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Self destruction on renewable energy
Press release – 16 February, 2014Monday 17 February, 2014: Following today’s announcement of the review of the Renewable Energy Target (RET), Greenpeace is calling on the Government to dramatically increase its clean energy ambitions.“Hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry called climate change a weapon of mass destruction, Australia risks shooting itself in the…
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Aboriginal Elders, farmers, conservationists and religious leaders make history to challenge Whitehaven Coal
Press release – 12 February, 201413th February, 2014, Sydney/Gunnedah. Greenpeace will today join forces with the Traditional Owners of the Leard forest, local farmers, religious leaders represented by the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) and conservationists to sign an historic agreement, vowing to protect the cultural and environmental values of areas threatened by…
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Iconic Maules Creek campaign gets boost with national group CEOs pledging full support
Press release – 9 February, 2014Monday 10 February 2014: In a dramatic upscaling of events, a coalition has been formed to prevent Mark Vaile’s Whitehaven Coal, from destroying the last remaining forest of its kind and to stop the construction of what would be the largest new coal mine in Australia.For the last few months,…
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Maules Creek protestors blockade to stop mine construction
Press release – 12 January, 2014Protestors today have launched a blockade at the site of Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project in North West NSW, turning back vehicles seeking to clear the forest for construction of rail infrastructure.The project, located in North West NSW near Boggabri, has been dogged by controversy. It will clearfell a…
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Australians helped secure NZ shark finning ban, want WA cull stopped too
Press release – 8 January, 2014Sydney, 9 January 2014. Greenpeace Australia Pacific today welcomed the New Zealand government’s announcement that it will join Australia and ban the brutal practice of shark finning, saying the change was helped by over 20,000 of its supporters who made submissions to a New Zealand Government review of shark laws.“Australians…
