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Pacific tuna boats struggle for survival: GreenpeacePacific tuna boats...

Honiara, May 13, 2013 – Local tuna boat operators targeting albacore in the South Pacific are under threat of being pushed out of operation altogether due to the steady growth in numbers of subsidized...

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Choking it. How free is free-to-air TV?

Sydney, Friday 17 May 2013: Channel 7 and SBS have followed Channel 9’s lead and banned a controversial Greenpeace recycling advert. http://youtu.be/Q7Uxaw6YoRwDespite clearance and classification by...

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New research means Burke must refuse Reef dredging permit

Under questioning during Senate Estimates in Canberra yesterday, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) revealed that the impacts of seabed dredging for coal port developments along the...

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Pacific tuna boats struggle for survival: GreenpeacePacific tuna boats...

Honiara, May 13, 2013 – Local tuna boat operators targeting albacore in the South Pacific are under threat of being pushed out of operation altogether due to the steady growth in numbers of subsidized...

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World Heritage warning means Burke must refuse Reef dredging permit

Today’s decision by the World Heritage Committee to give Australia one last chance to act or risk having the Great Barrier Reef listed as “in danger” must spell an end to plans for dredging at Abbot...

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Australian Coal Association report a sad swan song: Greenpeace

20 June 2013: Today’s Australian Coal Association report reflects an industry trying to maintain its profits and relevancy as it faces well-founded fears that it has a limited future, says Greenpeace...

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New poll: Australians overwhelmingly back 10 cent refunds on bottles and cans

Friday 21 June, 2013: A new poll has revealed that 84% of people living in NSW, Victoria and Queensland support the introduction of a 10c container deposits scheme (CDS).The Newspoll was commissioned...

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Revealed: 91 new coal projects Australia can’t afford

Burning all fossil fuel reserves would lead to unprecedented changes in climate so severe that they will challenge the existence of our society as we know it today. (Climate Commission, The Critical...

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Greenpeace welcomes NSW ‘Cash for Containers’ support

Sydney, Wednesday 26 June: Plastic waste would be greatly reduced under a proposed national Cash for Containers plan which was supported today by NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker.Greenpeace...

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Congratulations Minister Butler, now please Save the Reef

Sydney 2nd July 2013: Greenpeace congratulates Mark Butler on his elevation to the portfolios of Environment and Climate Change and has urged him to get off to a good start by rejecting a dredging...

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NGOs call on Aurizon to abandon GVK deal

Sydney 2nd July 2013: Civil society groups representing millions of members worldwide have sent Aurizon CEO Lance Hockridge and the Board an open letter urging it to abandon plans to buy GVK Hancock’s...

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Reef needs protection, not delay

New Federal Environment Minister Mark Butler now has one month to knock back the controversial proposal to dump millions of tonnes of mud in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park near Abbot Point in north...

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Environmental scientist and top model calls for end to rising tide of deadly...

Sydney, 9 July, 2013: Environmental scientist and international top model Laura Wells is featured in a new billboard campaign by Greenpeace as part of its push for a national Cash for Containers Scheme...

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ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS SCALING SHARD IN ARCTIC PROTEST

Thursday 11th July 2013: A group of artists and activists has evaded security guards at the base of the Shard and is now climbing up the outside of Western Europe’s tallest sky-scraper. If the six...

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Minister receives petitions on Abbot Point and the Reef

Rockhampton, 17 July 2013: Earlier today, Greenpeace climate campaigner, Louise Mathiesson, presented Environment & Climate Change Minister, Mark Butler, with a petition containing the names of...

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Revealed: 91 new coal projects Australia can’t afford

Burning all fossil fuel reserves would lead to unprecedented changes in climate so severe that they will challenge the existence of our society as we know it today. (Climate Commission, The Critical...

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Congratulations Minister Butler, now please Save the Reef

Sydney 2nd July 2013: Greenpeace congratulates Mark Butler on his elevation to the portfolios of Environment and Climate Change and has urged him to get off to a good start by rejecting a dredging...

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NGOs call on Aurizon to abandon GVK deal

Sydney 2nd July 2013: Civil society groups representing millions of members worldwide have sent Aurizon CEO Lance Hockridge and the Board an open letter urging it to abandon plans to buy GVK Hancock’s...

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Environmental scientist and top model calls for end to rising tide of deadly...

Sydney, 9 July, 2013: Environmental scientist and international top model Laura Wells is featured in a new billboard campaign by Greenpeace as part of its push for a national Cash for Containers Scheme...

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ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS SCALING SHARD IN ARCTIC PROTEST

Thursday 11th July 2013: A group of artists and activists has evaded security guards at the base of the Shard and is now climbing up the outside of Western Europe’s tallest sky-scraper. If the six...

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