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Despite Progress, Brazilian Meatpacking Companies Still Cannot Promise ‘Deforestation-Free’
How cattle industry leaders JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva are doing seven years after promising to end deforestation in their supply chains
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How palm oil companies like IOI have set Indonesia on fire
When most citizens of the Netherlands were still asleep, my colleague Nilus and I – along with dozens of Greenpeace activists – moved quickly and slipped into Rotterdam’s port facilities. The temperatures is just 8 degrees Celsius, my first time ever being this cold. Blog by: Adi Prabowo But our mission must not…
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BP’s Bight plans just too dangerous to be approved
Press release – 27 September, 2016Sydney, 28 September 2016 – The latest knockback to BP’s plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight signals their project is full of holes and too dangerous to be approved, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.“BP have again failed to gain approval to drill – this third strike should see…
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Pray for our Pacific: Finding strength in solidarity
Earlier this month, Pacific Island communities gathered together to summon the strength to confront the climate battles ahead. They were joined by communities from all over the world in a show of solidarity and support to collectively hold space for the Pacific. Faith is a central tenet of Pacific Island communities, and climate change is often…
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Drilling in the Bight: has BP learnt the right lessons from its Gulf of Mexico blowout?
This is an article written by Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University, first published in The Conversation. The Guardian newspaper recently hit a wall of non-response when it raised concerns about the possibility of an oil well blowout in BP’s proposed drilling operations in the Great Australian Bight. The facts are that bolts on…
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A Pacific Islander mother’s letter to her children about climate justice
My little darlings, on 28 July 2016 as you slept with the sound of the ocean keeping you both company, there was a big commotion on the other side of the ocean. The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines asked 47 fossil fuel companies, including BHP Billiton, Shell and BP, to respond to a 60-page legal petition alleging…
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Time for BP to come clean on Bight plans
Press release – 11 September, 2016Sydney, 12 September 2016: Australia’s oil regulator and petroleum giant BP have failed to publicly address a major drilling safety issue, another sign that exploration in the Great Australian Bight is too dangerous and should be abandoned, said Greenpeace today.The Guardian Australia reported today that an oil rig destined for…
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Why fixing your phone is one of the most empowering things you can do
Like most people, I don’t go anywhere without my phone. In the morning, its shrill alarm rouses me from sleep. During the day it bobs between my ear, my hand, and my pocket. At night, I hunt for Pokémon before putting it away on the nightstand. My phone is my MP3 player, my camera, and…
