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Press release – 14 November, 2013Brisbane, 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 mine in the Galilee Basin after new revelations that the company is being investigated by Hunt’s department…

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November 13, 2013

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Abbott’s scorched earth climate policy

Press release – 12 November, 2013Wednesday 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 no credible alternative.“This government seems hell bent on sowing the fields of Australia with salt,” said Greenpeace Programme Director Ben…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 11, 2013

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Premier Newman’s “special treatment” of mining mates must end

Press release – 6 November, 2013Premier Newman announced today that Queensland tax payers would be subsidising Gina Rhinehart, Clive Palmer and two of India’s richest families.Today Premier Newman announced that his government will offer discounted royalty rates for mining companies that move ahead with their planned multibillion-dollar coal projects in the Galilee Basin, exposing the…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 5, 2013

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Environmental breaches by Palmer’s Waratah Coal should rule out Federal approval for new mega-mine

Press release – 5 November, 2013Sydney, 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 decision, due next week, on whether to approve the controversial billionaire’s China First coal mine in the untapped Galilee Basin…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 4, 2013

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Maules Creek = Risky Business for Whitehaven Shareholders

Press release – 3 November, 2013Monday 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 highly controversial coal company and its Maules Creek mine in NSW’s Leard State Forest.Whitehaven is betting the bank on its…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 2, 2013

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Safeguard our oceans Archive Great Barrier Reef

Approval of Galilee mega mine leaves Reef strategy in tatters

Press release – 2 November, 2013Sydney 3rd November 2013: Last Friday evening, the same day Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, launched the government’s draft Strategic Assessment of the Great Barrier Reef, the same Minister quietly approved a massive new coal mine that relies on shipping its product through the reef via the controversial Abbot…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

November 1, 2013

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Queensland’s Reef Ports Strategy a big con

Press release – 16 October, 2013The draft Great Barrier Reef Ports Strategy released by the Queensland Government today is an attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of Queenslanders, according to Greenpeace."This policy won’t prevent a single port development proposal and it won’t stop dredging in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area," said…

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October 15, 2013

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When does no mean no? Government should resist pressure to lift super trawler ban

Press release – 17 September, 2013Wednesday 18 September 2013: Greenpeace and Environment Tasmania today welcomed Senator Richard Colbeck’s proposal to conduct new surveys of the Australian small pelagic fishery, but cautioned him against using this as a stepping stone to overturning the existing ban on supertrawlers.Doing so would open Australian waters to destructive fishing vessels…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

September 16, 2013

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Palm oil leading cause of Indonesia forest destruction: RSPO leaves big brands exposed

Press release – 5 September, 2013Jakarta/Sydney, 3 September 2013: The palm oil sector was the single largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia between 2009-2011, accounting for about a quarter of the country’s forest loss, revealed Greenpeace International in new mapping analysis published today.The analysis shows that significant deforestation took place in concessions currently owned by…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

September 4, 2013

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Greenpeace welcomes delay on major new QLD coal mine

Press release – 7 August, 2013Greenpeace today welcomed the decision by federal Environment Minister Mark Butler to postpone for almost 3 months a decision on the massive new Kevin’s Corner coal mine proposed for central Queensland.The mine would be larger than any existing coal mine in Australia and would use over 9 billion litres of…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

August 6, 2013

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