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Media Release – Victory for NT over Coke on recycling
Press release – 6 August, 2013Sydney, 7 Aug 2013: Environment and community groups from around Australia today congratulated the Northern Territory, state and federal governments for working together to reinstate the Northern Territory’s successful cash for containers program, after Coca Cola, Lion and Schweppes took it to court and won last year.“This is a great…
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New report provides roadmap to transform Pacific tuna fisheries
Press release – 4 August, 2013Suva/Sydney, August 5, 2013 – A new report, launched today by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, provides a blueprint for how Pacific Island governments and regional bodies can promote a more sustainable and locally owned and operated tuna fishery in the region.The report – titled Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries:…
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Whale meat shipment successfully blocked
This morning, Greenpeace Germany activists boarded a ship docked in Hamburg, and prevented it from leaving with a cargo of meat from endangered fin whales. Germany doesn’t hunt whales of course. Like almost every country in the world, the German government agrees that commercial whaling should be banned. One company in Iceland does hunt whales, but…
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Environmental scientist and top model calls for end to rising tide of deadly plastic waste
Press release – 8 July, 2013Sydney, 9 July, 2013: Environmental scientist and international top model Laura Wells is featured in a new billboard campaign by Greenpeace as part of its push for a national Cash for Containers Scheme to reduce plastic rubbish which is killing marine wildlife.The billboard image shows Ms Wells lying on a…
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Fishing for a fair deal in the Pacific and why the EU must change their game
It’s fair to say that when it comes to getting access to the Pacific’s fishing resource, power trumps beauty almost every time. Take for example Kiribati—a stunning island atoll in the Pacific —and one with little land mass but surrounded by waters that contain the region’s most valued fish – tuna. Kiribati relies heavily on…
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President Obama must do more
Yesterday afternoon at Georgetown University, President Obama plans to announce a series of "steady, responsible steps" to tackle climate change. It appears that the president will finally begin to make good on his climate promises, but to truly meet his obligation to future generations, this must be the foundation -- not the final act --…
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Greenpeace welcomes NSW ‘Cash for Containers’ support
Press release – 25 June, 2013Sydney, Wednesday 26 June: Plastic waste would be greatly reduced under a proposed national Cash for Containers plan which was supported today by NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker.Greenpeace welcomed the Minister’s support for the scheme – which would provide funds for local community groups who collect beverage containers. It also…
