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Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation
MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, Tuesday 11 March 2025 – Greenpeace flagship vessel the Rainbow Warrior was welcomed back to the Marshall Islands today, marking the start of a six-week mission around…
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‘Warriors for Justice’: On anniversary of Castle Bravo nuclear test, Greenpeace calls for justice and reparations from United States
SYDNEY/MAJURO, MARSHALL ISLANDS, Saturday 1 March 2025 — 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed across the Marshall Islands by the United States, Greenpeace…
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More powerful than Hiroshima: how the largest nuclear weapons test ever built a nation of leaders in the Marshall Islands.
71 years ago, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a nuclear bomb with the codename “Castle Bravo”, exploded with an energy of 15 megatons. The mushroom cloud reached 40…
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‘Drill Baby, Drill’: Report shows Woodside hell-bent on profit while people and nature pay the price
SYDNEY/PERTH, Tuesday 25 February 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned gas corporation Woodside’s annual earnings announcement today, saying its billion dollar profits come at the expense of Australian communities…
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“Stunning dedication”: first ocean sanctuary in Marshall Islands announced
FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2025 — The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced its first marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean, a “stunning dedication to ocean protection for Pacific…
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Their Profits, Our Loss: International oil and gas companies’ 2024 profits
SYDNEY, Tuesday 28 January 2025 — Interested media are advised of the annual results announcements by some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies for 2024, which was confirmed…
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Evacuation of Rongelap, Marshall Islands
In 1985 the Rongelap people turned to Greenpeace for help. They asked that Greenpeace send a vessel to evacuate them from their home and move them to nearby Mejatto Island. Greenpeace sent the Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap at the request of its people and in May 1985 moved them to Mejatto Island.
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A Look Back at Weeks of Reflection, Resilience, and Action
Over the past few weeks here at The Hague, we gathered at the People’s Hub to pause and remember the lives of those who have dedicated themselves to the fight for climate justice. Our candlelight vigil and Tok Stori platform highlighted the power of community and connection, especially as climate justice hearings took place at…
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What started in the Pacific is now the world’s largest climate justice campaign!
Pasifika activists are making history with their world-first campaign demanding countries be held legally responsible to protect their people from the impacts of the climate crisis.
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‘Fundamentally flawed’: Australian climate case submission to ICJ undermines Pacific neighbours
THE HAGUE/SYDNEY, Tuesday 3 December 2024 — In response to Australia’s oral submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of a historic, Pacific-led climate justice case, the…