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30 years on since Exxon Valdez – a reminder of what could be in store for the Great Australian Bight
30 years ago, the first big international environmental catastrophe in my memory occurred. It’s one that’s stuck with me ever since for its visceral images of struggling seabirds blinking beneath thick coats of brown-black oil. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA||Modelling from Equinor itself shows that oil from a spill could wash up anywhere from WA to northern…
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Women of the Warrior
"Women are really powerful, they just have to have access to the correct tools.” This International Women's Day, we're celebrating the women of Greenpeace's iconic Rainbow Warrior ship, recently in Australia's waters to protect the magical Great Australian Bight from risky oil drilling.
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Vera Blue x Greenpeace: Like I Remember You
Singer/songwriter Vera Blue on her latest music video, produced in collab with Greenpeace You know that special, meaningful feeling you get when you know you’re using your skills for change you believe in? International singer-songwriter and Australian music star Vera Blue raises her voice to protect the marine life and unique environment of the Great…
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Funding activism can change the world
It was calm seas on board Greenpeace’s flagship, the MY Rainbow Warrior, as we hosted a gathering of friends from the environmental movement in Port Melbourne in November. The below excerpt is from a speech given by the Executive Officer of the Reichstein Foundation and member of the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network, John Spierings, on…
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Pet Activists of Greenpeace
A tribute to our four pawed supporters. Photo credit: Mankica Kranjec / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Chris Grodotzki / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace / Christian Åslund|Photo credit: Sarah Pannell / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Bence Jardany / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Amy Scaife / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Jonne Sippola / Greenpeace|Photo credit: Greenpeace /…
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Government willing to risk whales’ lives in hunt for oil in the Great Australian Bight
SYDNEY, Jan 15, 2018 – NOPSEMA’s decision to allow PGS to search for oil [1] off the coast of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island and Eyre Peninsula will be a disaster for coastal communities, pose a potentially lethal threat to the region’s marine life and jeopardise the multi-million dollar fishing industry.The marine geophysics firm has been…