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Thousands unite to Save the Reef
Growing up in suburban Melbourne and Sydney, I’ve always considered the Great Barrier Reef a faraway treasure. Though I’ve never visited, images of colourful coral, pristine beaches and curious wildlife flood my mind when I think of our national icon. In my mind; it is…
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Govt report whitewashes damage to Great Barrier Reef to avoid World Heritage ‘In Danger’ Listing
Press release – 1 February, 2014Greenpeace Australia Pacific says the Abbott government’s claim that it is making progress in managing and protecting the reef flies in the face of recent approvals of massive coal and gas developments that will damage the reef.Greenpeace Australia Pacific says the Abbott government’s claim that it is making progress in…
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Green light to Reef dumping a disgrace – but conditions will delay coal port plans
Press release – 30 January, 2014Brisbane, 30 January 2014. Greenpeace says the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority approval of a permit to dump spoil on the Reef is another hit for the World Heritage listed site which will increase the likelihood that UNESCO lists it as ‘in danger’ later in 2014.“This go-ahead for dumping is…
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Reef dumping permit application should be rejected: Greenpeace
Press release – 29 January, 2014Brisbane, 30 January 2014. Greenpeace says dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef is like dumping rubbish in the Grand Canyon, and would be an international embarrassment.The Great Barrier Marine Park Authority must make a decision by tomorrow on whether to allow the dumping of 3 million cubic metres…
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Losing Nemo
Written by Nicole Ghio, Sierra Club International Climate Program After his stop in Los Angeles, everyone’s favorite cartoon clownfish, Nemo, continued his tour of the U.S., stepping out in sub-freezing temperatures in Washington, D.C. to ask Americans to help him save his home, the Great Barrier Reef. What’s Nemo doing touring the U.S.? Is…
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70,000 people help give Greg Hunt the big picture
Thanks to your action to protect the Reef we have forced unprecedented scrutiny and public awareness of industrial developments that threaten and damage Australia’s World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. An independent inquiry has been ordered after turtles, dolphins and dugongs died as a result of the seabed being dredged and dumped to create a…
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Nemo makes a cameo at G’Day USA Gala Dinner – appeals for US help to ‘Save my Home’
Press release – 11 January, 2014LOS ANGELES, CA – A world famous celebrity – Nemo the clown fish – made a cameo appearance at the Australian Government’s G’Day USA Gala Dinner in Los Angeles tonight (Sunday afternoon Australian time) to appeal to Americans to help him save his home, the Great Barrier Reef.“The Great Barrier…
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Protestors take ANZ’s AGM by storm, highlighting fossil fuel investment risks
Press release – 17 December, 2013BRISBANE, 18 DECEMBER: Shareholders and bank executives will be left in no doubt about the bank’s position as number one financer of coal mines in Australia and its position as the world’s 19th largest climate offender as they made their way into the bank’s AGM today through a group of…
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Greenpeace’s Esperanza docks at Townsville with hope of urgent meeting with GBRMPA
Press release – 15 December, 2013Monday, 16 December 2013 – Townsville: Greenpeace will request an urgent meeting with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to ask that it refuse to issue a permit to dispose of dredge spoils in the Reef’s marine park. Greenpeace ship Esperanza docked at Townsville yesterday after a week-long…
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Greg Hunt takes enormous dump on the Great Barrier Reef
Press release – 10 December, 2013Gladstone, 11 December 2013: Greg Hunt has failed in his first test as Environment Minister with a trifecta of approvals with enormous impacts on the Great Barrier Reef:Abbot Point coal port T0 terminal expansion. Dredging 3 million square cubic metres of seabed within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area at Abbot Point.…