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Is Albo turning his back on the extinction crisis?
This is a story about a lovely and slightly weird-looking creature - the Maugean skate - which only lives in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. This creature is on a pathway to extinction thanks to the salmon industry polluting the harbour. It’s also a bigger story, about extinction and the lengths government and industry will go to…
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Why is Greenpeace into Green Iron?
We’ve been working on a very exciting report with our colleges across the environmental, union and industry sectors. The resulting report - Forging Our Future - outlines a path forward for Australia to build a Green Iron industry.
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Why dumping carbon pollution in our oceans is a dangerous experiment
Have you heard the latest plans from Woodside? They’ve added carbon dumping to their plans for their proposed Browse offshore gas project in the North West of Western Australia. They call it carbon capture and storage, but in reality it’s risky carbon dumping.
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Journey to Scott Reef
Dipping beneath the ocean surface at one of Australia’s most precious oceanic coral reefs will remain an experience of a lifetime for me. To don the goggles and snorkel to view this ancient and fragile ecosystem, 270 kilometres off the Kimberley coast, is like entering a portal to another universe.
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Western Australia: The sail or the anchor for Australia’s renewable transition
As a Western Australian, I know that WA can be the best and worst of places. Whether you are talking about the weather (the best – except for the heatwaves), the football (the Dockers can be a mixed bag), the media (one statewide newspaper owned by a gas-loving billionaire), or the beaches (hands down the…
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We witnessed Woodside drilling its Burrup Hub
Late last month, Greenpeace's new ship, Oceania, filmed one of Woodside’s gas rigs in action – so we could expose the enormous threat the Burrup Hub poses to our spectacular oceans.
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The campaign against Woodside’s Burrup Hub hits new heights
440 thousand Greenpeace supporters have raised their concern for Woodside’s diabolical plans in WA, calling for Woodside to leave our precious ocean alone.
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‘Fox guarding the henhouse’: Beef industry’s deforestation definition will not pass muster
SYDNEY, Wednesday 8 May 2024 — In response to tomorrow’s expected release of Cattle Australia’s latest work attempting to develop an industry-led definition of deforestation, the following comments can be attributed to Head of Nature at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Glenn Walker:
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‘Like a pub without beer’: Govt’s new enviro protection agency must be backed by nature law overhaul
SYDNEY, Tuesday 16 April 2024 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the federal government to urgently back up the establishment of the new environmental protection agency, Environment Protection Australia (EPA), with the promised overhaul of Australia’s broken national nature law.
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REVEALED: Fossil Fuel Giant Woodside Breaches Environmental Laws
Following a failure of Woodside Energy to submit revised environmental plans for several of its facilities, the fossil fuel giant is in breach of Australia's environmental laws - further proof that Woodside can’t be trusted when it comes to protecting our environment, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.