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Huge swell of public opposition to new oil plot release in protected marine park
Press release – 6 February, 2018February 7, 2018: The Australian community are more opposed to fossil fuels at any time in history and the government must recognise concerns and cancel the release of new oil and gas exploration exploration areas, particularly that crossing into a protected marine park in the Great Australian Bight.The 21 plots…
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Holden plan another reminder of why Bight oil drilling is a bad bet for South Australia
January 23, 2018: A proposal to rejuvenate an old Commodore factory to manufacture electric vehicles is exactly the future South Australia should strive for instead of outdated plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. Plans by a British billionaire to turn the former Holden factory into an electric car manufacturing hub were…
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ARCTIC OIL: THE VERDICT IS IN
Last November, we made history together as our movement launched an unprecedented people-powered legal challenge to Arctic Oil. More than half a million people, including 25,000 Australians, submitted their names and asked the Norwegian Government to withdraw new oil licenses in the Arctic. Late last week, we finally received the verdict. Sadly, the court ruled…
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FASHION ACTIVISM – SAVING THE REEF WITH SCARVES
Inspired by her passion for underwater photography, photographer and designer Sophie Robertson has a fierce determination to help protect Australia’s unique coastline, from the Great Barrier Reef all the way to the Great Australian Bight. || That is why she designed a series of beautiful scarves to help us spread the word about the need…
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Opening new oil blocks while promising to reduce emissions is a delusional pipe dream
December 19, 2017: The proposal to open up thousands of square kilometres of Australia’s ocean environment to new oil and gas exploration while committing to reducing emissions is incredibly hypocritical and shows the government are in the pocket of fossil fuel industries. The Australian government today released 21 new proposed drilling blocks, including in the…
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Ending the Oil Age
Join the movement to stop oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight and end the age of oil.
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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…
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Pacific Island Represent bears witness at historic People vs Arctic Oil trial in Oslo
Press release – 14 November, 2017Oslo, November 14, 2017: Pacific Island Represent activists are in attendance at an historic court case where the Norwegian government is attempting to defend its unsustainable and climate-threatening Arctic drilling operations.Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth are suing the Norwegian government for opening up new oil fields for drilling in…
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Huge win for Southern Australia as one of the world’s biggest polluters abandons Bight oil drilling plans
Press release – 12 October, 2017October 13, 2017: Greenpeace says the time has come for Norwegian oil company Statoil to “Gå hjem” (go home) too as Chevron follow BP in abandoning plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight, leaving Statoil as the last desperate oil major persisting with risky deepwater oil exploration.Statoil’s plans would…