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Government’s $60m Reef plan meaningless without measures to address climate...

SYDNEY, January 22, 2018 - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to pay farmers up to $60 million to reduce sediment runoff to the Great Barrier Reef is the kind of tinkering around the edges...

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Holden plan another reminder of why Bight oil drilling is a bad bet for South...

January 23, 2018: A proposal to rejuvenate an old Commodore factory to manufacture electric vehicles is exactly the future South Australia should strive for instead of outdated plans to drill for oil...

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Greenpeace submarine captures rare footage of the Antarctic seafloor...

SYDNEY, January 24, 2018: Greenpeace International has released its first submarine footage from a part of the Antarctic seafloor never before visited by humans.The footage shows a seafloor ‘carpeted...

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Oscar-winner Javier Bardem dives to Antarctic seafloor to call for protection...

Sydney, 30 January, 2018 – Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem has dived to the Antarctic seafloor in a two-person submarine to call for the creation of an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. [See video of...

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Bill Shorten says toxic Adani mine could be blocked by future Labor government

January 30, 2017: Federal Labor leader, Bill Shorten, has effectively committed to stopping the Adani mine if his party wins the next election.The opposition leader today declared during his National...

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Humpback whale migration threatened by planned seismic blasts

February 2, 2018: Seismic testing approved to take place off the Newcastle Coastline could potentially impact migrating whales and exposes endangered and critically endangered species to possible harm....

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Nuclear survivors call on Australia and Japan to sign treaty banning nukes

Sydney, 5 February, 2018 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific vessels greeted Japan’s Peace Boat in Sydney Harbour this morning as it arrived to advocate for nuclear disarmament and urge the Australian and...

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Greenpeace and Nature and Youth take the Norwegian Government to the Supreme...

Oslo, 5 February, 2018: Today, Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth are appealing the judgement in their case against the Norwegian Government for Arctic oil drilling.In the People vs. Arctic oil...

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Huge swell of public opposition to new oil plot release in protected marine park

February 7, 2018: The Australian community are more opposed to fossil fuels at any time in history and the government must recognise concerns and cancel the release of new oil and gas exploration...

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Aurizon pull NAIF loan request, striking another blow to Adani’s planned...

SYDNEY, February 9 , 2018 - Rail operator Aurizon’s withdrawal of a request for federal funding of its proposed rail line to the Galilee Basin is yet another demonstration of the economic unviability...

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Stars get on board to protect the strange things and fantastic beasts of the...

Sydney, 9 February 2018 – 'Stranger Things' star David Harbour and ‘Fantastic Beasts’ star Alison Sudol are on board a Greenpeace ship heading for Antarctic waters. They will help make the case for an...

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Port Augusta locals raising funds to push South Australian pollies to clean...

PORT AUGUSTA, Feb 19, 2018 - Port Augusta residents sick of choking on harmful dust blown from the decommissioned Northern Power station are demanding that South Australia’s political leaders resolve...

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Stranger Things’ David Harbour voyages to the Antarctic to dance with...

SYDNEY, 21 February 2018 - Stranger Things actor David Harbour has fulfilled his promise to the internet to dance with penguins in the Antarctic, following a Twitter challenge with Greenpeace.After...

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SA-Best Port Augusta remediation commitment and call for Senate inquiry into...

February 24, 2018: Today’s twin commitments by Nick Xenophon’s state and federal parties to full and proper remediation of the Port Augusta Northern Power Station site and to call for a Senate inquiry...

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