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SA community leaders message to Statoil: ‘No oil in the Great Australian Bight’
Adelaide, Australia and Stavanger, Norway, May 15, 2018: South Australian community representatives including Kokatha elder Sue Haseldine, lobster fisherman Kyri Toumazos, and local surfers have today told Norwegian oil major Statoil its oil rigs are not welcome in the Great Australian Bight. Standing outside the annual Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference on…
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Fantasyland budget ignores climate change but finally acknowledges death of coal
SYDNEY, May 8, 2018 – The Federal government’s 2019 budget pretends climate change isn’t happening by continuing to pour billions into fossil fuel subsidies, failing to allocate a single cent to renewable energy and taking a razor to the environment department.Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down his third budget at Parliament House this evening and was…
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Macron urges Turnbull to show leadership and fight climate change
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – French President Emmanuel Macron’s indictment of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to act on climate change should be a powerful motivator for Australia to get its act together. On the first day of his Australian trip Mr Macron told politicians, business leaders and journalists at a dinner at Sydney Opera…
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Rio Tinto to keep funding climate change-denying MCA despite its own beliefs and shareholder wishes
SYDNEY, May 2, 2018 – In a sign that the tide is turning on fossil fuels, almost 20 percent of Rio Tinto shareholders voted today for the company to review its membership of climate change-denying lobby groups such as the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA).The Australian-listed mining giant’s shareholders took the vote at its Melbourne…
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Australia’s imagined role in Pacific affairs jars with the less than flattering reality
SUVA, May 1, 2018 – Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne’s assertion on ABC Radio National’s Breakfast program that Australia looks after the South Pacific region at the behest of the US is an insult that conveniently ignores Australia’s role in exacerbating climate change that puts island states in catastrophic danger.The minister made the factually incorrect…
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Six reasons electric cars are transforming the automobile industry
Electric cars aren’t just cool, they’re really good for our environment. Electric cars get plenty of lip service, but for all the talk, a lot of people still know relatively little about these eco-friendly vehicles. They are a surprisingly smooth ride, produce low levels of emissions and recharge themselves in traffic jams. Let’s explore some…
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Greenpeace expedition reveals new images of life in the Amazon Reef
Amapá state, Brazil, 24 April 2018 – A scientific expedition carried out by the Greenpeace ship Esperanza captured new images of the northern sector of the Amazon Reef, 135km off the coast of Oiapoque in Amapá, and at a depth of 90m.The 1.5 hour dive took place on 19 April with a remotely operated vehicle…
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History repeating as Greenpeace returns to the Antarctic
Greenpeace’s petition calling for the creation of an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary has just surpassed one-and-a-half million signatures. With the help of a bevy of celebrities, Greenpeace’s campaign to create the largest protected area on Earth is gaining momentum. Gentoo penguins at Arturo Prat Station, Discovery Bay, in the Antarctic. An international Greenpeace team is on…
