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Press release – 5 May, 2013Sydney, Monday 6 May 2013: On the eve of Coca-Cola Amatil’s AGM, Greenpeace has launched a television advertisement skewering the beverage giant’s efforts to sabotage a national ‘cash for containers’ scheme.http://youtu.be/Q7Uxaw6YoRw “Coca-Cola has relentlessly bullied politicians, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars silencing recycling advocates and taken the Northern Territory…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

May 4, 2013

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Greenpeace coal ship protest ends, campaign to continue

Press release – 24 April, 2013Coral Sea, off Australian coast – 25 April 2013– Six Greenpeace activists who maintained a 28 hour protest on board a coal ship as it left Australia have returned to the Rainbow Warrior and are on their way to Cairns.The actions of the group who boarded the ship early on…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 23, 2013

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Update: As Greenpeace protest continues, support increases

Press release – 23 April, 2013Coral Sea, off Australia coast, 24 April 2013: As six Greenpeace volunteers remain on a coal export ship they boarded just outside the Great Barrier Reef this morning, support from prominent Australians is gathering pace.Leading Australian climate scientist, Professor Matthew England said: “This action by Greenpeace draws attention to the…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 22, 2013

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Greenpeace activists board coal export shipment in Coral Sea

Press release – 23 April, 2013Coral Sea, 24 April 2013–At 7:00am this morning, Greenpeace volunteers climbed aboard a coal ship leaving Australia, demanding an end to the expansion of coal exports, Australia’s greatest contribution to climate change.At sunrise, the six activists left the Rainbow Warrior on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the MV Meister,…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 22, 2013

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Greenpeace calls for action against coal company for poor environmental assessment

Press release – 17 April, 2013Mackay, Queensland- 18 April 2013: Greenpeace is calling on Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, to suspend his approval of Hancock Coal’s T3 coal terminal at Abbot Point while a federal investigation into the environmental assessment of it is underway.Greenpeace has spent the last two days documenting the three sites most…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 16, 2013

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Greenpeace salutes tourism reef guardians as Rainbow Warrior sails into Airlie Beach

Press release – 16 April, 2013Wednesday April 17, Airlie Beach: The Rainbow Warrior sailed into the "heart of the reef" in Airlie Beach today where the captain spoke with tourism representatives about protecting the Great Barrier Reef."Eco-tourism operators on the Great Barrier Reef play an important role in caring for this natural wonder," said Greenpeace…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

April 15, 2013

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Michael Caton and Katie Noonan to visit Rainbow Warrior in Melbourne

Press release – 13 March, 2013Katie Noonan to play live set during open day in support of ‘Save the Reef’ campaign14 March, 2013 : At 12pm this Saturday afternoon, singer-songwriter Katie Noonan will be taking time out from her dates at Melbourne Arts Centre’s Famous Spiegeltent to perform a 45-minute set with her band in…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 12, 2013

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Saving the Reef from coal number one priority for the new Rainbow Warrior

Press release – 13 March, 2013Wednesday 13 March, Melbourne: The new state-of-the-art Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior sailed into Port Phillip Bay this morning, marking the start of a six-week tour. The iconic vessel is in Australia to join the campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef from the reckless expansion of the coal industry.“The Rainbow Warrior…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 12, 2013

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New ad campaign: starved on a full stomach… brought to you by Coca-Cola

Press release – 6 March, 2013Sydney, 07 March 2013: Following Coke’s scandalous court victory against recycling this week, Greenpeace has launched a crowd-funded graphic advertising campaign in Fairfax papers showing what Coke’s bullying means for the environment.The full-page ads in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald were entirely funded by an unprecedented flood of…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 5, 2013

The iconic Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior at anchor.

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New Rainbow Warrior tours Australia to save the Great Barrier Reef

Over the next two months, Australia will host one of the world’s iconic ships, the new Rainbow Warrior. This extraordinary ship was funded entirely by donations from Australia and around the world.

February 26, 2013

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