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Equinor Bights the dust!
We did it! Norwegian oil giant Equinor has ditched its outrageous plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight! A student-led flotilla including kayaks, sailboats, paddle boards, and surfboards set sail in Apollo Bay Harbour to send a message to oil companies that they are not welcome to drill in the Great…
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The passing of Steve Sawyer: Greenpeace IED 1988 – 1993
Steve Sawyer passed on 31 July, 2019 shortly after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was the Senior Policy Advisor at the Global Wind Energy Council. For over 10 years as the organisation’s General Secretary, Steve tirelessly represented the wind industry and worked to convince governments to adopt wind as the solution to growing…
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BP oil rig U-turns after failing to shake off Greenpeace ship
Scotland, UK – A Greenpeace ship has overtaken a BP rig near the drill site of a major new oil well in the North Sea.Early this afternoon a Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, got ahead of the 27,000-tonne BP rig 83 miles off the Scottish coast. Soon afterwards the oil rig, approximately 20 miles short…
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What if we treated our oceans like they matter?
The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Humpback whale with young (Megapetra noveangliae). Buckelwal (Megapetra noveangliae). Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters…
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The pristine waters of the Philippines are being choked by single-use plastics
The Rainbow Warrior has discovered plastic littered throughout the heart of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines.
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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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Two incredible, little-known reefs
What do pink dolphins and leafy sea dragons have in common? They both benefit from two amazingly unique and little-known reefs on opposite sides of the world. Despite their geographic differences, these two reefs have some striking similarities. Find out more about the Amazon Reef and the Great Southern Reef. |One of the first images…