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The man who grew a forest – and you won’t believe how big it is (or who lives there)
This is the story of how one person turned a barren sandbar into a forest larger than Central Park in NYC – and how he did it. This is the story of how one person turned a barren sandbar into a forest larger than Central Park in NYC – and how he did it. Image…
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Greenpeace says Australia courting nuclear disasters with permanent dump
Press release – 12 November, 2015Sydney, 13 November 2015 – Creating a permanent nuclear waste dump will invite a toxic nuclear legacy that Australians will have to deal with for generations, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.Reacting to the government’s shortlist of six proposed permanent nuclear sites spread in New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern…
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Powershop wins greenest energy supplier again in 2015 Green Electricity Guide
Press release – 12 November, 2015Sydney, 13 November 2015 – Powershop and Diamond Energy were ranked as Australia’s greenest energy suppliers for the second year running in the country’s only independent and unbiased ranking of household electricity suppliers.The 2015 Green Electricity Guide by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Total Environment Centre provides a state-by-state ranking…
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Volkswagen’s CO2 emissions: Das problem
If lying about the nitrogen oxide emissions of 11 million of its cars were not bad enough, German carmaker Volkswagen shocked us again when it revealed it had understated the CO2 emissions of its cars in Europe as well. |Greenpeace activists protest against car emissions at VW factory gate during a VW board meeting in…
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Greenpeace mourns deaths of Richard and Carolyn Green
Press release – 9 November, 2015Sydney, 10 November 2015 – Greenpeace today mourns the deaths of passionate environmentalists and artists, Richard and Carolyn Green, and their friend, notable documentary filmmaker John Davis, who were killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday.“We are profoundly shocked and saddened by news of their deaths. Richard and Carolyn made…
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2015 is on course to see the largest fall in coal consumption in history
Press release – 9 November, 2015Berlin, 9 November 2015 – A groundbreaking report by Greenpeace International shows that global coal consumption is heading for the biggest decline in history.Key findings from an analysis of coal consumption in 2015 compared to 2014 shows: – Global coal consumption fell 2.3 – 4.6% in the first nine months…
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Greenpeace gifts a surfboard to Mike Baird in call to drop harmful hooked shark deterrents
Press release – 9 November, 2015Sydney, 10 November 2015 – Greenpeace activists today delivered a surfboard to NSW Premier Mike Baird covered with more than 25,000 signatures asking him to rule out shark deterrents that hook and kill marine life such as turtles and dolphins.The surfboard petition calls on Premier Baird to rule out the…
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PM Turnbull should follow Obama’s footsteps on Keystone by rejecting Carmichael coal mine
Press release – 6 November, 2015Sydney, 7 November 2015 – President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline offers an opportunity for Malcolm Turnbull to cancel the Carmichael coal mine and establish Australia as a leading country in tackling climate change.Greenpeace Australia Pacific climate campaigner Nikola Čašule said: “President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL…
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TPP environmental provisions a major disappointment
Press release – 5 November, 2015Sydney, 6 November 2015 – Reacting to the text of the Environmental Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Emma Gibson, Head of Program for Greenpeace Australia Pacific said:“What we are seeing is mere lip service to environmental protection from the parties to the agreement, which has been touted as the…
