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Here comes the BOOM: Seismic testing
It comes as no real surprise that oil companies are gunning to begin seismic testing in one of the last truly unspoilt stretches of ocean. The Great Australian Bight has been on the radar of greedy oil companies for the past few years now, and the battle continues to protect it. Humpback whale with young…
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16 (Adorable) Reasons to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
Canada’s boreal forest is home to stunning landscapes and a spectacular array of wildlife. But corporate logging giant Resolute Forest Products wants to intimidate and silence people like you fighting to protect forests. |Black bear (Ursus americanus) in the Great Bear Rainforest. Black bears live in forests across Canada. These omnivores have better eyesight and…
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Public kept in the dark on 10,500 litre oil spill
Press release – 17 May, 2017Thursday May 18: Greenpeace Australia Pacific has said the government oil regulator’s refusal to divulge the location and name of the company involved in a 10,500 litre oil leak amounts to a cover-up and has urged reform of offshore oil and gas regulations.The most recent Annual Offshore Performance Report from…
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REPORT: Clearcutting Free Speech
Canada’s Great Northern Boreal Forest, stewarded by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial, includes some of the world’s last large expanses of undisturbed natural forest, is home to threatened species, and…
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Why we can’t let oil companies loose in the Great Australian Bight
Get caught hurtling along the freeway in a car with no brakes, that you don't know how to drive, and everyone knows what happens. The car is impounded, you're fined, taken to court, sometimes locked up.
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Australia going dark on climate change
The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. The Australian government is choosing to remain silent on climate change in the hope that it can fly under the radar. This week we saw Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the helm of…
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A World Without Greenpeace? How One Corporation Is Attacking Your Right to Speak for Forests
Your right to speak out is being threatened right now in a dizzying variety of ways, not only by oppressive governments around the world, but also by underhanded corporations who want to suppress speech through expensive lawsuits. Right now, Greenpeace is facing a massive lawsuit that Resolute Forest Products has filed to prevent us from…
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Senate committee report proves we cannot trust the government to protect the Great Australian Bight
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12: Australian politicians are putting oil company profits before the environment and community and cannot be trusted to safeguard the Great Australian Bight, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says in response to yesterday’s Senate report.The report into the consequences of opening up the Great Australian Bight for oil or gas…
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Conflict of interest: Australia stoops to new low at UN climate talks
Press release – 11 May, 2017Friday May 12, 2017: Australia’s support for fossil fuel companies’ participation in UN discussions on climate is a new low, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO, David Ritter, citing a clear conflict of interest.Government representatives from the nearly 200 countries who are signed on to the Paris Agreement have gathered for…
