Coal industry lies revealed by new report
Sydney 7th November, 2014. Greenpeace applauds the launch of The Australia Institute report, All Talk, No Action, The Coal Industry and Energy Poverty. The report reveals the facts behind the public...
View ArticlePaper Tiger? Australia Hosts Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
On 12 November 2014, Environment Minister Greg Hunt will host an Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit in Sydney. Ministers from the region and from significant aid donor countries have been invited to ‘focus...
View ArticleAustralia: the paper tiger?
Tuesday 11 November, 2014: With Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit opening in Sydney, Greenpeace is calling on the Minister to deliver tangible results.“Before the...
View ArticleQueensland taxpayers should not foot bill for Reef destruction
Greenpeace is alarmed by reports that the Queensland Government is proposing to buy dredge waste from Reef destruction at Abbot Point.It is reported that the Queensland Government plans to use the...
View ArticleLEGO ends 50 year link with Shell, after one million people respond to Save...
Friday 10 october, 2014: Following a Greenpeace campaign, LEGO published a statement [1] this morning committing to ‘not renew the co-promotion contract with Shell’. This decision comes a month after...
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Campaign for clearer seafood labelling by top enviro groups, chefs,...
Campaign for clearer seafood labelling by top enviro groups, chefs, academics, celebs16 October 2015. Peak environment groups, top chefs, fishers, academics and celebrities are calling for more...
View ArticleNew report reveals the cost of doing business without social licence
Sydney 28 October 2014. An historic alliance has gathered on the day of the Whitehaven Coal Company’s (WHC) AGM to launch a major new report detailing the extent to which this controversial coal...
View ArticleAustralian banks under scrutiny as world’s top investment banks rule out...
Tuesday, 28 October, 2014, Sydney: On the back of news today that some of the largest investment banks in the world are distancing themselves from financing the controversial Abbot Point coal port...
View ArticleAbbott’s industrial sabotage
Wednesday 12 November: Greenpeace is condemning the Abbott Government’s ideologically-driven attacks on business and the environment which have led to today’s collapse of negotiations on the Renewable...
View ArticleOversized Spanish tuna boats threatening Pacific food security
Tarawa, 13 November, 2014: Food security in Pacific countries like Kiribati could be under threat if oversized tuna vessels such as the Spanish owned Albatun Tres and Albacora Uno are allowed to...
View ArticleGreenpeace ramps up Sydney Uni divestment push
Thursday 20 November: Greenpeace is today launching a public advertising campaign calling on Sydney University to divest from Whitehaven Coal – as the controversial company’s share price dive-bombs.“We...
View ArticleTaxpayers to be slugged with bill of destructive Reef infrastructure
Brisbane, 16 November 2014: Queensland taxpayers could soon be slugged with the bill of destroying their own Great Barrier Reef, under an outrageous plan outlined by Premier Campbell Newman today at...
View ArticleWhy is Minister Hunt rushing Reef destruction plans?
Brisbane, 10 December 2014: Greenpeace is shocked that Environment Minister Greg Hunt is fast-tracking destructive coal port plans which endanger the Great Barrier Reef. Minister Hunt has allowed just...
View ArticleFirst coal from Whitehaven mine: 18 months late, $4B lost, train blocked
As UN global climate talks conclude in Lima, a non-violent direct action has halted the first train load of coal coming from the controversial Maules Creek coal mine, on its way to Newcastle’s...
View ArticleAll eyes on Minister Hunt as Reef dredging decision falls due
Thursday, 18 December, Brisbane: Environment Minister Greg Hunt faces a make or break decision for the Great Barrier Reef over the next few weeks, as the public comment period on controversial dredging...
View ArticleTaxpayers to be slugged with bill of destructive Reef infrastructure
Brisbane, 16 November 2014: Queensland taxpayers could soon be slugged with the bill of destroying their own Great Barrier Reef, under an outrageous plan outlined by Premier Campbell Newman today at...
View ArticleWorlds’ largest private-sector coal miner dumped by Norway’s largest pension...
December 2, 2014, Sydney: Norway’s largest pension fund manager, KLP, announced it will dump investments in 27 coal companies overnight, including shares in Peabody Energy Corp – the world's largest...
View ArticleQLD Labor scraps handouts to coal billionaire
Brisbane, 14 January 2015: Greenpeace has welcomed Queensland Labor’s election promise to scrap handouts to coal billionaire Adani, labelling Premier Campbell Newman’s coal plans as “pure madness.”...
View ArticleNew poll: Reef and coal key concerns for outback Queensland
Brisbane, 29 January 2015: As regional candidates Lawrence Springborg, Fiona Simpson and Jeff Seeney look increasingly likely to be leading the state after Saturday’s election, a new poll shows that...
View ArticleAdani’s Great Barrier Reef port linked to offshore tax haven
Brisbane, 07 February 2015: Greenpeace is demanding an investigation into coal giant Adani’s suitability to operate in Queensland following explosive revelations surrounding the ownership of the...
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