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Pressure on Coalition to rise to states’ challenge to lift do-nothing NEG target
SYDNEY, Aug 7, 2018 – The Victorian and Queensland governments must continue to listen to the Australian people, and push for the ambitious emissions reduction targets the country needs if it is to bring down power prices and reduce pollution from dirty coal power.The ACT, Queensland and Victoria have called on Prime Minister Turnbull to…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists deliver pipe to Citibank branch and call on lender to cut ties with deadly oil pipelines
SYDNEY, July 6, 2018 – Dozens of Greenpeace activists have staged a peaceful protest at a Citibank branch in Sydney’s CBD, calling on the global lender to cut its ties with Canadian tar sands pipeline projects that threaten Indigenous rights, water and marine life.Citi is among 12 global banks identified by Greenpeace which continue to…
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Here are 8 Times People-Power Made A Difference For The Earth in 2018
These inspiring people-powered successes will renew your hope and feed the activist fire in your belly. Campaigning, calling, and protesting. The generosity of donors. These are the working parts of Greenpeace: this is how we get things done.
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Global Coal Plant Development Drops for a Second Consecutive Year
New construction down by 73 percent from 2015 to 2017 as China tightens restrictions and private finance leaves 17 construction sites abandoned in India.WASHINGTON, D.C: For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and India, according to a…
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“It’s not good for residents, it’s not good for business and it’s not good for our city”
Residents of Port Augusta, South Australia don’t always have the basic human right of being able to breathe clean air. Instead, all too often they’re forced inside as choking coal dust blankets their town. ||| 7am in central Adelaide, Tuesday 14th March. Golden rays of light break over the city as we gather on the…
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Forests | The Congo Rainforest and Congo Basin
Together, we can protect the endangered animals from the Congo Basin by preserving the ancient rainforests.
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HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Yesterday was International Human Rights Day and starts the one year lead up to the 70th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Yesterday was International Human Rights Day and starts the one year lead up to the 70th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of…
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Breaking free from fossil fuels
Join the movement to end coal and embrace a 100% renewable energy future.
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What Happens here affects us all
Climate change doesn’t discriminate and it knows no borders. Carbon emissions in Europe are causing sea levels to rise and submerging low-lying islands thousands of kilometres away. That’s why Pacific Island Represent has taken a detour from Bonn in Germany, to Oslo in Norway, to bear witness at the historic The People vs Arctic Oil…