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Invisible killer: Coal-burning hubs Latrobe, Hunter Valley named among world’s top air pollution hotspots
SYDNEY, 19 Aug 2019 – Some of the world’s biggest hotspots for toxic air pollution emissions are in Australia and cover a population of more than two million people, according to NASA satellite data in a new report released today by Greenpeace. The alarming new report has found that power stations and industries burning coal…
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Greenpeace response to NOPSEMA Equinor Environmental plan decision point
In response to the news that NOPSEMA have tonight requested further information from Norwegian mining company regarding it’s plans for drilling in the Great Australian Bight within a sixty day timeframe, Jamie Hanson, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Deputy Program Director & Head of Campaigns, said:SYDNEY, June 27: NOPSEMA have today sent Equinor’s Environmental Plan back to…
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What if we treated our oceans like they matter?
The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Humpback whale with young (Megapetra noveangliae). Buckelwal (Megapetra noveangliae). Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters…
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Fighting against threats to the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s beautiful Great Barrier Reef is under threat and in a state of emergency. As much as half of the Reef may be dead following back to back coral bleaching…
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We have one year to create the largest ever protected area on Earth
In the words of David Attenborough, “Our planet is a blue planet”. With over 70% of our world covered by water, our oceans can be seen from across the solar system. It wasn’t long ago that the oceans were still believed to be too vast for human activity to be able to cause them significant,…
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Black lung outbreak a reminder of ransom coal has always taken from workers and the community
In severe cases someone with black lung suffocates, unable to draw breath into organs left looking like a blackened sponge. It is a terrible disease, long thought eradicated in this country. But now it’s back [1]. Originally published on HuffPost In severe cases someone with black lung suffocates, unable to draw breath into organs…
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BLACK LUNG OUTBREAK A REMINDER OF RANSOM COAL HAS ALWAYS TAKEN FROM WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY
In severe cases someone with black lung suffocates, unable to draw breath into organs left looking like a blackened sponge.It is a terrible disease, long thought eradicated in this country. But now it’s back [1]. Originally published on HuffPo It is a reminder that the coal industry has always demanded a human price in exchange for the…
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Trump abandons the Paris Climate Agreement. How bad is that?
In short, yes it’s bad. But the world moves on. Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan answers your questions. In short, yes it’s bad. But the world moves on. Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan answers your questions. What does Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement mean for the fate of the climate?…
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Australia’s politicians have betrayed the Great Barrier Reef and only the people can save it
Once upon a time, in the distant 60s and 70s, the Great Barrier Reef faced imminent destruction. Tenement applications for drilling and mining covered vast swathes of the reef, with both government and industry enthusiastically backing the plans for mass exploitation. Aerial view showing lagoon detail. Wistari Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. In…
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Pacific Islanders call out Australian Climate Change Ambassador’s breathtaking hypocrisy
Matisse Walkden-Brown is Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Fiji-based Head of Pacific Net. Greenpeace Australia Pacific is a member of the Pacific Island Climate Action Network. As a Pacific climate activist one of the hardest things to swallow is that our fate lies in the hands of other people. Other governments. Big governments with big investments. Big…