Maules Creek protestors blockade to stop mine construction
Protestors today have launched a blockade at the site of Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project in North West NSW, turning back vehicles seeking to clear the forest for construction of...
View ArticleAustralian Colin Russell reunited with family in St Petersburg
In the early hours of this morning, Australian Colin Russell was the last of the Arctic 30 to be released on bail from detention in St Petersburg."Colin's physical release from detention is a happy...
View ArticleGreenpeace urges Cairns tuna summit to end overfishing and control fleets
Suva/Sydney, 1 December 2013 - Greenpeace activists today deployed a floating banner at a harbour in the Pacific, reading: “Fewer boats more fish WCPFC Act Now!” This message is directed at the members...
View ArticleFirst of the Arctic 30 leaves Russia
Sydney, 27 December 2013 - The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. Swedish activist Dima Litvinov was the first to head for the border, departing Russia by train late yesterday afternoon and arriving in...
View ArticleAustralian Colin Russell and family depart Russia
Saturday 28 December: Overnight, accompanied by his wife Chrissie and daughter Maddie, Australian Colin Russell left St. Petersburg bound for Amsterdam en route to Hobart.“I’m happy this is finally...
View ArticlePort authority should withdraw application to dump dredge spoil on WW2 plane...
Greenpeace is today calling on North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) to withdraw its application for a permit to dump 3-million cubic metres of dredge spoil near a WW2 plane wreck where 14 servicemen lost...
View ArticleGreg Hunt takes enormous dump on the Great Barrier Reef
Gladstone, 11 December 2013: Greg Hunt has failed in his first test as Environment Minister with a trifecta of approvals with enormous impacts on the Great Barrier Reef:Abbot Point coal port T0...
View ArticleGreenpeace’s Esperanza docks at Townsville with hope of urgent meeting with...
Monday, 16 December 2013 - Townsville: Greenpeace will request an urgent meeting with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to ask that it refuse to issue a permit to dispose of dredge...
View ArticleEvent Alert: Greenpeace ship launches reef fact-finding tour with open days...
05 December 2013, Brisbane - Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, a converted ex-Russian fire fighting ship will be docked in Brisbane this weekend as it prepares for a fact-finding tour along the Great Barrier...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic 30 Australian Colin Russell returns home to Tassie
Sydney 3 January 2014: Last night at 22.55, Tasmanian Colin Russell touched down in Hobart after spending more than 100 days in Russian captivity following a peaceful protest by Greenpeace in the...
View ArticleGreg Hunt takes enormous dump on the Great Barrier Reef
Gladstone, 11 December 2013: Greg Hunt has failed in his first test as Environment Minister with a trifecta of approvals with enormous impacts on the Great Barrier Reef:Abbot Point coal port T0...
View ArticleGreenpeace’s Esperanza docks at Townsville with hope of urgent meeting with...
Monday, 16 December 2013 - Townsville: Greenpeace will request an urgent meeting with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to ask that it refuse to issue a permit to dispose of dredge...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic 30 Australian Colin Russell returns home to Tassie
Sydney 3 January 2014: Last night at 22.55, Tasmanian Colin Russell touched down in Hobart after spending more than 100 days in Russian captivity following a peaceful protest by Greenpeace in the...
View ArticleReef dumping permit application should be rejected: Greenpeace
Brisbane, 30 January 2014. Greenpeace says dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef is like dumping rubbish in the Grand Canyon, and would be an international embarrassment.The Great Barrier...
View ArticleGreen light to Reef dumping a disgrace - but conditions will delay coal port...
Brisbane, 30 January 2014. Greenpeace says the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority approval of a permit to dump spoil on the Reef is another hit for the World Heritage listed site which will increase...
View ArticleGovt report whitewashes damage to Great Barrier Reef to avoid World Heritage...
Greenpeace Australia Pacific says the Abbott government’s claim that it is making progress in managing and protecting the reef flies in the face of recent approvals of massive coal and gas developments...
View ArticleFirst of the Arctic 30 leaves Russia
Sydney, 27 December 2013 - The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. Swedish activist Dima Litvinov was the first to head for the border, departing Russia by train late yesterday afternoon and arriving in...
View ArticleAustralian Colin Russell and family depart Russia
Saturday 28 December: Overnight, accompanied by his wife Chrissie and daughter Maddie, Australian Colin Russell left St. Petersburg bound for Amsterdam en route to Hobart.“I’m happy this is finally...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic 30 Australian Colin Russell returns home to Tassie
Sydney 3 January 2014: Last night at 22.55, Tasmanian Colin Russell touched down in Hobart after spending more than 100 days in Russian captivity following a peaceful protest by Greenpeace in the...
View ArticleFirst of the Arctic 30 leaves Russia
Sydney, 27 December 2013 - The Arctic 30 are leaving Russia. Swedish activist Dima Litvinov was the first to head for the border, departing Russia by train late yesterday afternoon and arriving in...
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