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Petrochemical Giants Are Derailing the Global Plastics Treaty – Just Days Before Final INC5.2 Negotiations
With just days to go before governments gather in Geneva for the final negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty at INC5.2, a new Greenpeace report has exposed how some of the world’s biggest petrochemical companies are working behind closed doors to derail the process.
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Big Polluters Get a Free Pass
In Australia and across the Pacific, we’re facing the harsh realities of climate damage, from devastating bushfires and floods to rising food costs. But while ordinary families struggle, big coal,…
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Ocean Protectors Lobby Day
On the 28th July Greenpeace staff and a dozen ocean protector volunteers will travel to Canberra to meet with Members of Parliament and Senators. Why? To call on the Government…
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Victoria is Kicking its Gas Habit
Victoria's new regulations are a game-changer for climate action, helping households switch off dirty gas.
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During Plastic Free July, We Ask: Is a Plastic-Free Future Possible? Only If the World Acts Now
The efforts of Plastic Free July remind us that the Earth is drowning in plastic. Ecosystems around the world are choking on a seemingly never ending tide of plastic that is made from fossil fuels, which is contributing to the rapid acceleration of climate change.
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Bottom trawling continues to cause large scale destruction in the Pacific
The environmental vandalism of New Zealand’s bottom trawlers continues to devastate the ocean. A New Zealand deep-sea trawler has hauled up more than six tonnes of protected stony coral in…
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A defining moment in history: 40 years ago the Marshall Islands fought to protect their future… and defied the US
In May 1985, Greenpeace took on a mission unlike anything they had done before - to mass relocate the people of Rongelap atoll in the Marshall Islands, whose ancestral home was no longer safe as a result of the US government’s nuclear testing in the region.
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Global Ocean Treaty Ratifications Gain Momentum
Some positive news for the world’s oceans this week - just in time to celebrate World Oceans Day! On 28th May, six European nations stepped up to formally ratify the Global Ocean Treaty – an international agreement seen as pivotal to protecting life beyond national waters.
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‘Devastation Bill’ puts Amazon and Brazil’s climate goals at risk before COP30
Brazilian National Congress has approved the ‘Devastation Bill’, which significantly weakens environmental licensing and could lead to a deforestation explosion
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“I’m the problem, it’s me”: Australian Energy Producers and its members called out for greenwashing gas and fuelling climate change
At the end of May, the leaders of Australia’s fossil fuel extraction industry and their enablers in business and government descended on the Brisbane Convention Centre for the annual Australian…
