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Environment Minister fast-tracks coal expansion on Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 28 October, 2014Brisbane, 29 October 2014: Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has fast-tracked the approval of the world’s biggest coal port in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef today, ignoring impacts on the Reef and the adjacent internationally significant Caley Valley wetlands at Abbot Point, said Greenpeace.Under the proposal, millions of…
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Australian banks under scrutiny as world’s top investment banks rule out financing coal expansions on Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 27 October, 2014Tuesday, 28 October, 2014, Sydney: On the back of news today that some of the largest investment banks in the world are distancing themselves from financing the controversial Abbot Point coal port expansion, CEOs of Australian environmental organisations have called on Australian banks to rule out funding Abbot Point and…
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Fossil fuel divestment: it’s (not) about the money
‘If it’s wrong to wreck the climate, it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.’ (Bill McKibben, founder 350.org) The Australian National University (ANU)’s decision to sell its shares in seven unethical resource companies has hit the headlines over the past week. Suddenly ‘divestment’ is splashed across the front pages and the government is up in…
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Top ten reasons to LOVE the ocean
We don’t need an excuse to celebrate our oceans – we love them every day! Here are ten reasons to love oceans that’ll make your day a little brighter. |||A giant Pacific octopus rests among anenomes and sponges at 1132′ deep during undersea research of Pribilof Canyon in the Bering Sea.|The images show a wide…
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Community groups representing 2.2 million Australians target Big Banks over investing in destruction of Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 9 September, 2014Australian NGOs representing 2.2 million Australians have today written to ANZ, Westpac, the Commonwealth Bank, and NAB asking them to stop investing in large coal and port expansion projects that will damage the Great Barrier Reef.A coalition of 12 groups, including GetUp!, Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Australian Conservation Foundation,…
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Carmichael coal mine’s impacts will be felt for generations
TEN MONTHS AGO I described pending decisions about coal developments on the Great Barrier Reef left by the outgoing Labor government as “a dead cat in Greg Hunt’s in-tray”. Originally posted on the ABC – 28 Jul 2014 I’ve met Greg Hunt a few times over the years and I reckon he’s a decent…
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Let me google that for you, Minister: Greenpeace sets the record straight for Greg Hunt
Press release – 28 July, 2014Sydney, 29 July 2014: Claims by Environment Minister Greg Hunt suggesting Greenpeace has has been too hard on the Liberal Government can be disproved with a simple Google search, says Greenpeace.Minister Hunt lashed out at Greenpeace in an interview on the Radio National Breakfast program this morning, suggesting that the…
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And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Greenpeace photographer Paul Hilton takes us to an underwater nirvana with his breathtaking pictures from the UNESCO-listed Komodo National Park. Take a minute to look at these pictures and celebrate our natural world and our World Heritage sites. Think it’s important to protect World Heritage Sites like these? So do we. The Great Barrier…
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An Inconvenient Strewth? 4 things you should know about the Palmer-Gore climate speech
Watching last night’s press conference with Clive Palmer and Al Gore on climate change was one of the more bizarre moments I’ve witnessed in Australian politics. Image: twitter.com/SBSNews We won’t know exactly what Clive’s announcements mean for a little while yet. Based on past experience, what he said last night might not be his view tomorrow –…
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Deutsche Bank pulls funding for coal ports on Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 22 May, 2014Germany, 23 May 2014: The Australian Environment Minister has been put on notice, says Greenpeace, after one of the world’s largest banks, Deutsche Bank, pulled back from funding Abbot Point coal expansion at its Annual General Meeting last night, citing concern over its impact on the Great Barrier Reef World…