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Students, surfers, and community unite to show oil companies they are not welcome in Apollo Bay
November 23, 2018: A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards will set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour today to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great Australian Bight.The flotilla, which will begin at 1.45pm in Apollo Bay Harbour, was organised by a 15-year-old…
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Deepwater Horizon still haunts the Gulf of Mexico. Now the Bight is at risk of something worse.
This year marks the eighth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident and resulting spill – the largest marine spill in U.S. history. When a drilling rig leased by BP exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coastline, eleven workers lost their lives and pipes deep under the surface of seafloor ruptured. Oil gushed…
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REPORT: Crude Intentions
Greenpeace Australia Pacific worked with US oil spill consultant and marine biologist, Professor Richard Steiner, the leading ecologist involved in the cleanup and monitoring of the Exxon Valdez disaster in…
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Buskers, beards and clean energy
This week Victoria goes to the polls, and the future of renewable energy and the climate is on the line. That’s why it’s absolutely crucial that voters know exactly where the parties stand on the big issues. We commissioned a special report which shows what the policies of the three major parties will mean for energy prices and…
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Oil disaster would destroy coastal communities, cost hundreds of billions
November 20, 2018: The fishing and tourism industries of coastal communities from South Australia to Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island and iconic Bondi Beach in Sydney would be crippled for decades should a worst-case oil disaster occur costing the economy as much as $118 billion AUD.Greenpeace have today released a new report titled Crude…
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Victoria votes: buskers, baristas and clean energy
Buskers and baristas. Grand final fever and the Great Ocean Road. Idiosyncratic facial hair and indecisive weather. Victoria has it all! But with the state set to go to the polls next week, and the future of clean energy and climate action at stake, what do the voters of Victoria really want? What happens when you throw a…
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Leaked documents show Bondi Beach could be coated by Great Australian Bight oil spill
November 14, 2018: Secret documents created by Norwegian oil driller Equinor and leaked to Greenpeace Australia Pacific paint a horrifying new picture of a potential Great Australian Bight oil spill that could reach as far north as Port Macquarie and coat Sydney beaches such as Bondi, Manly, and Cronulla with oil.“This leak should be the…
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Liberals’ energy plan for Victoria: a backwards step
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s proposal to prop up dying industries that business won’t is a symptom of the fossil fuel fetishisation and climate change denial that plagues the Coalition at state and federal level. This morning the Coalition announced it will tender for 500MW of electricity generation to power infrastructure if elected, such as…
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BP’s 2016 oil well plan proves safe Bight drilling is a myth
A more than two year legal battle by Greenpeace Australia Pacific has revealed details of how dangerous and risky drilling by any oil company would be in the Great Australian Bight and how difficult it would be to respond in the event of an accident. Greenpeace has obtained BP’s 2016 Well Operations Management Plan which…