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Cyclone Winston devastates Fiji
Blog post from Cayla Tikaram – Greenpeace Australia Pacific Intern On Saturday night, the cyclone of all cyclones rocked our tiny island nation. As we clung together in cupboards, under tables and holding the people we loved close, I’m sure a collective prayer or two went up! Nothing prepares you for the wrath of Mother…
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Tropical Cyclone Winston was one of the most terrifying experiences I have ever been through
Tropical Cyclone Winston was one of the most terrifying experiences I have ever been through. I live on the western side of Viti Levu, in Nadi. On Saturday night, by the time the sun went down, the wind had began howling and it was bucketing down. The electricity went off. Within a few hours, the…
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5 reasons why Thursday was awesome
If you work in an office every day (like me) it’s pretty easy to get lost in the day to day challenges, and deadlines, and office politics, and making plans for future projects, and sneakily thinking about what you’re going to do on the weekend… You know. The usual. Then you get days like Thursday.…
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The Bad News
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing a lot of bad news recently, so let’s start there. Here’s a random sampling of some of the big bad stories of 2016 so far (well, actually, the last week). NASA, NOAA, the UK Met…
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Australia lacking commitment to Pacific Nations at UN climate talks
Press release – 10 December, 2015Sydney, 10 December 2015 – Australia is failing its Pacific island neighbours at the United Nations climate negotiations with its lack of concrete support for a Pacific-friendly agreement, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“Australia’s support for the Pacific in Paris has been notional at best and selfish at worst,” said Matisse…
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Greenpeace calls for investigation into top Australian coal companies over climate risk
Press release – 18 November, 2015Sydney, 19 November 2015 – Greenpeace International is calling for an Australian government investigation into coal companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange after finding most of them have not disclosed the risks to their business over climate change.Marina Lou, Legal Advisor for Greenpeace International, said research into the Australian…
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6 times drone footage revealed the environmental destruction we couldn’t see
Even when we’re making dramatic transformations to our world – through deforestation, industrialisation, and fossil fuel extraction and use – it can be hard to see how large the scars we’re creating are. That is, until you zoom out. Even when we’re making dramatic transformations to our world – through deforestation, industrialisation, and fossil fuel…
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Volkswagen’s CO2 emissions: Das problem
If lying about the nitrogen oxide emissions of 11 million of its cars were not bad enough, German carmaker Volkswagen shocked us again when it revealed it had understated the CO2 emissions of its cars in Europe as well. |Greenpeace activists protest against car emissions at VW factory gate during a VW board meeting in…
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Greenpeace thumbs up to NAB for $18bn commitment to address climate change
Press release – 4 November, 2015Sydney, 5 November 2015 – Greenpeace welcomes the National Australia Bank’s announcement that it supports a 2 degree climate change target and will commit A$18bn over the next seven years in financing activities to help address climate change and transition to a low carbon economy.Nikola Casule, Greenpeace Australia Pacific climate…