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Polluticians occupy the climate
Press release – 23 November, 2011Major Polluters Singled Out Week Before United Nations Climate Change Conference in South AfricaSydney/Durban, 24 November 2011 – A new report released today by Greenpeace reveals how a handful of major polluting corporations such as Eskom, BASF, ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton, Shell and Koch Industries – and the industry associations they…
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Greenpeace takes action at site of new dirty coal power station
Press release – 22 November, 2011‘Julia, keep your word on HRL’Morwell, 23 November 2011: At the site of the proposed “HRL” dirty coal-fired power station south of Morwell, Victoria, Greenpeace activists have laid out a 200 metre long banner with the message ‘Julia, keep your word on HRL’, referencing the Prime Minister’s 2010 commitment to…
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Greenpeace welcomes carbon price – Still more to do to secure a clean energy future
Press release – 7 November, 2011Greenpeace Australia Pacific today welcomed the passage of the clean energy legislation through the Senate but said there is still more to do to ensure Australia moves to a low carbon future.In Canberra to mark the passage of the vote, Greenpeace Australian Pacific Head of Communications Dae Levine said the…
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Greenpeace stops loading of PNG’s stolen forests
Press release – 23 October, 2011Paints ‘stop the land grab’ on logging ship bound for ChinaPapua New Guinea, Monday 24 October 2011 : Early this morning, in a remote district of Papua New Guinea, Greenpeace activists temporarily stopped the loading of rainforest logs stolen from customary landowners. From two inflatable boats, the activists painted ‘stop…
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Greenpeace ship joins remote protest against largest land grab in PNG history
Press release – 22 October, 2011Hundreds of landowners converge to save their stolen forestsPapua New Guinea, Sunday 23 October 2011: At the request of landowners from the Pomio district in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Greenpeace’s largest ship, the Esperanza, is protesting the export of illegally logged timber bound for China. Five district Task Force policemen…
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IGA supermarkets drop toilet paper made from destroyed tiger habitats
Press release – 24 August, 2011Greenpeace urges other APP customers to do the sameSydney, Thursday 25 August 2011 : Metcash, the owners of IGA supermarkets, have dropped toilet paper products from the notorious Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) following a four-week Greenpeace campaign. On Tuesday 23 August, Metcash released a statement on their website announcing…
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Carving up the last bluefin
Press release – 22 August, 2011Sydney, 23 August 2011: This morning in Sydney, the regional bluefin tuna commission – the Commission for the Conservation of Bluefin Tuna (CCBST) – will meet to decide on fishing quotas for the critically endangered species.Bluefin tuna is currently at around 5% of its original spawning stock biomass. The CCBST…
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Greenpeace calls on Solaris Paper to investigate online abuse
Press release – 16 August, 2011Greenpeace is calling on Solaris Paper to come clean on whether senior staff have resorted to astro-turfing and personal abuse against Greenpeace and staff members at IGA supermarkets.Yesterday, the online news site Mumbrella alleged they had traced personal abuse against Greenpeace and senior management of the supermarket IGA posted in…
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Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior II retired
Press release – 15 August, 2011Bangladeshi NGO Friendship to turn it into hospital shipAmsterdam – Dhaka, 16 August 2011 — At a ceremony in Singapore today, the iconic protest vessel, the Rainbow Warrior will be transferred to Friendship, a Bangladesh based NGO which will refit it for use as a hospital ship. (1) After 22…
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Greenpeace welcomes Fuji Xerox Australia’s decision to blacklist paper from destructive logging in Indonesia
Press release – 14 August, 2011Calls on Officeworks and other retailers to followSydney, Thursday 4 August 2011: Greenpeace welcomes the announcement made by Fuji Xerox Australia overnight to immediately suspend relations with Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) following the exposé of its destructive logging practices in Indonesia on the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent. “APRIL has…
