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Revealed: 91 new coal projects Australia can’t afford
Press release – 23 June, 2013Burning all fossil fuel reserves would lead to unprecedented changes in climate so severe that they will challenge the existence of our society as we know it today. (Climate Commission, The Critical Decade 2013)New analysis has revealed that 91 new coal mining projects are planned for New South Wales and…
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New poll: Australians overwhelmingly back 10 cent refunds on bottles and cans
Press release – 20 June, 2013Friday 21 June, 2013: A new poll has revealed that 84% of people living in NSW, Victoria and Queensland support the introduction of a 10c container deposits scheme (CDS).The Newspoll was commissioned by Greenpeace and the Boomerang Alliance who declared the level of support had created an unstoppable momentum that…
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My experience of how Cash for Containers works
Below is just one of the fantastic emails we've received since launching our campaign to stop Coca Cola bullying our Governments and urge them to bring in a national Cash for Containers scheme.
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How Australians banded together to stop the super trawler
How it all happened: It all starts back in West Africa, where super trawlers had destroyed fisheries and left locals without jobs. 13 March 2012: Greenpeace highlights the plunder of super trawlers in West Africa. March 2012: The Government of Senegal bans all foreign trawlers following outrage from fishermen that all their fish had…
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Macken Sense: the environment movement
There is a meme building around the idea that post 2007, the environment movement in Australia has started to come apart like a wet cigar – sure there’s a price on carbon pollution but so what, Tony Abbott will see that off as soon as he gets his feet under the PM’s desk. The Kevin…
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One boat coming to Australia that we should fear
Australia is about to have one of the world’s biggest fishing vessels – from a fleet that has a track record of obliterating fish stocks around the world – enter its shores. Blogpost by Karli Thomas, 01/02/2012 Rather than being afraid of the damage it will cause, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority has doubled the…
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“For God’s sake look after our people”
Blogpost by Joss Garman, Greenpeace UK Staring out at the bright, open, broken plains of Arctic sea ice back in September, more than once I was struck by the thought of the early explorers who first trekked across similar icescapes at both of the frozen ends of the planet. My first time stepping down onto…
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Protecting the wild south: Antarctica
Blogpost by Richard Page Oceans campaigner Richard Page is currently attending the annual meeting of CCAMLR Commission, where discussions are underway for a representative network of marine protected areas across the Southern Ocean by 2012. Although it’s spring here in Hobart, Tasmania, the sometimes-chilly weather reminds me that there is only 3,500km (2000 miles) of…
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Western Australia sets the tone for Victoria
You know how sometimes you can be surprised by your own surprise of something? I saw last week that the Western Australian Environment Protection Authority has rejected a coal mine for a power station proposed for about 300 km north of Perth. The decision took me by surprise mainly because although the state-based EPAs have…
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Minister Burke fails to protect iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna
Press release – 24 November, 2010Today, Australia’s Environment Minister failed to take the action needed to protect the iconic Southern Bluefin Tuna from overfishing.Minister Burke has decided not to class Southern Bluefin Tuna as a critically endangered species on Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act List. Greenpeace’s spokesperson Genevieve Quirk said that “Minister…