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Senate committee report proves we cannot trust the government to protect the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12: Australian politicians are putting oil company profits before the environment and community and cannot be trusted to safeguard the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says in response to yesterday’s Senate report.The report into the consequences of opening up the Great Australian Bight for oil or gas…
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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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Greenpeace: Asian air pollution crises partly fuelled by Australian coal
Press release – 12 January, 2017Hong Kong, 13 January 2017 – Approximately 50,000 lives a year could saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants are built in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to a groundbreaking peer reviewed study from researchers at Harvard University and Greenpeace International. Australia is the world’s…
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Greenpeace finds nuclear waste headed to Australia classified as high-level waste by France
Press release – 1 December, 2015Sydney, 2 December 2015 – Nuclear waste returning to Australia this weekend by ship from France has been classified as high-level waste by French authorities, contradicting Australia’s claims over its radioactivity, a Greenpeace report has found.Greenpeace’s investigation also found the waste still contains quantities of plutonium – highly toxic even…