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NAIF inquiry must hold secretive ‘slush fund’ to account
Press release – 13 June, 2017June 14, 2017: The inquiry into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) should recommend the removal of conflicted members from the facility’s board and ensure billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money is not gifted at the whim of a “slush fund” but is instead spent to benefit the community.The Senate…
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Statoil’s plans to drill in the Bight represent catastrophic risk and should be rejected
Press release – 8 June, 2017Plans announced today by Norwegian oil company, Statoil, to conduct exploratory drilling in the Great Australian Bight will face intense opposition from the Australian community because of the extreme risk deepwater drilling represents to a uniquely valuable marine wilderness. Statoil’s appalling safety record alone is enough reason for the National…
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JOINT RELEASE: Call to cease plastic bag plague – new poll
Press release – 7 June, 2017With over one billion plastic bags littered in the last 10 years, it’s time for a ban, key environment groups said today, as Australia’s environment ministers prepare to meet on the issue.They also released a new poll showing 65% of residents in NSW, VIC and WA supported a ban; with…
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Trump abandons the Paris Climate Agreement. How bad is that?
In short, yes it’s bad. But the world moves on. Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan answers your questions. In short, yes it’s bad. But the world moves on. Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan answers your questions. What does Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement mean for the fate of the climate?…
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16 (Adorable) Reasons to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
Canada’s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. But corporate logging giant Resolute Forest Products wants to intimidate and silence people like you fighting to protect forests. |Black bear (Ursus americanus) in the Great Bear Rainforest. Black bears live in forests across Canada. These omnivores have better eyesight and…
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Australia’s politicians have betrayed the Great Barrier Reef and only the people can save it
Once upon a time, in the distant 60s and 70s, the Great Barrier Reef faced imminent destruction. Tenement applications for drilling and mining covered vast swathes of the reef, with both government and industry enthusiastically backing the plans for mass exploitation. Aerial view showing lagoon detail. Wistari Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. In…
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A woman’s place is in the movement
We, as a nation, celebrated International Women’s Day for 2017. It is safe to say that for many of us this particular day means a lot. Not only to celebrate the growth of equality us women have achieved throughout the decades but to shine a bright light on the issues society as a whole have…
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Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave
The heatwave that engulfed southeastern Australia at the end of last week has seen heat records continue to tumble like Jenga blocks. On Saturday February 11, as New South Wales suffered through the heatwave’s peak, temperatures soared to 47 °C in Richmond, 50km northwest of Sydney, while 87 fires raged across the state amid catastrophic…
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The good, the Baird, and the ugly
Mike Baird is gone – and on his last day, it’s worth reflecting on the last two years: the good, the bad and the ugly. The good After many years of pressure from thousands of Greenpeace supporters and our friends at the Boomerang Alliance, the New South Wales government finally announced a container deposit scheme,…