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LEGO ends 50 year link with Shell, after one million people respond to Save the Arctic campaign
Press release – 10 October, 2014Friday 10 october, 2014: Following a Greenpeace campaign, LEGO published a statement [1] this morning committing to ‘not renew the co-promotion contract with Shell’. This decision comes a month after Shell submitted plans to the US administration showing it’s once again gearing up to drill in the melting Arctic next…
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Greenpeace builds coal mine at Sydney Uni: slams Whitehaven investment
Press release – 17 September, 2014Sydney, Thursday 18 September 2014: University of Sydney students were surprised to find their campus was ‘closed for coal mining’ this morning when Greenpeace activists disguised as Whitehaven Coal workers fenced off the central university boulevard and started construction of a new coal mine (high res photos now available).“We’re building…
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Leard Alliance call for investigation into safety at Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Mine
Press release – 16 September, 2014MAULES CREEK/Sydney, 17 September 2014 – The Leard Forest Alliance and activists at the Leard Blockade camp have called for an immediate police investigation into alleged interference with mine fuses at the Maules Creek Coal Mine.The Alliance has no knowledge of any of the events alleged by Whitehaven Coal and…
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New polling shows need for extreme weather levy
Press release – 8 September, 2014Sydney 3rd September, 2014. Polling conducted by Lonergan Research reveals Australians have made the link between the increase in extreme weather events and the real threat of rising insurance premiums. But of more concern to the fossil fuel industry is the call for the introduction of an extreme weather levy.Polling…
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Renewable Energy Target report a kick in the guts for clean energy
Press release – 27 August, 2014Following release of the Warburton review of the Renewable Energy Target, Greenpeace today urged the Abbott government to reject its recommendations and retain the target which has grown Australia’s renewables sector, built Australian jobs and reduced carbon pollution.Read the report here "If the Prime Minister accepts either recommendation he will…
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Greenpeace welcomes Sydney University’s move away from dirty investments and urges action on Whitehaven Coal
Press release – 26 August, 2014Sydney, Wednesday 27 August 2014: Greenpeace welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the University of Sydney that it will “make no further investments in the coal and consumable fuels subsector of the ASX,” including the controversial company Whitehaven Coal.Whitehaven Coal will announce its 2014 financial performance results at 10.30am today. “The news…
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Time for Abbott to Renew his Thinking on Electricity
Press release – 26 August, 2014Following news today that the Prime Minister’s hand-picked Review Panel has recommended options including scaling back or abolishing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target, Greenpeace is calling on the government to retain and strengthen the target.“If the Prime Minister adopts either of the two most likely options proposed by Dick Warburton’s review,…
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University of Sydney acknowledges Whitehaven Coal shares problematic
Press release – 24 August, 2014Sydney, Monday 25 August 2014: Greenpeace is urging the University of Sydney to listen to the community and dump its shares in Whitehaven Coal following the announcement today that the university is reviewing its investment policies and has “issued an instruction to make no further purchases in Whitehaven Coal.”“The University…
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Greenpeace calls on Pru Goward to resist Whitehaven Coal pressure to approve a new forest-clearing plan while court decision outstanding
Press release – 21 August, 2014Thursday 21 August 2014, Sydney: Revelations have come to light today that controversial company Whitehaven Coal has begun a process to seek approval for a new Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) before the full case on the legality of their existing Plan has even been heard in court.In the new draft…
