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...
View ArticleHolden 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Commodore factory to manufacture electric vehicles is exactly the future South Australia should strive for instead of outdated plans to drill for oil...
View ArticleGreenpeace 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...
View ArticleOscar-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...
View ArticleBill 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...
View ArticleHumpback 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....
View ArticleNuclear 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...
View ArticleGreenpeace 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...
View ArticleHuge 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...
View ArticleAurizon 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...
View ArticleStars 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...
View ArticlePort 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...
View ArticleStranger 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...
View ArticleSA-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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