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We’ve failed The Great Barrier Reef
The largest living structure on Earth, formerly 2,300 kilometres long and visible even from space. Home to countless species of marine life and economic support to more than 60,000 people. As much as half of the Great Barrier Reef is now dead. The largest living structure on Earth, formerly 2,300 kilometres long and visible even…
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Here comes the BOOM: Seismic testing
It comes as no real surprise that oil companies are gunning to begin seismic testing in one of the last truly unspoilt stretches of ocean. The Great Australian Bight has been on the radar of greedy oil companies for the past few years now, and the battle continues to protect it. Humpback whale with young…
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Public kept in the dark on 10,500 litre oil spill
Press release – 17 May, 2017Thursday May 18: Greenpeace Australia Pacific has said the government oil regulator’s refusal to divulge the location and name of the company involved in a 10,500 litre oil leak amounts to a cover-up and has urged reform of offshore oil and gas regulations.The most recent Annual Offshore Performance Report from…
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Why we can’t let oil companies loose in the Great Australian Bight
Get caught hurtling along the freeway in a car with no brakes, that you don't know how to drive, and everyone knows what happens. The car is impounded, you're fined, taken to court, sometimes locked up.
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Australia going dark on climate change
The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. This week we saw Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the helm of…
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Senate committee report proves we cannot trust the government to protect the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12: Australian politicians are putting oil company profits before the environment and community and cannot be trusted to safeguard the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says in response to yesterday’s Senate report.The report into the consequences of opening up the Great Australian Bight for oil or gas…
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Six reasons to keep oil out of the Great Australian Bight
“The Great Australian Bight is the greatest whale nursery on this planet. The whale story where I come from is my university, my school… Whales like sperm whales, blue whales, pygmy blue whales, killer whales, humpback whales – they travel down there to honour that great journey, that song, that story of the great white…
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Oil spill inaction shows Government’s soft treatment of big polluters
Press release – 9 May, 2017Wednesday May 10: The Government’s refusal to hold big polluting oil companies to account for their negligence in Bass Strait is a demonstration of why we need to keep them out of the Great Australian Bight.The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) yesterday served an ‘improvement’ notice…
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Greenpeace climbers dropped a whopping banner outside CommBank’s HQ
Today, two volunteers scaled a bridge outside the Commonwealth Bank’s headquarters in Sydney to send a message the bank can’t ignore. Together, Mick and Kai climbed 25 metres up and safely hung a huge banner with a message for CommBank’s CEO Ian Narev: stop funding dirty coal. And it was awesome. Here’s how it went…
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How to Save the Great Barrier Reef
If you were the Australian government, and it was your responsibility to save the Great Barrier Reef, what would you do? This year the Reef experienced its second major bleaching event in two years. A. Pump cold water at it B. Put umbrellas over it C. Turn the clouds above it into giant mirrors D.…