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WA’s Demersal Fishing Ban Shows What Science Has Been Telling Us for Years.
Western Australia has just taken an historic step. The new ban on catching demersal species (fish that feed on or near the seafloor) across Perth and much of the West Coast is more than a policy change. It is a warning signal. Our oceans are under pressure like never before and marine life cannot withstand…
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Cheaper, faster, cleaner: Cook government must phase out gas and ramp up renewable rollout
PERTH, Friday 19 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called on the WA Cook Government to accelerate the electrification of the state’s key industries to address the projected shortages…
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Global plastic reduction is the best gift this xmas
The holidays are here again. ‘Tis the season to hang out with (or just tolerate) family and friends, share (and maybe overindulge in) tasty meals, and enjoy festivities (or stay cozy and binge your comfort show). But no matter how you celebrate, the pressure to consume can be extreme.
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Victorian Government gas exploration tenders put corporate profits over communities and climate
SYDNEY, Wednesday 10 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Victorian government’s decision to press ahead with two new gas exploration license tenders, saying it “flies in the…
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Cook Islands deep sea mining nodule extraction has high risk of economic losses – independent study
Amsterdam, Netherlands – The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the South Pacific’s Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.[1] Once…
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Labor must stop propping up dirty gas and support industry to decarbonise
SYDNEY, Monday 8 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has warned the Albanese government against plans to subsidise gas for industrial users, saying it should instead be supporting industry to…
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“A complete shemozzle”: WA Government’s so-called ‘State Development Bill’ risks fast-tracking pollution
PERTH, Wednesday, 3 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the WA State Government’s State Development Bill’ as a ‘complete shemozzle’, and urged Parliament to fix critical flaws in…
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From Brazil, with love
About halfway through the most recent United Nations’ annual climate change conference, COP30 in Belém, Carolina Pasquali, my counterpart at Greenpeace Brazil, started to lose her voice. She was suffering…
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Greenpeace activists arrested by police helicopter after seven-hour protest on coal ship
NEWCASTLE, Sunday 30 November 2025 — Two Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have been arrested by specialist police on a coal ship outside the Port of Newcastle, following a more than…
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Greenpeace activists block coal ship from entering world’s largest coal port at Rising Tide blockade
NEWCASTLE, Sunday 30 November 2025 – Greenpeace Australia Pacific activists have scaled and blocked a coal ship, bound for the Port of Newcastle today, during the Rising Tide People’s Blockade,…
