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Elle Lawless – Senior Nature Campaigner
Elle Lawless is Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s Senior Nature Campaigner, with several years’ experience campaigning for ecological and climate justice nationally. Growing up in regional NSW gave Elle a deep connection to nature and a drive to protect it. She has led successful campaigns with The Wilderness Society and as Director of the Conservation Council ACT…
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Greenpeace AP Welcomes WA Climate Change Bill, Warns Against Gas Expansion
Following the publication by the WA government of the Climate Change Bill Explanatory paper, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the news but warned Woodside’s Burrup Hub will undermine and delay the state’s bright future as a renewable energy superpower. “Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the WA Government’s plan to legislate a net zero emissions by 2050…
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Greenpeace Applauds High Seas Treaty Commitment, But Warns Fossil Fuels Incompatible With Healthy Oceans
Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has applauded a historic commitment from the Australian government to protect the world’s oceans, but warned the expansion of fossil fuels is incompatible with a healthy marine environment. Speaking at the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that Australia will sign the High Seas Treaty…
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REPORT: 30×30 From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea
This report offers clear routes to action to get across the finishing line and help the oceans thrive again.
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Greenpeace AP Calls On Federal Labor For Independent Assessment Of Woodside’s WA Fossil Fuel Project
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is today calling for Federal Government intervention, following explosive claims aired by the ABC that senior members of the Western Australian government lobbied to change the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s climate change rules. With Australia’s biggest fossil fuel decision currently before the WA EPA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling on the…
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WARNING: Petrol Car Lobbyists at work
Electrify takes the fight to Parliament to stop petrol pushers blocking action on transport emissions.
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Woodside Declares War On Whales With Seismic Blasting
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today condemned fossil fuel giant Woodside following reports it will begin seismic blasting in endangered whale habitat off the coast of the Pilbara coast, Western Australia. Today the Australian Financial Review reported that Woodside could kick off seismic blasting as early as Thursday.
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Coal Extension Would See NSW Labor Accelerating Climate Crisis
In response to the Minns Labor Government announcing it will engage with Origin Energy on the possibility of using public money to prop up the ageing Eraring coal power station beyond its 2025 closure date, the following comments can be attributed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Chief Executive Officer David Ritter: “Propping up an old polluting…
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“This Mine Will Outlive Us”
In response to the Albanese Labor government's decision to extend the Gregory Crinum coal mine to 2073, the following comments can be attributed to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Head of Advocacy Dr Susie Byers: “I was born in 1982. This coal mine will outlive me and many other people in Australia, and risks trashing Labor’s credibility…
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Greenpeace Applauds $3 Billion Boost Towards WA’s Clean Energy Future
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has applauded today’s announcement of a $3 billion boost of Western Australia’s clean energy transition, saying that it shows the state’s future is in renewables, not gas.The Albanese and Cook Governments announced the landmark deal today, which will include funding for priority upgrades to Western Australia’s electricity grids to prepare the state…