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REVEALED: Fossil Fuel Giant Woodside Breaches Environmental Laws
Following a failure of Woodside Energy to submit revised environmental plans for several of its facilities, the fossil fuel giant is in breach of Australia's environmental laws - further proof that Woodside can’t be trusted when it comes to protecting our environment, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
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Violette Snow
“I decided to get involved with Greenpeace after I started meeting people who were working there and they talked about how much they loved it and the brilliant campaigns they were working on – like REenergise which got over 20 of Australia’s biggest companies to switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2025.”
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John Collingridge
"During the gift that is this life, I have been awed at the majesty and beauty of landscapes, trees, oceans and sea shores; marvelled at the variety and wonder of all the companion creatures who I have had the privilege to observe; and, over time, become aware, that our fellow creatures, especially mammals, share very…
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Caroline McDaid
“I have vivid memories of completing a school project at age 10 on environmental threats and using Greenpeace as a source of information and inspiration. Some of these battles have been won which gives me great courage about the fight to address climate change that we have on our hands right now.”
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Denise Aldous
“My decision to include Greenpeace in my will is a very personal one. My late mother was a pretty strident opponent of so-called “scientific whaling” and my recently passed brother donated regularly to Greenpeace to support their work in protecting the Great Barrier Reef. It is in their names that I took over my brother’s…
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Harry Johnson
“From my early twenties I saw Greenpeace to be a unique environmental organisation as Greenpeace only accepts donations from individuals. Greenpeace accepts no donations from powerful business interests or from governments. Few people, other than Greenpeace supporters, appear to realise how this unique feature differentiates Greenpeace from other worthy environmental groups.”
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Fuel Efficiency ‘Modelling’ From The Petrol Car Lobby Is “Bullshit”: Greenpeace AP
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has today released its own modelling that suggests the cost of limits on car pollution could be as high as $38 billion over the first five years. Here’s why that’s bullshit. Comments attributable to Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Joe Rafalowicz: “The new Vehicle Emissions Standards are like setting…
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As WA Temperatures Smash Records, Woodside’s Gas Plans To Worsen Extreme Heat: Greenpeace AP
An approval of fossil giant Woodside Energy’s plans for the Burrup Hub gas project - Australia’s biggest climate threat - would only exacerbate extreme heat in WA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast yet another heatwave for Perth with Friday and Saturday expected to reach a top of 41C. “Heatwaves and extreme…
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New Vehicle Efficiency Standards Welcome, Now Floor It To The Finish Line
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed today’s historic proposal for a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, and has put the petrol car lobbyists on notice that Australians won't let them put sugar in the tank. “Today’s announcement is a victory for the thousands of Australians who made submissions to the Government asking for meaningful action to reduce…
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David Ritter
David Ritter is the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. He leads the talented and determined team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific on the mission to secure an Earth capable of nurturing life in all of its magnificent diversity.
