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What happened in the Philippines won’t just happen in the Philippines
Greg Hunt is an intelligent man. For years, Australia has been telling him that coal port expansion at Abbot Point will be harmful to the Great Barrier Reef. Since he became the Australian Federal Environment Minister, his constituents have been telling him that if the Galilee Basin is fully developed, we’re severely undermining our chances…
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Tuna stocks are under threat, but there’s a way to eat more sustainably
Canned tuna is not just a tasty, protein-rich snack – it's a massive global industry. How massive? Try around 4 million tonnes caught every year, which has put enormous pressure on stocks.
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More than a photo, better than a GIF: 11 breathtaking nature cinemagraphs
Nature can be ferocious: savage storms, raging bushfires, and other extreme weather events are often destructive, wild, and fast. But a lot of the time, nature is a lot slower than that. The earth moves, changes, and grows at its own pace. Once of the best ways to capture the beauty of trickling streams, growing plants, and shifting…
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#ShellNo Flotilla: Photos from the Paddle in Seattle
Did you hear about the Paddle in Seattle over the weekend? Around 2,000 people gathered to un-welcome Shell’s Arctic drilling rig to Seattle on May 16th! Passionate activists and volunteers took to the water in Seattle in a mass flotilla to say #ShellNo to Arctic drilling. A truly inspirational spectacle saw people come out…
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A Warm Welcome for the Rainbow Warrior in Vanuatu
This morning I woke up in a house on the Pango peninsula, the entrance of Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, under a giant, complete and vivid rainbow. The Rainbow Warrior arrives in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Somehow the sky knew we were here, and that the Rainbow Warrior had arrived into the harbour quietly during the night.…
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Here’s what your political representatives just did to our renewable energy future
If you had a policy that delivered billions worth of investment in Australian industry, created tens of thousands of jobs, cut living costs for Australians and worked to build the infrastructure of the future all while fighting climate change – what would you do? Well, according the Abbott government and Labor opposition – the best…
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The Crossing to Port Vila
Blog entry from Captain Mike on board the Rainbow Warrior. Rainbow Warrior has been transformed into a 2 TEU container ship to offer assistance to the people of Vanuatu in the aftermath of cyclone Pam. Our plan is to deliver aid from the main relief agencies in Port Vila to some of the remote islands…
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The Great Barrier Reef: for dummies
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the greatest natural treasures on the planet. And it needs our help. We find it hard to keep track of everything that’s happening, places and names up at the Reef, so the team whipped up an infographic that really helped us and we want to share with you.…
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How stupid can they be? Why everyone in the world should care about the Reef
Everybody remembers their first dive. Well, take pity on me because my first dive was in Ireland, back in the 70s. I had no idea how great the underwater world could look until I moved to Australia, where I eventually made a living diving and educating people about the Great Barrier Reef. I’ve seen a…