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Greenpeace stands in solidarity with the Wangan and Jagalingou People

Brisbane, March 27 2015: Greenpeace offers its solidarity to the representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou people who have formally rejected the Indigenous land use agreement for the Carmichael...

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Environment Minister fast-tracks coal expansion on Great Barrier Reef

Brisbane, 29 October 2014: Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has fast-tracked the approval of the world’s biggest coal port in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef today, ignoring impacts on the...

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Direct Action: an invoice to future generations

Sydney 29 October, 2014. “Legislating the Direct Action plan is to climate policy what abolishing the criminal code is to law and order – a recipe for chaos,” according to Greenpeace campaigner, Nic...

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Hunt’s proposed dredge waste ban a bandaid, not a cure for threats against Reef

Sydney March 16, 2015 – In response to Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s announcement of a draft law to ban the dumping of capital dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Shani Tager at...

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Government still intent on destroying Reef

Brisbane, 11 March 2015: New revised plans to dredge a million tonnes of seafloor in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area remain unacceptable, Greenpeace says.A new plan to expand the Abbot Point...

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Greenpeace investigation: 'fake' and chips sold in Melbourne takeaways

26 March 2015, Melbourne: New results from a Greenpeace investigation have today revealed mislabelling of flake in Melbourne fish and chips shops. The revelations put further pressure on the federal...

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Greenpeace stands in solidarity with the Wangan and Jagalingou People

Brisbane, March 27 2015: Greenpeace offers its solidarity to the representatives for the Wangan and Jagalingou people who have formally rejected the Indigenous land use agreement for the Carmichael...

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French banks reject Reef destruction, refuse to finance Galilee coal projects

Sydney, April 8 2015 - Australia’s four largest banks should follow the lead set by three of France’s biggest banks and rule out financing the controversial Carmichael coal mining project in...

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Coal ships and the Great Barrier Reef are a recipe for disaster says Greenpeace

Sydney, 16 February 2015: Greenpeace says the weekend arrest of Taiwanese captain for steering his coal ship through the reef without a pilot shows that while there's coal ships going through the Great...

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Environmental groups and seafood industry demand better seafood labelling

15 April 2015, Sydney: For the first time, an alliance of environmental and industry groups have today united to call for clear seafood labelling in Australia.The groups - including Greenpeace and the...

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Indian Home Affairs Ministry attempting to shut Greenpeace India down

New Delhi, 14 April 2015 – Following the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) again blocking Greenpeace India’s ability to receive money from overseas, Samit Aich, Executive Director of Greenpeace...

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Reef dredging still not OK

Brisbane, 17 April: The Queensland Government’s referral of yet another dredging and dumping proposal for Abbot Point should be thrown out, says Greenpeace. The proposal will see dredging in the Great...

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Queensland government must learn lessons from doomed coal port

Gladstone, April 28, 2015 – The lacklustre demand for the Wiggins Island coal port cannot be glossed over by today’s long delayed first shipment and the Queensland government should reject new coal...

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85% of Australians say Reef not Coal

Brisbane, May 4, 2015: The overwhelming majority of Australians would choose to protect the Great Barrier Reef over expanding the coal industry, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Greenpeace...

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Aussie tuna transformation a consumer success story

Sydney, 4 May 2015, For the first time ever the majority of tuna brands on Australian supermarket shelves have converted to sourcing from environmentally responsible fishing methods.These methods can...

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Greenpeace India faces shutdown in one month

New Delhi, May 5, 2015 - Greenpeace India has one month left to fight forits survival following a government crackdown on civil society. The Indiangovernment recently froze the environmental NGO's bank...

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Indian Home Affairs Ministry attempting to shut Greenpeace India down

New Delhi, 14 April 2015 – Following the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) again blocking Greenpeace India’s ability to receive money from overseas, Samit Aich, Executive Director of Greenpeace...

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Reef dredging still not OK

Brisbane, 17 April: The Queensland Government’s referral of yet another dredging and dumping proposal for Abbot Point should be thrown out, says Greenpeace. The proposal will see dredging in the Great...

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Environmental groups and seafood industry demand better seafood labelling

15 April 2015, Sydney: For the first time, an alliance of environmental and industry groups have today united to call for clear seafood labelling in Australia.The groups - including Greenpeace and the...

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Aussie tuna transformation a consumer success story

Sydney, 4 May 2015, For the first time ever the majority of tuna brands on Australian supermarket shelves have converted to sourcing from environmentally responsible fishing methods.These methods can...

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