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WA ban the bag and leave NSW and Victoria looking foolish
Press release – 11 September, 2017September 12, 2017: Today’s move by the WA Premier to ban single-use bags highlights how out-of-touch the governments of NSW and Victoria are in being last to act despite overwhelming public support for action to reduce plastic waste.In announcing his state’s ban on single-use plastic bags today Mark McGowan told…
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Left behind on plastic: stalling states an embarrassment to voters
Press release – 5 September, 2017September 6, 2017: Queensland’s Parliament has shamed the Premiers of NSW and Victoria by taking decisive action to limit plastic waste by passing a ban on single-use bags and a drinks container refund scheme into law.The Waste Reduction and Recycling Amendment Bill was passed with bipartisan support last night. “With…
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Government doing nothing to protect communities from toxic power plants
Press release – 14 August, 2017August 15, 2017: A report has found that levels of toxic air pollution emitted by Australian coal fired power plants are so high that many of them would be illegal in the US and Europe.Released today Environmental Justice Australia’s report Toxic and terminal: How the regulation of coal-fired power stations…
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Prominent Australians’ open letter warns NAIF board against giving $1 billion of taxpayers’ money to Adani rail line
Press release – 9 August, 2017August 10, 2017: Leaders from Australian business, industry, and academia have published an open letter in The Australian Financial Review calling for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to provide more transparency around their policies one day before a senate inquiry into the board’s composition.The letter also calls for members…
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Greenpeace urges Minister Upton to ban the bag at Keep NSW Beautiful Congress
Press release – 1 August, 2017Ahead of Minister Upton’s speech at the Keep NSW Beautiful Congress today, Greenpeace sent a colourful message to the NSW Environment Minister to clean up the state’s act and finally ban the bag.Greenpeace parked a 5 metre high mobile billboard out the front of the Congress at the Kirribilli Club…
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Billions of bags: The cost of inaction on plastics in NSW and Victoria
Last Friday 28/07, state and territory environment ministers met in Melbourne. Plastic pollution was on the agenda – and there was a great deal of hope that NSW and Victoria would finally join the movement to ban single-use plastic bags. Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the venue of a meeting which News South Wales State Premier,…
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The cost of NSW and Victoria’s lag on banning the bag – up to two billion more plastic bags a year
Press release – 30 July, 2017July 28, 2017: New analysis by Greenpeace released today shows that if NSW and Vic continue to fail to ‘ban the bag’, an estimated 1.6 – 2 billion more bags per year will be used in Australia, even with voluntary phase outs by supermarkets.The analysis comes as Environment Ministers from…
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Why Australia needs to whip its coal dependence
In the same way people a century ago wanted cars instead of horses, people today don’t want coal — they want renewables. This piece was originally published on Independent Australia. Greenpeace activists paint climate change messages on coal ships in the Mackay harbour. © Michael Amendolia / Greenpeace “At one time there must’ve been dozens…
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Politicians left on the wrong side of history as Woolworths and Coles ban single-use plastic bags
Press release – 13 July, 2017July 14, 2017: Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes today’s decision by Woolworths and Coles to completely phase out single-use plastic bags over the next 12 months.The supermarket giants today announced they would no longer offer the lightweight plastic shopping bags across their chains of stores network in Australia. “This announcement by…
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What kind of reef will my son inherit?
We are witnessing the consequences of climate change right now, so what kind of reef will young people inherit? The choice is ours. We are witnessing the consequences of climate change right now, so what kind of reef will young people inherit? The choice is ours. Dr Jennie Mallela is ARC DECRA Fellow at the Australian National…