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A new opportunity to tackle climate change
Press release – 14 September, 2015Sydney, September 15 2015 – Malcolm Turnbull’s appointment as Australia’s prime minister is a welcome opportunity to undo the retrograde climate change and environmental policies of the past few years, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s CEO, David Ritter, said today.“Mr. Turnbull has repeatedly endorsed climate change science and has a deep understanding…
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Black Hole: coal, corruption and community resistance
A new film reveals unseen footage of coal, corruption and community resistance of one of Australia’s most controversial mining projects – Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Coal Mine in the Leard State Forest. Before February 2014, I didn’t even know about the Leard State Forest. That was until a friend invited me to the Leard Forest…
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Greenpeace calls for investigation into illegal fishing by Taiwanese ship
Press release – 10 September, 2015Port Moresby, September 11 2015 – Greenpeace is urging Pacific nations to investigate and capture the Taiwanese-flagged ship that illegally caught tuna and 75 kilograms of shark fins, which the state’s Taiwan Fisheries Agency (TFA) had failed to ensure had permission to fish.“We are still tracking the Shuen De Ching…
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Australia inciting Pacific instability with climate change stance
Press release – 10 September, 2015Sydney, September 11 2015 – Australia and New Zealand are abandoning their neighbours and contributing to a growing humanitarian crisis through their blocking and inaction on climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s CEO, David Ritter, said today."Australia and New Zealand have shown themselves to be the worst of neighbours with their…
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Greenpeace ship busts illegal tuna fishing operation in Pacific high seas, underlining urgent need for enforcement
Press release – 9 September, 2015Port Moresby, September 10, 2015 – As Pacific Islands Forum leaders consider a 10-year road map for a sustainable fisheries industry, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior has uncovered a pirate fishing operation near Papua New Guinea’s waters with 75 kilograms of illegally caught shark fins — underlining the scale of…
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Coal is a great mate. Look at everything it can do!
Not satisfied with the public relations disaster that was #AustraliansForCoal, the Minerals Council yesterday launched a new campaign to plug their favourite little black rock. This time, they tried to convince us that #coalisamazing. It went just as badly. The Minerals Council would have us believe that coal makes the world a better place. They…
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IPA in the running for prize for role in destroying Australia’s coal price
Press release – 7 September, 2015Sydney, Sept 4 2015 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific today ridiculed the notion that the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) is in the running to win an international prize for its role in repealing the carbon tax, and called for it to donate the prize money to a charity fighting climate…
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Australia’s isolationist climate change stance failing Pacific neighbours
Press release – 7 September, 2015Port Moresby, 8 September 2015: The Abbott government is failing its Pacific neighbours and embarrassing itself internationally over its fossil fuel-driven, isolationist stance on climate change, the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, David Ritter, said today.Pacific leaders yesterday published the Suva Declaration containing a call for a global moratorium on…
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It’s not a whale. It’s not a shark. It’s a whale shark!
…or maybe it’s a Whark? Whatever you want to call it, today is International Whale Shark Day! But before you start running away screaming “Jawwwwws!” don’t be alarmed. With a face like a whale and a body like a shark, these seemingly frightening creatures are actually gentle giants. Found in tropical oceans in areas…
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