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No time to waste: climate impacts demand response at Pacific COP – Greenpeace
Press release – 2 November, 2017Bonn, November 3, 2017 – In a year marked by devastating hurricanes, floods and drought, Greenpeace said real world leaders must stand up at the UN climate talks in Bonn and propel climate action forward or be held accountable for their inaction.Two years since the Paris Climate Agreement signalled the…
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Australia to miss 2030 emissions reduction targets due to failure to wean itself off coal
Press release – 31 October, 2017SYDNEY, November 1, 2017 – Australia is poised to miss its 2030 emissions reduction targets with the United Nations identifying us as one of a number of countries that need to take stronger action to meet its Paris commitments.The UN Environment Programme’s ‘Emissions Gap 2017’ report overnight found that pledges…
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5 reasons why coal is on the way out
While some politicians – ahem, Trump! and ahem, Malcolm Turnbull are trying to prop up the fossil fuel industry, there’s been a quiet revolution happening around the world. Despite Australia’s insistence on a mandated percentage of coal usage in the energy mix and consideration of a billion-dollar loan to help fund Adani’s Carmichael rail line the rest of…
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BHP’s secret shame
In November 2015 Brazil suffered one of its worst ever environmental disasters when the iron ore tailings dam at Samarco’s mine collapsed. It resulted in 60 million cubic meters of iron ore waste flowing into the Doce River, causing the deaths of 21 people, the destruction of entire towns, the displacement of thousands, pollution of…
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Share your selfie to show the climate sweet-talkers that Pacific Island Represent will hold them to their promises
October 26, 2017 – As part of its campaign to expose the half-truths and lies behind big-polluting countries’ climate sweet-talk Pacific Island Represent is asking the public to show their solidarity by sharing a selfie. Thanks to an unbelievably successful crowd-funding effort, next month P.I. Reps Samu Kuridrani and Alisi Nacewa are travelling from Fiji to…
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Greenpeace launches campaign to create ‘largest protected area on Earth’ – as Antarctic nations fall short on marine protection
Press release – 26 October, 2017Hobart, 27 October 2017 – Greenpeace has launched a global campaign for an Antarctic Sanctuary, covering 1.8 million square kilometres of ocean, to protect whales, penguins and other wildlife.Following a failure to agree strong marine protection in the East Antarctic [1], Greenpeace has called for governments to show “greater vision…
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Our power, our future: Puerto Rico’s road to a #JustRecovery
Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico devastated. In rebuilding, it’s communities — not corporations — that need to call the shots, Ryan Schleeter writes. It’s hard to quantify Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico. The category four storm completely destroyed the island’s power grid, already damaged by Hurricane Irma two weeks prior. This left all 3.4…
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‘Gladys Wrap’: Greenpeace activists create guerilla art exhibit demanding government action on plastic bags
Press release – 18 October, 2017October 17, 2017: A giant container of “Gladys Wrap” bearing the face of NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has been unveiled as part of the opening day of Sydney’s iconic Sculptures by the Sea.The guerilla art installation was created and placed among the other art exhibits by a dozen Greenpeace activists…
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23 countries and states to phase out coal as US$432 billion of capital leaves the industry
Hong Kong, 18 October 2017 – Over a quarter of the 1,675 companies that owned or developed coal-fired power capacity since 2010 have entirely left the coal power business, according to new research from CoalSwarm and Greenpeace.This represents nearly 370 large coal-fired power plants – enough to power around six United Kingdoms – and equivalent…
