Hello! My name is Mary Ann and I am from the Philippines. As I write this, we are sailing over the big blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
It has been more than 12 years since I first got involved with Greenpeace. Way back in 1990, I first read about Greenpeace on a register at the […]
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After being instrumental in bearing witness, along with Climate activists, at the Hay Point Coal Terminal , as well as giving support for the call of the Pacific Island nations for Australia and New Zealand to cut their emissions by 45% at the recently concluded Pacific Island Forum (which turned out to be a major […]
We’ve exposed a secret oil industry plan to organise fake rallies against US climate legislation, and to exaggerate concern over the cost of action on climate change. The plan, stated in a leaked internal memo from the API (American Petroleum Institute), shows that they are reverting back to old tricks – spreading misinformation about climate […]
In the world of the Mad Hatter, up is down, green is grey, logic is silly and absurdity is profound … But even the Mad Hatter could never have imagined a world in which fossil fuels are actually renewable energy sources.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be […]
In November 2007, after intense campaigning from Greenpeace and many other environmental organisations, Kevin Rudd promised that, if elected, he would expand Australia’s renewable energy target to 20% by 2020. After sitting in limbo since the election, the legislation is finally being debated this week.
Apart from the unnecessary delay in implementing the legislation, the Government […]
“Something struck me as odd from the beginning of the trip. Nares Strait was virtually ice-free.”
These are the words of Xin Yu (aka “Fish”). He’s a campaigner at Greenpeace China – which is no light task considering China is among the bigger greenhouse gas emitters in the world.
Xin Yu is also currently aboard Greenpeace’s […]
In July, we continued our ship tour of the Pacific, launched the Alcoholic Drinks edition of the Truefood Guide and caught up with an Australian explorer helping Greenpeace in the Arctic.
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Greenpeace are proud to be major sponsors of the Powershift conference that took place from 11-13 July in Sydney. Around 1500 young people from all over Australia gathered to learn, share stories, and plan a powershift – to replace coal with renewable energy, and to replace the stale old dinosaur politics of the fossil fuel […]
Despite the increasing climate warnings, the coal industry continues to pollute like there’s no tomorrow. Australia’s dirtiest power station – Hazelwood, in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley – has been the subject of increasing protest over recent years, including recent actions by Greenpeace.
This polluting old dinosaur spews an average of 17 million tonnes of CO2 into the […]
Simon Roz will be talking at the Australian Museum in Sydney on “Humanity, the Climate Crisis and the Case for Hope” this Saturday 15th August at 12.30pm. He shares his thoughts here on some of the lessons we can learn from our previous triumphs over seemingly insurmountable challenges.
When President John F Kennedy told the […]
Filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, former on-set dolphin trainer for Flipper and an elite team of activists team up to uncover a dark secret in what otherwise looks like the dolphin-friendly town of Taijii in Japan. What they discover is both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.
Award-winning documentary, The Cove, will […]
In the absence of any political will to make the difficult decisions to replace polluting industries with clean alternatives, the Rudd Government have gone to great lengths to design a scheme that makes it look like they’re taking action on climate change, without actually having to do anything or make any hard decisions. In order […]
International climate negotiations just got dirty, even if the final stage hasn’t started. Australia and New Zealand’s corrupt and underhanded means of getting their way inside the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) carries the stench of colonialism. It is no secret that in this fora they continue to use their small contributions to our poor […]
Seni Nabou is the Pacific Political Advisor in our Suva office. In this post, she shares her views of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) outcome.
Seeing the outcomes of yesterday’s PIF Communique on climate change was like a nightmare where you dream that your child is walking steadily towards a burning fire and you can’t move […]
After relieving our activists from the Hay Point coal loader, the Esperanza has ended the 3 day blockade of Queensland coal exports and is heading north for Cairns. We’re holding an open boat on Sunday to talk to the public about Rudd’s failure, and about the next steps in the campaign for real action on […]
We’ve just got our hands on the communique from the Pacific Island Forum. It is a total disaster. Rudd has shafted the Pacific.
Pacific leaders went into the PIF calling for 45% cuts in greenhouse pollution by 2020. They left agreeing to 50% cuts by 2050. They went in with a strong position that global warming […]
After spending nearly 36 hours hanging like fruitbats, the four Greenpeace activists are preparing to come down from the massive coal loader at Hay Point. The Esperanza has joined the blockade and is moored a stones throw away, with three police boats between it and the wharf.
We’re hearing reports from the Pacific Islands Forum that […]
While Greenpeace are taking direct action to highlight the conflict between Australia’s ever expanding coal exports and the future of our Pacific neighbours, leaders from across the region are meeting in Cairns today for the Pacific Island Forum. In recent years the agenda has been dominated by issues of regional stability including the intervention […]
It’s been over 24 hours since 10 activists locked on to a coal loader at Hay Point in Queensland. By dusk yesterday, four remained, suspended with safety equipment. When the sun rose this morning, the four were still there.
I spoke with one of them by phone at 7 am this morning.
So how are you […]
Our actions enter Day 3. On Tuesday, activists occupied the Abbot Point coal export terminal in Bowen. Yesterday, a further 10 activists locked on to a coal loader at Hay Point Coal Terminal. Four activists remain, 24 hours later. We’re very proud of them and have been in regular contact via phone.
They spent the night […]