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10 Eye-Opening Facts About Plastic
The world has produced an astonishing amount of plastic since the 1950s—roughly the same weight as 88 million blue whales. Despite its detrimental impacts on health, communities, biodiversity, and climate, global plastic production continues to rise. Here are some crucial facts about plastic production, waste, and the urgent need for effective solutions.
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False Solutions to the Plastics Crisis: The Truth About Plastic Recycling
The concept of plastic recycling has been heavily promoted by the plastics industry, particularly by major oil companies, as a solution to the plastic crisis. By perpetuating the myth that recycling can solve the plastics problem, these companies divert attention from the more significant issue: the continued production of virgin plastics.
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The Threat of Mining on Deep Sea Ecosystems
Our deep sea ecosystems are places of mystery and beauty. But deep sea mining could ruin that for everyone.
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What Is The CCAMLR, And Why Should We Care?
Learn how the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) works, and about its continued failure to protect the Southern Ocean.
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Five fascinating facts about the unique wildlife that calls Ningaloo home
Welcome to megafauna highway and the longest-fringing coral reef in the world, Ningaloo Reef. Home to some of the most interesting wildlife in our oceans, this World Animal Day, let’s take a dive in and take a closer look at some of fascinating species that calls this place home: Whale shark seen during Greenpeace Rainbow…
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The role of critical minerals in Australia’s clean energy transition
What are critical minerals and why are they important? This blog explores the role of critical minerals mining in Australia’s clean energy transition and highlights some key principles to guide us to minimise potential social and environmental impacts. Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of critical minerals including lithium, cobalt and manganese, with…
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What We Want from the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
In July 2023, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) will hold crucial meetings, and Greenpeace has specific asks to protect our oceans and prevent reckless deep sea mining.
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Who’s in charge of Deep Sea Mining?
Unmasking the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
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Greenpeace and the end of whaling in Albany
The end of whaling in Albany marked a turning point in the fight to protect whales from extinction. In the 1970s, the greatest threat to whales was whaling. Now the greatest threat comes from fossil fuel companies like Woodside who are driving dangerous climate change.
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How corporate SLAPP lawsuits endanger our rights and the planet
Hope creates the conditions for climate action. And climate action nurtures hope. Just as hope and action have a reinforcing relationship, so do fear and silence.
