As the Arctic melts Australia’s Galilee Basin remains a ticking carbon...
Sydney/London/India 19 September, 2012: Mining industry numbers reveal that by allowing coal mining in the untapped Galilee Basin in Queensland, Australia could create more carbon pollution than the...
View ArticleGreenpeace confronts Dongwon’s destructive fishing in Korea
Yeosu, South Korea, 23 September 2012 — Activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today occupied the dry dock where one of Dongwon's purse seine ships, MV Granada, is being repaired. The activists...
View ArticleFinancial woes could spell the end to whaling
Tokyo, September 26, 2012 – Greenpeace Japan and the Dolphin & Whale Action Network, a Japanese NGO, today demanded that the Japanese government end taxpayer subsidies for its unprofitable whaling...
View ArticleTough action needed to stop Reef coral death
2nd October, 2012: Greenpeace is calling for tough action by the Australian and Queensland Governments after scientists revealed the Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in 27 years, and...
View ArticleBurke delivers body blow to the Reef
Sydney 10th October, 2012: In apparent contravention of a World Heritage Committee decision, Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has approved a massive new coal terminal in the Great Barrier Reef. The...
View ArticleJohn West: Australia’s worst tuna brand
Monday, 22 October, 2012, Sydney: Greenpeace has today launched a major new campaign exposing Australia’s biggest tuna brand, John West, for unnecessarily killing a whole host of marine life, including...
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Mythology is for Greeks, not tuna brands
Spoof lifts lid on John West greenwashMonday, 22 October, 2012, Sydney: Greenpeace today launched a ‘horror spoof’ of the John West ‘reveal ad’, lifting the lid on the company’s destructive fishing...
View ArticleNew Guide helps consumers sort the green from the greenwash for Australia’s...
Monday, 22 October, 2012, Sydney: As part of a major new national campaign, Greenpeace today launched its 4th annual Canned Tuna Guide, aiming to help consumers make a sustainable choice.Tuna is...
View ArticleJohn West: from greenwash to black out
Tuesday, 23 October, 2012, Sydney: Australia’s biggest tuna brand, John West, blocked its Facebook page from the international community last night after it was bombarded with concerns about its...
View ArticleNew report exposes Coal’s contempt for Great Barrier Reef
Sydney, 24th October, 2012: A new study released today confirms what Greenpeace and local environmentalists have been saying about the impacts of new coal terminals on the Great Barrier Reef coast. The...
View ArticleNEW game! Ocean Apocalypse: Have you got what it takes?
Friday, 26 October 2012, Sydney: The most popular fruit-slicing game in the world ‘Fruit Ninja’ has been taken to the next level of slasher satisfaction with Greenpeace’s new release, ‘Ocean...
View ArticleGreenpeace campaign censored
Wednesday, 31 October, 2012, Melbourne: Greenpeace is demanding John West clarify whether it was involved in a decision by a small family-owned company to remove a billboard targeting the company near...
View ArticleGreenpeace: Federal Government must intervene on Queensland Ports
Thursday 1 November, 2012: Greenpeace has called on the Federal Government to urgently step in and prevent the industrialisation of the Great Barrier Reef coast, following the release today of the...
View ArticleJohn West censors damning YouTube video
Thursday, November 1, 2012, Sydney: John West attempted to suppress damning evidence about destructive fishing methods used by the company today by removing a Greenpeace spoof video from YouTube.The...
View ArticleMinister wrong about toxic mine-water release
8th November, 2012: Greenpeace says Queensland Environment Minister, Andrew Powell, is wrong when he says new laws being rushed through Parliament won’t allow the release of stagnant, toxic flood water...
View ArticleCoal miners face growing anger over damage to Great Barrier Reef
12 November, 2012: Coal industry executives were faced with over 100 protesters outside the Galilee Basin Coal Conference at the Brisbane Hilton this morning, calling for a halt to coal development...
View ArticleGreenpeace gives John West HQ a makeover
Melbourne, Thursday 15 November, 2012: Sharks and a giant tuna can are occupying the roof of John West’s headquarters in Melbourne this morning as part of a Greenpeace campaign to expose the company’s...
View ArticleShark attack ends without harm
Thursday 15 November, 2012: Police have arrested two Greenpeace activists dressed as sharks, ending their five hour occupation of John West headquarters in Melbourne.The two Melbourne women, aged 22...
View ArticleSuper trawler belongs on the scrap heap
Sydney 19th November, 2012: Greenpeace welcomes the Australian Government’s decision to extend the ban on the super trawler, Abel Tasman, for 2 full years.“The only place for the super trawler is on...
View ArticleHistoric legislation to ban illegal timber welcomed by industry, social...
19 November, 2012, Canberra: A broad coalition including major timber importers, retailers, environment groups and churches have welcomed the passing of the government's Illegal Logging Prohibition...
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