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A huge week for our oceans
It’s been a huge week for our oceans, and I have some great news to share with you. On Friday, the world’s largest marine protected area was created in the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica! It’s a huge win for this pristine part of the world and the incredible marine life like emperor…
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Victory! Massive new Ocean Sanctuary established off Antarctica!
Today, the largest marine protected area in the world was created in the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica. This is a HUGE victory for the whales, penguins, and toothfish that live there and for the millions of people standing up to protect our oceans. For years, Greenpeace has campaigned for protection of the…
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Why are we under attack?
The jig’s up, my friends! This week green groups were ‘exposed’ for collaborating to protect the environment by the fossil fuel lobby, right-wing commentators in the media, and the Turnbull government. Not really that surprising. However, their criticism inadvertently revealed a far scarier truth: That the lobbyists, right-wing media and government are collaborating to do…
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Protect the ban on whaling
The South Atlantic Ocean hosts over 50 species of whales and dolphins. A whale sanctuary, in combination with the ban on commercial whaling, would give these amazing animals protection and freedom to flourish. Sanctuaries are areas where whaling is prohibited, and non-lethal research and tourism such as whale-watching are encouraged. Whale-watching is a fast-growing industry…
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BREAKING: BP has ditched its outrageous plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. This is huge!
It was the people vs oil, and we: the people, just won. Having BP rule out drilling in the Bight is a momentous win that thousands of people like you and dozens of communities made possible. Thank you all for standing up for the Bight! When it became clear that BP – the oil…
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Greenpeace welcomes BP’s withdrawal from the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 10 October, 2016Sydney, 11 October 2016 – Responding to BP’s decision to abandon its oil exploration program in the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Campaigner, Nathaniel Pelle, said:“This is a welcome move from BP, who should never have considered drilling for oil in such a pristine wilderness in the first…
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Why the Paris Agreement on climate change means the end of coal
This week the world took a big step forward in the fight against dangerous global warming. The Paris Agreement on climate change – the first universal, legally binding, agreement to cut carbon emissions – was voted into law by enough nations to come into force. The nations that have taken action are some of the…
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Deepwater Horizon: Pressure’s on BP
Pressure. Alert. Pressure. Alert. ‘Deepwater Horizon’, which opens in Australian cinemas on 6 October, is all about pressure. Crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Yesterday, Shell Oil became the latest company to spill oil into the Gulf, releasing nearly 90,000 gallons from a platform of…