 2014: Greenpeace welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the University of Sydney that it will “make no further investments in the coal and consumable fuels subsector of the ASX,” including the controversial company Whitehaven Coal.Whitehaven Coal will announce its 2014 financial performance results at 10.30am today. “The news…
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Time for Abbott to Renew his Thinking on Electricity
Press release – 26 August, 2014Following news today that the Prime Minister’s hand-picked Review Panel has recommended options including scaling back or abolishing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target, Greenpeace is calling on the government to retain and strengthen the target.“If the Prime Minister adopts either of the two most likely options proposed by Dick Warburton’s review,…