Controversial mega-mine delayed
Tuesday 17 June, 2014: Greenpeace today welcomed Greg Hunt's decision to delay the approval of the controversial Carmichael mega-mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin, but is calling on the Environment...
View ArticleNew report reveals Origin, EnergyAustralia and AGL's attack on the Renewable...
SYDNEY, 23 JUNE 2014. With Australia’s Renewable Energy Target under review by the Federal Government, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has released a new report which analyses why and how Australia’s...
View ArticleNew evidence reveals Australian companies trading in paper from Indonesian...
Jakarta, Sydney: 8 July 2014 - Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company, APRIL, which is part of the RGE Group, has been caught out in photographic evidence clearing rainforests and fire-prone...
View ArticleNSW Govt Community Cabinet @ Casula: Campaign for Cash 4 Containers
With NSW’s commitment to a 10c Cash for Containers recycling scheme set to be decided within a matter of days, and all Environment Ministers due to meet to discuss it in April, local residents and...
View ArticleCarbon Price repeal blindly irrational
Thursday 17 July, 2014: Following the repeal of the Carbon Price, Greenpeace reminded Prime Minister Tony Abbott that his government is still committed to reducing Australia’s emissions by five per...
View ArticleLet me google that for you, Minister: Greenpeace sets the record straight for...
Sydney, 29 July 2014: Claims by Environment Minister Greg Hunt suggesting Greenpeace has has been too hard on the Liberal Government can be disproved with a simple Google search, says...
View ArticleFOI docs reveal Minister Hunt ignored GBRMPA advice to not dredge and dump on...
Sydney, 3 March 2013: New documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show the Federal Environment Minister Mr Greg Hunt ignored clear advice from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park...
View ArticleWinter clearing stopped as Whitehaven Coal raises the white flag
Sydney, Thursday 12 June 2014: Today, winter clearing at Australia’s most controversial new coal mine – Maules Creek - was stopped after Whitehaven gave the Land and Environment Court an undertaking to...
View ArticleGreenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise departs Russian port after ten months in custody
Amsterdam/Sydney 1 August 2014. More than 300 days after it was illegally boarded following a high profile peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has finally...
View ArticleNSW Govt Community Cabinet @ Casula: Campaign for Cash 4 Containers
With NSW’s commitment to a 10c Cash for Containers recycling scheme set to be decided within a matter of days, and all Environment Ministers due to meet to discuss it in April, local residents and...
View ArticleWhitehaven Coal thwarted as fresh activists step in to stop forest clearing
Maules Creek, NSW, Monday 2 June 2014: As tree-climbing activists hinder bulldozing for the fourth day in a row, Greenpeace is calling on the NSW Government to urgently stop forest clearing in the...
View ArticleMEDIA ALERT: Snap mass rally to halt bulldozing of Leard Forest for coal mine
On the eve of World Environment Day, a coalition of national environment groups, Labor and Greens MPs and farmers hold snap rally to protest bulldozing of the Leard State Forest by Whitehaven Coal....
View ArticleNew report reveals Origin, EnergyAustralia and AGL's attack on the Renewable...
SYDNEY, 23 JUNE 2014. With Australia’s Renewable Energy Target under review by the Federal Government, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has released a new report which analyses why and how Australia’s...
View ArticleNew evidence reveals Australian companies trading in paper from Indonesian...
Jakarta, Sydney: 8 July 2014 - Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company, APRIL, which is part of the RGE Group, has been caught out in photographic evidence clearing rainforests and fire-prone...
View ArticleLet me google that for you, Minister: Greenpeace sets the record straight for...
Sydney, 29 July 2014: Claims by Environment Minister Greg Hunt suggesting Greenpeace has has been too hard on the Liberal Government can be disproved with a simple Google search, says...
View ArticleFOI docs reveal Minister Hunt ignored GBRMPA advice to not dredge and dump on...
Sydney, 3 March 2013: New documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show the Federal Environment Minister Mr Greg Hunt ignored clear advice from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park...
View ArticleSenate Inquiry means work must stop at Maules Creek and on projects...
4 March, 2014: In light of today’s announcement concerning a Senate Inquiry into the use of environmental offsets and the integrity of the process, Greenpeace is calling on the Environment Minister,...
View ArticleWinter clearing stopped as Whitehaven Coal raises the white flag
Sydney, Thursday 12 June 2014: Today, winter clearing at Australia’s most controversial new coal mine – Maules Creek - was stopped after Whitehaven gave the Land and Environment Court an undertaking to...
View ArticleGreenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise departs Russian port after ten months in custody
Amsterdam/Sydney 1 August 2014. More than 300 days after it was illegally boarded following a high profile peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has finally...
View ArticleGreenpeace and Australian tuna fishers demand urgent recovery plan for bigeye...
Wednesday 6 August 2014. Sydney/Marshall Islands: Shocking new assessments, tabled today at the 10th meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Scientific Committee in the...
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