Relocation of Greenpeace Arctic30 from Murmansk begins
Sydney/Amsterdam 11th November 2013 – The transport away from Murmansk of thirty men and women detained by Russia following a peaceful protest at an Arctic oil platform started at around 5:00am Monday,...
View ArticleCommunity blocks Whitehaven construction
Tuesday 12 November 2013: The Maules Creek community and their supporters have this morning blocked attempts by Whitehaven Coal to start construction of their Maules Creek coal mine, near...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic 30 arrive in St Petersburg
Sydney/Amsterdam, 13 November 2013 – The train carrying 30 men and women detained after a peaceful protest at a Gazprom Arctic oil platform arrived yesterday in St Petersburg. Greenpeace International...
View ArticleAbbott’s scorched earth climate policy
Wednesday 13 November, 2013: Greenpeace is accusing the Coalition of running a scorched earth policy on climate change following today’s tabling of legislation to ditch the carbon price despite having...
View ArticleGreenpeace and family of Arctic30 Tasmanian Colin Russell welcome TAS...
The Greens, Labor and Liberal parties have passed a motion in the Tasmanian parliament calling on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop to act to secure the release of Tasmanian Colin Russell...
View ArticleEx-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney publishes letter to Putin calling for release of...
Sydney/Amsterdam 15 November 2013 - Sir Paul McCartney yesterday published his personal correspondence to Vladimir Putin, in which the ex-Beatle calls for the Arctic 30 to be reunited with their...
View ArticleNo place for dodgy coal companies in Australia
Brisbane, 15 November 2013: Greenpeace is calling on Environment Minister Greg Hunt to rule out allowing Adani to develop its T0 coal terminal in the sensitive Great Barrier Reef and their mega coal...
View ArticleMEDIA CONFERENCE SYD 10.20AM: 3 mth pre-trial detention extension for...
MEDIA ALERT - BREAKING NEWS: Family of Greenpeace Arctic30 will react to breaking news that Russia’s Investigative Committee yesterday announced it will apply for a three-month extension to the...
View ArticleAUTHORITIES APPLY FOR 3 MONTH EXTENSION TO GREENPEACE ARCTIC 30 DETENTION IN...
16 November 2013, Sydney/Amsterdam. Family of Australian Colin Russell and Manly resident Alex Harris today expressed their dismay at news that Russia’s Investigative Committee yesterday announced that...
View ArticleIndustrial fishing in the Pacific is out of control: Greenpeace
Suva, 18 November, 2013 – Comprehensive measures need to be put in place to reduce fishing capacity to save the region’s tuna fisheries, Greenpeace Australia Pacific urged in a new report launched...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic30: Family of Australian Colin Russell visit Parliament,...
Canberra, 18 November 2014.On the day Tasmanian Colin Russell will be in a St Petersburg court for a hearing to determine if his pre-trial detention will be extended for three months, his wife and...
View ArticleArctic30: Australian Colin Russell imprisoned for 3 months more, 3 Russians...
Canberra, 19 November - A St Petersburg Court has agreed to an application to extend the detention of 59 year old Tasmanian and Greenpeace ship radio operator Colin Russell for a further 3 months until...
View ArticleArctic 30 Australian Colin Russell detained until February by Russian court
SYDNEY, 10PM MONDAY 18 November - In breaking news a court in St Petersburg has ruled that a Greenpeace International activist Australian Colin Russell could remain in jail in Russia until at least...
View ArticleArctic 30: Brazilian & NZ activists granted bail, Australian Colin Russell...
Sydney 10:10PM, Amsterdam November 19th: Two Greenpeace activists from Brazil and New Zealand were today granted bail in St Petersburg, becoming the fourth and fifth of the so-called Arctic 30 to be...
View ArticleArctic30: Nine more activists granted bail, Australian Colin Russell refused...
Sydney, Amsterdam November 20th: Nine Greenpeace activists were yesterday granted bail in St Petersburg. Twelve of the so-called Arctic 30 have now been told they will soon be released. But Australian...
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Arctic30: AUST Resident Alex Harris (UK) granted bail, AUST Ambassador visits...
Sydney/Amsterdam, 20 November 2013 - At court hearings this morning Faiza Oulahsen from the Netherlands and British citizen Alexandra Harris who is permanent resident of Australia and works in...
View ArticleEnvironmental breaches by Palmer's Waratah Coal should rule out Federal...
Sydney, 6 Nov 2013. The decision by Queensland's Environment Department to issue Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal with an Environment Protection Order (EPO) should force the Federal Government to delay a...
View ArticleArctic30: Adelaide resident Jonathon Beauchamp (NZ) granted bail, Australian...
Sydney/St Petersburg 21 November 2013. In court hearings today in St Petersburg, Australian permanent resident Jonathan Beauchamp (NZ) who lives in Adelaide, Ruslan Yakushev (Ukraine) and Frank...
View ArticleGreenpeace Arctic 30 arrive in St Petersburg
Sydney/Amsterdam, 13 November 2013 – The train carrying 30 men and women detained after a peaceful protest at a Gazprom Arctic oil platform arrived yesterday in St Petersburg. Greenpeace International...
View ArticleMaules Creek = Risky Business for Whitehaven Shareholders
Monday 4th November 2013, Sydney. Members of the public will gather outside Whitehaven’s Annual General Meeting in Sydney this morning to highlight the enormous risks associated with investing in this...
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