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BREAKING: BP has ditched its outrageous plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. This is huge!
It was the people vs oil, and we: the people, just won. Having BP rule out drilling in the Bight is a momentous win that thousands of people like you and dozens of communities made possible. Thank you all for standing up for the Bight! When it became clear that BP – the oil…
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Why the Paris Agreement on climate change means the end of coal
This week the world took a big step forward in the fight against dangerous global warming. The Paris Agreement on climate change – the first universal, legally binding, agreement to cut carbon emissions – was voted into law by enough nations to come into force. The nations that have taken action are some of the…
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Deepwater Horizon: Pressure’s on BP
Pressure. Alert. Pressure. Alert. ‘Deepwater Horizon’, which opens in Australian cinemas on 6 October, is all about pressure. Crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Yesterday, Shell Oil became the latest company to spill oil into the Gulf, releasing nearly 90,000 gallons from a platform of…
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The cinema ad BP doesn’t want you to see…
Let’s face it. BP is going to hate this… With Hollywood blockbuster Deepwater Horizon set to hit Australian cinemas next week, we’ve produced a trailer for the truth. With the support of people like you, now we’re going to take it to the big screens! Check out our biting trailer above that puts BP’s…
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How palm oil companies like IOI have set Indonesia on fire
When most citizens of the Netherlands were still asleep, my colleague Nilus and I – along with dozens of Greenpeace activists – moved quickly and slipped into Rotterdam’s port facilities. The temperatures is just 8 degrees Celsius, my first time ever being this cold. Blog by: Adi Prabowo But our mission must not…
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Pray for our Pacific: Finding strength in solidarity
Earlier this month, Pacific Island communities gathered together to summon the strength to confront the climate battles ahead. They were joined by communities from all over the world in a show of solidarity and support to collectively hold space for the Pacific. Faith is a central tenet of Pacific Island communities, and climate change is often…
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Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
This is an article written by Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University, first published in The Conversation. The Guardian newspaper recently hit a wall of non-response when it raised concerns about the possibility of an oil well blowout in BP’s proposed drilling operations in the Great Australian Bight. The facts are that bolts on…
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A Pacific Islander mother’s letter to her children about climate justice
My little darlings, on 28 July 2016 as you slept with the sound of the ocean keeping you both company, there was a big commotion on the other side of the ocean. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines asked 47 fossil fuel companies, including BHP Billiton, Shell and BP, to respond to a 60-page legal petition alleging…
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Why fixing your phone is one of the most empowering things you can do
Like most people, I don’t go anywhere without my phone. In the morning, its shrill alarm rouses me from sleep. During the day it bobs between my ear, my hand, and my pocket. At night, I hunt for Pokémon before putting it away on the nightstand. My phone is my MP3 player, my camera, and…
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5 ways to transform your old smartphone into something new
Take a look in your drawer at home. It’s likely you’ll have a hidden stash of old phones, just sitting there taking up space. Indeed, according to a recent survey conducted by Greenpeace East Asia, in the US people own on average three phones in their house, while in South Korea the average is four…